Neil Wallis and Dave Hogan reviewed Nell in their 1989 book "The Neighbours Factfile", of her they commented: "was never addressed by her Christian name because she is so frosty and disliked by the other residents of Ramsay Street, this gossiping, interfering old busybody is referred to everyone as 'Mrs. Mangel'." Popular culture website TV Cream refer to Nell as "Jane's interfering nan". "Soaplife" magazine named Nell as one of their "Nightmare "Neighbours"" and said "Probably the most unpopular neighbour ever! The original busybody, Nell was always poking her nose into other people's business, ready to phone the police at the merest scent of trouble. Who can forget her long-running feud with Madge, when Madge thought Nell was after her fiancé Harold Bishop. Few tears were shed when she left for a new life in England after marrying John Worthington."