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255 relations: Accrington, Alan Randall (entertainer), Albany Street, Aldwych tube station, Anthony Kimmins, Apartheid, Appendectomy, Appendicitis, Arromanches-les-Bains, Asthma, Babes in the Wood, Backmasking, Banjo ukulele, Basil Dean, BBC, BBC Four, BBC Television, Bell-Bottom George, Bentley, Bernard Montgomery, Bert Haldane, Beryl Ingham, Bigamy, Billy Cotton, Bing Crosby, Birthday Honours, Black tie, Blackpool Gazette, Blackpool Illuminations, Blue plaque, Blyth, Northumberland, Boots! Boots!, Brewster's Millions, British Armed Forces, British Expeditionary Force (World War II), British Film Institute, Bronchitis, Bronchopneumonia, Buttons (pantomime), By the Shortest of Heads, Castleford, Catholic Church, Catholic Herald, Caul, Charles Farrell (Irish actor), Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914), Charlie Drake, Cinderella, Clog dancing, Coda (music), ... Expand index (205 more) »
- British ukulele players
- Burials in Cheshire
- English banjoists
- Male actors from Wigan
- Music in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
- Musicians from Lancashire
Accrington
Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England.
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Alan Randall (entertainer)
Alan John Randle (10 June 1934 – 9 April 2005), known professionally as Alan Randall, was an English multi-instrumentalist and entertainer, who became best known for his impersonations of George Formby. George Formby and Alan Randall (entertainer) are British novelty song performers, British ukulele players and English banjoists.
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Albany Street
Albany Street is a road in London running from Marylebone Road to Gloucester Gate following the east side of Regent's Park.
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Aldwych tube station
Aldwych is a closed station on the London Underground, located in the City of Westminster in Central London.
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Anthony Kimmins
Anthony Martin Kimmins, OBE (10 November 1901 – 19 May 1964) was an English director, playwright, screenwriter, producer and actor.
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Apartheid
Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.
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Appendectomy
An appendectomy (American English) or appendicectomy (British English) is a surgical operation in which the vermiform appendix (a portion of the intestine) is removed.
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Appendicitis
Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix.
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Arromanches-les-Bains
Arromanches-les-Bains (or simply Arromanches) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
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Asthma
Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.
Babes in the Wood
Babes in the Wood is a traditional English children's tale, as well as a popular pantomime subject.
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Backmasking
Backmasking is a recording technique in which a message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward.
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Banjo ukulele
The banjo ukulele, also known as the banjolele or banjo uke, is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck.
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Basil Dean
Basil Herbert Dean CBE (27 September 1888 – 22 April 1978) was an English actor, writer, producer and director in the theatre and in cinema.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
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BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the BBC.
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Bell-Bottom George
Bell-Bottom George is a 1943 black and white British comedy musical film, directed by Marcel Varnel, starring George Formby and Anne Firth.
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Bentley
Bentley Motors Limited is a British designer, manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs.
Bernard Montgomery
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.
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Bert Haldane
Bert Haldane (1871–1937) was a British film director of the silent era.
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Beryl Ingham
Beryl Ingham (1901 – 24 December 1960) was the wife and manager of singer/actor George Formby, as well as being a variety performer and champion clogdancer. George Formby and Beryl Ingham are music hall performers.
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Bigamy
In a culture where only monogamous relationships are legally recognized, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another.
Billy Cotton
William Edward Cotton (6 May 1899 – 25 March 1969) was an English band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the British dance band era. George Formby and Billy Cotton are 20th-century English musicians.
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Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, actor, television producer, television and radio personality, and businessman.
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Birthday Honours
The Birthday Honours, in some Commonwealth realms, mark the reigning monarch's official birthday in each realm by granting various individuals appointment into national or dynastic orders or the award of decorations and medals.
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Black tie
Black tie is a semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and North American conventions for attire in the 19th century.
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Blackpool Gazette
The Blackpool Gazette (locally marketed as simply The Gazette) is an English daily newspaper based in Blackpool, Lancashire.
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Blackpool Illuminations
Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire.
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Blue plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom, and certain other countries and territories, to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.
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Blyth, Northumberland
Blyth is a port and seaside town as well as a civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England.
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Boots! Boots!
Boots! Boots! is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Bert Tracy and starring George Formby, Beryl Formby, and Arthur Kingsley.
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Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions is a comedic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves.
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British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies.
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British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on 3 September, beginning the Second World War.
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British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.
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Bronchitis
Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi (large and medium-sized airways) in the lungs that causes coughing.
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Bronchopneumonia
Bronchopneumonia is a subtype of pneumonia.
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Buttons (pantomime)
Buttons is a traditional character in Cinderella pantomimes, and is commonly portrayed in Cinderella pantomimes throughout the UK and Australia.
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By the Shortest of Heads
By the Shortest of Heads is a 1915 British film directed by Bert Haldane and starring George Formby.
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Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation. It is located north east of Wakefield, north of Pontefract and south east of Leeds.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Catholic Herald
The Catholic Herald is a London-based Roman Catholic monthly magazine, founded in 1888 and a sister organisation to the non-profit Catholic Herald Institute, based in New York.
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Caul
A caul is a piece of membrane that can cover a newborn's head and face.
Charles Farrell (Irish actor)
Charles Farrell (6 August 1900 – 27 August 1988) was an Irish stage, film and television actor.
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Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)
George Frederick Joffre Hartree (30 November 1914 – 27 October 1988), known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English actor, comedian, singer, pianist and theatre director. George Formby and Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914) are 20th-century English comedians and English male comedians.
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Charlie Drake
Charles Edward Springall (19 June 1925 – 23 December 2006), known professionally as Charlie Drake, was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer. George Formby and Charlie Drake are 20th-century English comedians, British novelty song performers and English male comedians.
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Cinderella
"Cinderella", or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world.
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Clog dancing
Clog dancing is a form of step dance characterised by the wearing of inflexible, wooden soled clogs.
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Coda (music)
In music, a coda (tail; plural code) is a passage that brings a piece (or a movement) to an end.
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Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., commonly known as Columbia Pictures or simply Columbia, is an American film production and distribution company that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.
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Come On George!
Come On George! is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins which stars George Formby, with Pat Kirkwood and Joss Ambler in support.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.
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County Borough of Salford
Salford was, from 1844 to 1974, a local government district in the county of Lancashire in the northwest of England, covering the city of Salford.
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Coventry Theatre
The Coventry Theatre was a 2,000-seat theatre located on Hales Street in Coventry, England.
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D. F. Malan
Daniël François Malan (22 May 1874 – 7 February 1959) was a South African politician who served as the fourth prime minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954.
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Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper.
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Dan Leno
George Wild Galvin (20 December 1860 – 31 October 1904), better known by the stage name Dan Leno, was a leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era. George Formby and Dan Leno are 20th-century English comedians, English male comedians and music hall performers.
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Dandini (character)
Dandini is a character in the opera La Cenerentola by Rossini and also in the Cinderella pantomime.
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David Bret
David Bret (born 8 November 1954) is a British author of show business biographies.
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David Niven
James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist.
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Day One Christian Ministries
Day One Christian Ministries, formerly known as the Lord's Day Observance Society (LDOS), is a Christian organisation based in the United Kingdom that lobbies for no work on Sunday, the day that many Christians celebrate as the Sabbath, a day of rest.
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Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.
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Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
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Dick Whittington and His Cat
Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London.
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Donald McGill
Donald Fraser Gould McGill (28 January 1875 – 13 October 1962) was an English graphic artist whose name has become synonymous with the genre of saucy postcards, particularly associated with the seaside (though they were sold throughout the UK).
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Donald Zec
Donald David Zec (12 March 1919 – 6 September 2021) was a British newspaper journalist and biographer who worked for the Daily Mirror in various departments for 40 years.
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Double entendre
A double entendre (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which is typically obvious, and the other often conveys a message that would be too socially unacceptable, or offensive to state directly.
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Douglas, Isle of Man
Douglas (Doolish) is the capital city and largest settlement of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,677 (2021) and an area of.
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Dysentery
Dysentery, historically known as the bloody flux, is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea.
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Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in west London, England.
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Earlestown
Earlestown is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, England.
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Eastern Daily Press
The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, northern parts of Suffolk and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, UK.
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Eddie Latta
Eddie Latta was the songwriting name of Bruce Alfred Williams (23 November 1902 – September 1972 in Liverpool), a Liverpool undertaker who wrote songs for the Lancashire film actor and music hall artist George Formby, among others. George Formby and Eddie Latta are 20th-century English musicians.
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Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, (4 April 1865 – 4 February 1948), styled Mr Edward Stanley until 1886, then The Hon Edward Stanley and then Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner.
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Emile Littler
Sir Emile Littler (9 September 1903 – 23 January 1985), born Emile Richeux, was an English theatrical impresario, producer and author.
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Entertainments National Service Association
The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) was an organisation established in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment for British armed forces personnel during World War II.
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Estate (law)
In common law, an estate is a living or deceased person's net worth.
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Feather Your Nest
Feather Your Nest is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Enid Stamp-Taylor.
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Fifth column
A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group or nation from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or another nation.
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Film producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production.
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Florence Desmond
Florence Dawson (31 May 1905 – 16 January 1993), better known by her stage name Florence Desmond, was an English actress, comedian and impersonator. George Formby and Florence Desmond are 20th-century English comedians.
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Frank Randle
Frank Randle (born Arthur Hughes, also known as Arthur McEvoy or Arthur Twist; 30 January 1901 – 7 July 1957) was an English comedian. George Formby and Frank Randle are 20th-century English comedians, British Home Guard soldiers, comedians from Lancashire and English male comedians.
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Frank Skinner
Christopher Graham Collins (born 28 January 1957), known professionally as Frank Skinner, is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. George Formby and Frank Skinner are 20th-century English comedians, English Roman Catholics and English male comedians.
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Fred E. Cliffe
Frederick Cliffe Howchin (11 April 1885 – 22 September 1957), known professionally as Fred E. Cliffe, was an English songwriter, best known for his work co-writing songs with Harry Gifford for entertainer George Formby.
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Free as a Bird
"Free as a Bird" is a single released in December 1995 by English rock band the Beatles.
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Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea, is an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract including the stomach and intestine.
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George Barr McCutcheon
George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866 – October 23, 1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright.
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George Formby Society
The George Formby Society was created after the death of British vaudeville entertainer George Formby in 1961.
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George Formby Sr
George Formby (born James Lawler Booth; 4 October 1875 – 8 February 1921) was an English comedian and singer in musical theatre, known as one of the greatest music hall performers of the early 20th century. George Formby and George Formby Sr are 20th-century English comedians, comedians from Lancashire, English Roman Catholics, English male comedians and music hall performers.
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George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
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George in Civvy Street
George in Civvy Street is a 1946 British comedy film directed and produced by Marcel Varnel starring George Formby with Ronald Shiner, and Ian Fleming.
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George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.
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Get Cracking
Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel starring George Formby, with Dinah Sheridan and Ronald Shiner.
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Googie Withers
Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers, CBE, AO (12 March 191715 July 2011) was an English entertainer.
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Gracie Fields
Dame Gracie Fields (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 189827 September 1979) was a British actress, singer and comedian. George Formby and Gracie Fields are 20th-century English comedians, British novelty song performers, English comedy musicians, music hall performers and musicians from Lancashire.
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Grand Arcade (Wigan)
The Grand Arcade is a shopping centre in the town centre of Wigan, England.
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Grand Theatre, Leeds
The Grand Theatre, also known as Leeds Grand Theatre and Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House, is a theatre and opera house in Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich.
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Groom (profession)
A groom or stable boy (stable hand, stable lad) is a person who is responsible for some or all aspects of the management of horses and/or the care of the stables themselves.
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Harry Gifford (songwriter)
Gifford Folkard (1877 – 8 January 1960), known professionally as Harry Gifford, was an English songwriter.
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Harry Parr-Davies
Harry Parr-Davies (24 May 1914 – 14 October 1955) was a Welsh composer and songwriter.
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He Snoops to Conquer
He Snoops to Conquer is a 1944 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel starring George Formby, Robertson Hare, Elizabeth Allan and Claude Bailey.
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Her Majesty (song)
"Her Majesty" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their 1969 album Abbey Road.
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High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales.
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Home Guard (United Kingdom)
The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an unpaid armed citizen militia supporting the 'Home Forces' of the British Army during the Second World War.
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I Didn't Do It (film)
I Didn't Do It is a 1945 British comedy crime film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Dennis Wyndham and Carl Jaffe.
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I See Ice
I See Ice is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Kay Walsh and Betty Stockfeld.
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Imperial Hotel, Blackpool
The Imperial Hotel, formerly Puma Hotels Collection, is a 4-star hotel located on the northern promenade in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
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Impresario
An impresario (from Italian impresa, 'an enterprise or undertaking') is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film or television producer.
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Internment
Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges.
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Irish Guards
The Irish Guards (IG) is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army and is part of the Guards Division.
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Irving Asher
Irving Asher (September 1903 – March 1985) was an American film producer.
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Isle of Man
The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.
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Isle of Man TT
The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May and June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907.
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It's in the Air (1938 film)
It’s in the Air is a 1938 British comedy film written and directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Jack Hobbs.
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ITV (TV network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.
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J. G. Strijdom
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (also spelled Strydom in accordance with Afrikaans spelling; 14 July 1893 – 24 August 1958), also known as Hans Strijdom and nicknamed the Lion of the North or the Lion of Waterberg, was the fifth prime minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to his death on 24 August 1958.
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Jam session
A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp over tunes, drones, songs, and chord progressions.
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James Mason
James Neville Mason (15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor.
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Jeffrey Richards
Jeffrey Richards (born c.1945) is a British historian.
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John Caughie
John Caughie is a British academic, specialising in film and television studies.
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John E. Blakeley
John E. Blakeley (1 October 1888 – 20 February 1958) was a British film producer, director and screenwriter, the founder of Mancunian Films.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.
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John McCormack (tenor)
John Francis McCormack, KSG, KSS, KHS (14 June 1884 – 16 September 1945), was an Irish lyric tenor celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires, and renowned for his diction and breath control.
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John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971) was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
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Josef Locke
Joseph McLaughlin (23 March 1917 – 15 October 1999), known professionally as Josef Locke, was an Irish tenor.
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Kay Walsh
Kathleen Walsh (15 November 1911 – 16 April 2005) was an English actress, dancer, and screenwriter.
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Keep Fit
Keep Fit is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Kay Walsh and Guy Middleton.
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Keep Your Seats, Please
Keep Your Seats, Please is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring George Formby, Florence Desmond and Alastair Sim.
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Kevin Rockett
Kevin Rockett is an Irish film historian, writer and scholar specializing in the history of Irish cinema.
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Kinematograph Weekly
Kinematograph Weekly, popularly known as Kine Weekly, was a trade paper catering to the British film industry between 1889 and 1971.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.
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Laryngitis
Laryngitis is inflammation of the larynx (voice box).
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Last rites
The last rites, also known as the Commendation of the Dying, are the last prayers and ministrations given to an individual of Christian faith, when possible, shortly before death, especially in the Catholic Church.
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Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
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Leaning on a Lamp-post
"Leaning on a Lamp-post" is a popular song written by Noel Gay and best known in the version by George Formby.
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Let George Do It!
Let George Do It! (US: To Hell With Hitler) is a 1940 British black-and-white comedy musical war film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby.
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Let It Be (album)
Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.
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List of songs banned by the BBC
This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years.
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Liverpool Echo
The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales – a subsidiary company of Reach plc and is based in St.
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Liverpool Empire Theatre
The Liverpool Empire Theatre is a theatre on the corner of Lime Street in Liverpool, England.
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London Palladium
The London Palladium is a Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street, London, in Soho.
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Londonderry Air
The "Londonderry Air" is an Irish air (folk tune) that originated in County Londonderry, first recorded in the nineteenth century.
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Lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive.
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Love on the Dole
Love on the Dole is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working-class poverty in 1930s Northern England.
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Lytham St Annes
Lytham St Annes is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England.
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Malcolm Campbell
Major Sir Malcolm Campbell (11 March 1885 – 31 December 1948) was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist.
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Manchester Evening News
The Manchester Evening News (MEN) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England, founded in 1868.
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Mancunian Films
Mancunian Films was a British film production company first organised in 1933.
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Manning Whiley
Manning Hedges Whiley (23 January 191529 January 1975) was a British actor.
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Manx people
The Manx (ny Manninee) are an ethnic group originating on the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea in Northern Europe.
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Marie Lloyd
Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (12 February 1870 – 7 October 1922), professionally known as Marie Lloyd, was an English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress. George Formby and Marie Lloyd are music hall performers.
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Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 186724 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V. Born and raised in London, Mary was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck, a German nobleman, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a granddaughter of King George III.
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Mass-Observation
Mass-Observation is a United Kingdom social research project; originally the name of an organisation which ran from 1937 to the mid-1960s, and was revived in 1981 at the University of Sussex.
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Master of ceremonies
A master of ceremonies, abbreviated MC or emcee, is the official host of a ceremony, staged event, conference, convention, or similar performance.
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Matthew Sweet (writer)
Matthew Sweet is an English journalist, broadcaster, author, and cultural historian.
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Max Miller (comedian)
Thomas Henry Sargent (21 November 1894 – 7 May 1963), known professionally by his stage name Max Miller and billed as The Cheeky Chappie, was an English comedian often considered the greatest stand-up of his generation. George Formby and Max Miller (comedian) are 20th-century English comedians, British novelty song performers, English comedy musicians, English male comedians and music hall performers.
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McNamara's Band
"McNamara's Band" (originally "MacNamara's Band") is a popular song composed in 1889 by Shamus O'Connor (music) and John J. Stamford (lyrics).
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Mercury (automobile)
Mercury was a brand of mid-priced automobiles produced by American manufacturer Ford Motor Company between 1938 and 2011 with 1939 being the first model year.
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Merseyside
Merseyside is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England.
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Michael Balcon
Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer known for his leadership of Ealing Studios in west London from 1938 to 1955.
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Middleham
Middleham is a market town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England.
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Monty Banks
Montague (Monty) Banks (born Mario Bianchi; 18 July 1897 – 7 January 1950) was a 20th century Italian-born American comedian, film actor, director and producer who achieved success in the United States and United Kingdom.
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Morphine
Morphine, formerly also called morphia, is an opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin produced by drying the latex of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum).
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Moss Empires
Moss Empires was a company formed in Edinburgh in 1899, from the merger of the theatre companies owned by Sir Edward Moss, Richard Thornton and Sir Oswald Stoll.
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Much Too Shy
Much Too Shy is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley and Eileen Bennett.
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Music hall
Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was most popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850, through the Great War.
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Myocardial infarction
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.
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National Party (South Africa)
The National Party (Nasionale Party, NP), also known as the Nationalist Party, was a political party in South Africa from 1914 to 1997, which was responsible for the implementation of apartheid rule.
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New Society
New Society was a weekly magazine of social inquiry and social and cultural comment, published in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1988.
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Newmarket, Suffolk
Newmarket is a market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, located 14 miles west of Bury St Edmunds and 14 miles northeast of Cambridge.
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No Limit (1935 film)
No Limit is a 1935 British musical comedy starring George Formby and Florence Desmond.
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Norfolk
Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.
Norman Wisdom
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring a hapless character called Norman Pitkin. George Formby and Norman Wisdom are 20th-century English comedians, English comedy musicians and English male comedians.
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Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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Norwich Evening News
The Norwich Evening News is a daily local newspaper published in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
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Novelty song
A novelty song is a type of song built upon some form of novel concept, such as a gimmick, a piece of humor, or a sample of popular culture.
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Nuremberg rallies
The Nuremberg rallies (officially, meaning Reich Party Congress) were a series of celebratory events coordinated by the Nazi Party in Germany.
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Off the Dole
Off the Dole is a 1935 British film starring George Formby.
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
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Opera House Theatre, Blackpool
The Opera House Theatre is a theatre in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Palace Theatre, London
The Palace Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster in London.
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Pantomime
Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment.
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Pat Kirkwood (actress)
Patricia Kirkwood (24 February 1921 – 25 December 2007) was a British stage actress, singer and dancer who appeared in numerous performances of dramas, cabaret, revues, music hall, variety and pantomimes.
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Pathé News
Pathé News was a producer of newsreels and documentaries from 1910 to 1970 in the United Kingdom.
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Pathos
Pathos (πάθος||suffering or experience) appeals to the emotions and ideals of the audience and elicits feelings that already reside in them.
Peter Murray-Hill
Peter Auriol Murray Hill (20 April 1908 – 25 November 1957) was an English actor, antiquarian, and publisher He was married to the actress Phyllis Calvert from 1941 until his death.
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Phil Harris
Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American actor, bandleader, entertainer and singer.
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Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London.
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Polly Ward
Polly Ward (born Byno Poluski; 30 June 1912 – 23 February 1987) was an English singer and actress.
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Pound sterling
Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.
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Preston, Lancashire
Preston is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England.
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Racial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
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Reginald Purdell
Reginald Purdell (4 November 1896 – 22 April 1953) was an English actor and screenwriter who appeared in over 40 films between 1930 and 1951.
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Register office (United Kingdom)
A register office or The General Register Office, much more commonly but erroneously registry office (except in official use), is a British government office where births, deaths, marriages, civil partnership, stillbirths and adoptions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are registered.
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Roger Ormrod
Sir Roger Fray Greenwood Ormrod, PC (20 October 1911 – 6 January 1992) was a British Lord Justice of Appeal.
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Rolls-Royce Limited
Rolls-Royce Limited was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.
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Rosalyn Boulter
Rosalyn Boulter (1 February 19176 March 1997) was an English stage and screen actress.
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Royal Command Performance
A Royal Command Performance is any performance by actors or musicians that occurs at the direction or request of a reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
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Royal Variety Performance
The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which King Charles III is life-patron).
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Screenonline
Screenonline is a website about the history of British film, television and social history as documented by film and television.
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Shepherd's Bush Empire
Shepherd's Bush Empire (currently known as O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the BBC Television Theatre) is a music venue in Shepherd's Bush, West London, run by the Academy Music Group.
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Sinusitis
Sinusitis, also known as rhinosinusitis, is an inflammation of the mucous membranes that line the sinuses resulting in symptoms that may include thick nasal mucus, a plugged nose, and facial pain.
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Social research
Social research is research conducted by social scientists following a systematic plan.
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South American George
South American George is a 1941 British, black-and-white, comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby in a dual role, Linden Travers, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Felix Aylmer, Ronald Shiner as Swifty, Mavis Villiers and Herbert Lomas.
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Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked, self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River.
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Spare a Copper
Spare a Copper is a 1940 British black-and-white musical comedy war film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring George Formby, Dorothy Hyson and Bernard Lee.
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Split stroke
The split stroke is a style of playing the ukulele which is peculiar to the George Formby style of playing.
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Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993) was a British film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles.
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Strum
In music, strumming is a way of playing a stringed instrument such as a guitar, ukulele, or mandolin.
Syncopation
In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat.
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres.
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Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 19118 January 1990) was an English character actor and comedian who became internationally known through his films during the 1950s and 1960s. George Formby and Terry-Thomas are 20th-century English comedians and English male comedians.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Herald (Glasgow)
The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The London Gazette
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record or government gazettes of the Government of the United Kingdom, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.
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The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show is a British television arts magazine series originally produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010.
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The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
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The Winner Records
The Winner Records was a United Kingdom-based record label from 1912 onwards.
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Tommy Trinder
Thomas Edward Trinder CBE (24 March 1909 – 10 July 1989) was an English stage, screen and radio comedian whose catchphrase was "You lucky people!". George Formby and Tommy Trinder are 20th-century English comedians and English male comedians.
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Top of the Town
Top of the Town was a 1950s radio programme, broadcast on the BBC Light Programme and hosted by Terry-Thomas.
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Trouble Brewing (1939 film)
Trouble Brewing is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Googie Withers and Gus McNaughton.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.
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Turned Out Nice Again
Turned Out Nice Again is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Lancashire-born comedian George Formby.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Ukulele
The ukulele (from ukulele, approximately), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii.
Valet
A valet or varlet is a male servant who serves as personal attendant to his employer.
Variety show
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism.
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Vera Lynn
Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during World War II.
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Victoria Palace Theatre
The Victoria Palace Theatre is a West End theatre in Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster.
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Walter Greenwood
Walter Greenwood (17 December 1903 – 13 September 1974) was an English novelist, best known for the socially influential novel Love on the Dole (1933).
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Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
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Warrington
Warrington is an industrial town in the borough of the same name in Cheshire, England.
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Warrington Borough Council
Warrington Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Warrington, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
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We'll Meet Again (1943 film)
We'll Meet Again is a 1943 British musical film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Vera Lynn.
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West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.
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Western Daily Press
The Western Daily Press is a regional newspaper covering parts of South West England, mainly Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset as well as the metropolitan areas of Bath and North East Somerset and the Bristol area.
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When I'm Cleaning Windows
"When I'm Cleaning Windows" is a comedy song performed by Lancastrian comic, actor and ukulele player George Formby.
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Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas.
Will Hay
William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian who wrote and acted in a schoolmaster sketch that later transferred to the screen, where he also played other authority figures with comic failings. George Formby and Will Hay are 20th-century English comedians, English male comedians and music hall performers.
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William Beaudine
William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film director.
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Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.
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With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock
"With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock" is a popular song by English entertainer George Formby, who recorded it in 1937.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yana (singer)
Yana (born Pamela Guard; 16 February 193121 November 1989) was a British singer.
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Zip Goes a Million
Zip Goes a Million is a musical with a book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by George Posford, based on the 1902 novel Brewster's Millions.
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See also
British ukulele players
- Alan Randall (entertainer)
- Andy Eastwood
- Billy "Uke" Scott
- Charlie Connelly
- Colin Murray
- Fred Dyer
- George Formby
- Helen Arney
- Ian Whitcomb
- John Paul Jones (musician)
- Julia Lennon
- Mara Carlyle
- Martyn Jacques
- Sam Brown (singer)
- Sophie Madeleine
- Steven Sproat
- Tessie O'Shea
- Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Burials in Cheshire
- Alfred Ernest Ind
- Billy Matthews (footballer, born 1883)
- Blaster Bates
- George Formby
- George Harold Eardley
- Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster
- Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
- Guy Wareing
- Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster
- Ian Curtis
- John Douglas (English architect)
- John Hunter Littler
- John Savage (soldier)
- John Thomas (VC)
- Muirhead Bone
- Robert Grosvenor (aviator)
- Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet
- Thomas Alfred Jones
- Thomas Bellot
- Thomas Egerton Hale
- William Gaskell
- William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme
English banjoists
- Alan Randall (entertainer)
- Alfred Lennon
- Benji Kirkpatrick
- Bob Weston (guitarist)
- Clifford Essex
- Clive Palmer (musician)
- Dick Pepper
- Frank Lawes
- George Formby
- Hank Marvin
- J. A. Cave
- Jem Finer
- Joe Morley
- John Dowling (musician)
- John Paul Jones (musician)
- Julia Lennon
- Pasquale Troise
- Reg Meuross
- Ronnie Lane
- Simon Cowe
Male actors from Wigan
- Ben Batt
- Colin Bean
- Con O'Neill (actor)
- Craig Cheetham
- George Formby
- Greg Ellis (actor)
- Ian McKellen
- Ken Parry
- Laurence R. Harvey
- Rodney Litchfield
- Roy Kinnear
- Ted Ray (comedian)
Music in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
- Electro Hippies
- George Formby
- Katie White
- Limahl
- Richard Ashcroft
- Simon Tong
- The Railway Children (band)
- The Tansads
- The Verve
- Witness (UK band)
Musicians from Lancashire
- Adrian Johnston (musician)
- Alan Rawsthorne
- Amanda Roocroft
- Barry Mason
- Charles H. Workman
- Chris Acland
- Christine McVie
- Diana Vickers
- Elizabeth Bainbridge
- Eric Easton
- Eva Turner
- Frankee Connolly
- George Formby
- Gracie Fields
- Graham Clark (tenor)
- Harrison Birtwistle
- Hugh Wood
- Jean Rigby
- Jessica Taylor
- John Howard (singer-songwriter)
- John Tomlinson (bass)
- Keith Baxter (drummer)
- Kevin Simm
- Lynne Hamilton
- Mark Price (musician)
- Marli Harwood
- Nellie Briercliffe
- Paul Reade
- Pauline Moran
- Pauline Tinsley
- Phil Rice
- Richard X
- Rick Astley
- Rosemarie Wright
- Rosie Wilby
- Sandy Edmonds
- Steph Fraser
- Tommy Fields
- William Blezard
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