Morecambe. , Bowerby, near Halifax. MR. HERBERT MOLT, FORMERLY OP HALIFAX. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. Even the joyful statue of Eric Morecambe caught in his famous skipping pose looks too washed out to bring anyone sunshine. Miss in Victoria Street shortly after Elsie Gardener, who lives in the last war and became well-;America ;known in the district 2023 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited - Proudly presented by Findmypast in partnership with the British Library, A Findmypast company - also visit: DIES. 2023 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited - Proudly presented by Findmypast in partnership with the British Library, A Findmypast company - also visit: Green had been a spry little fly-half at Aske's, and retained a love of rugby football all his life. Ernie refined this stance and created a brilliantly funny, unique persona for Eric to bounce off: vain, snobbish, puritanical, mean, sexually naive, magnificently smug and given to delusions of artistic grandeur - Ernie: 'My mother's got a Whistler.' A new mural on Morecambes Sandylands Promenade celebrating the heritage of Wakes weeks, when factories would shut down and workers headed for the Lancashire coast. 1920-29 Morecambe Guardian. Ernest Wiseman was born in Leeds, the son of a railwayman. I've always really been a song-and-dance man. You can review your Bookmarks in the Saved area. A collection of obituaries found in the British Newspaper Archives. From time to time they returned to their roots, topping variety bills. This was reinforced at the end of some of their later television shows, when Ernie would smirkingly accept the congratulations of sycophants while, in the background, a completely deflated Eric, with flat cap, shabby raincoat and carrier bag, would wander out of the studio. 'It's taken him longer because he's never had the lines before. GELLEBURN George Peacefully on Thursday 6th April 2023 at Thorncliffe Care Home, George aged 92. View Anniversary. Morecambe, died at her home on Friday. National World Publishing Ltd. All Rights Reserved. of knowledge He leaves a widow , a daugh- tor, two grandsons and four MR. TERENCE COOKSON great g OBITUARY Mr. A. Pedder Mr, Arthur Pedder. Fine 450, costs 65. News you can trust since 1837 . He was a wonderful comedian in his own right, often winning just as many laughs as his partner. Ernie was funny, too, but had other skills: he was a fine dancer and a good singer. Frank Duffy & Son. Its all a bit worthy and serious for a seaside resort, but then Morecambe was never really a Kiss Me Quick place. At Hest Bank, just below where the Arnside and Silverdale area of outstanding natural beauty meets the sea, the RSPB runs a small reserve, an offshoot of the much larger Leighton Moss reedbed farther north. She had .been ill for three years. Mr. Hodgson OBITUARY Mrs. A. M. Gunn Mrs. Albertina Maria Gunn, aged 79, died on Friday at 30, OBITUARY Mr. H. Dugdale Mr. F. Bartle Mr. Fred Bartle. . of Somme Ate.. Heysham. Her death will be keenly felt at the Wesleyan Church, for which she was an ardent worker far *any years. . *. Did Ernie resent all the years he spent without getting good lines? The latest issues were added in Nov 11, 2021. At low tide you can choose to hike over the bay; a Queens Guide to the Sands is still employed to steer people safely across. Published on 21/04/2023. They started to bombard the BBC with speculative TV scripts, quite without success until they accepted the fact that the comedian was everything, and the writer - as Muir or Norden put it - merely his labourer. Green, who had risen to the rank of captain in the army, had jobs in the iron-ore business, ICI and a furniture company. Their popularity had not even begun to wane when Eric Morecambe died. of a prominent Morecambe di e d at Morecambe Hospital on family of butchers. Families can raise charitable donations in memory of their loved one with payments made directly to the charities. She had .been ill for three years. Morecambe, died at her home on Friday. Huddersfield. Lancaster Guardian. Deceased was a native of Halifax and went to Bradford as W boy. 995. Walks across the Sands can be arranged at guideoversands.co.uk, but are fully booked for summer 2021, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. I call myself the thin end of sanity. She was born April 12, 1941, in Lancaster, daughter of the late Bill Blease . Morecambe has a chequered history of dubious town planning, including a Mr Blobby-theme park that flopped before it opened. The population of Morecambe and Heysham is 55,428. ', When they were firmly established as Britain's top double-act, the generous Morecambe was delighted with the laughs Ernie was getting. Morecambe's Grade II-listed Winter Gardensis being restored. Mr. Mills name to the town in 1927. and 'up to his retirement, OBITUARY. The silly half of the legendary duo was a keen birder: a hide at Leighton Moss is named after him. Cite This Collection "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries." Database with images. Published: Friday 18 March 1960. * We take your privacy seriously. 590. The No.1 UK for funeral notices, where you can search over 5,016,738 notices. Death Notice. Got a. 999. I pick up a bag of fish and chips from the excellent Atkinsons in Albert Road. Radio station. Mr. Woodhouse was one of Morecambe's oldest rasidents.l and he had as adventwous life as a I OBITUARY Mr. H. Dugdale Mr. F. Bartle Mr. Fred Bartle. In 2019, Lancaster and Morecambe College signed a 25-year deal with Eden Project North to deliver a Morecambe Bay curriculum for students. They were friends for 44 years, partners for most of that time, and seemed inseparable, like two halves of a whole. Stolen off-road farm . Birthday. Search funeral notices in Lancashire featuring the Manchester Evening News, Manchester Weekly News, Accrington Observer, Rossendale Free Press, Rochdale Observer, Stockport Express and Lancs Live, on the much loved tribute site funeral-notices.co.uk, where you can search the latest death notices, find local funeral announcements and view upcoming funeral times 1:48 PM. Death Notice. KING Morecambe Passed away after a short illness at Lancaster Royal Infirmary on. Rooted in the ping-pong cross-talk of variety, Morecambe and Wise were also knowing and sophisticated, with Eric far more laid-back, sexually experienced and streetwise than the pompous, bustling little Ernie. The elders lived latterly in Frinton-on-Sea in Essex, which they discovered when Megan, an actress, was in summer season there. Much loved wife of the late (Ken) Passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday April 15th 2023 (nee Easton) (Swalwell) Promoted to glory on 16th April 2023 aged 98 years Mary (Forest Hall, formerly of Matlock) Unexpectedly on Saturday 15th April aged 50 years A visitor lit a candle on the Death Notice of, A visitor left a Tribute on the Death Notice of, A visitor made a Donation on the Death Notice of, A visitor added a Photo on the Death Notice of, This site is brought to you by Reach PLC who are a supplier member to. A native of Linthwaite. George GELLEBURN. St John's Hospice. Morecambe, died on Friday !ne Royal Lanca.qter I nfirma w here he had been a patient for four weeks. Earliest issue: January 7, 1922. Media/News Company. In real life they lived miles from each other - Morecambe with his wife and family in Harpenden, and Wise with his wife, Doreen, a former dancer, in Peterborough. A native of Linthwaite. 02070237931. The interment was preceded by service at St. Luke's Church, Weaste, and the chief mourners were: Mr. H. Gee, son: Mr OBITUARY. OBITUARY Mr. G. R. Ross A well known stallholder of Morecambe Market. But, as the tide ebbs and the muggy weather burns off, Morecambes natural qualities are quietly revealed. As Sid Green said at a writing school seminar in 1964, two heads were better than one, especially in the need for constant self-criticism. Death Notice. of Mr Richard Alexander Wilson. 1922, 1924, 1927-1935, 1938-1940, 1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1953, 1955-1960. Last Names. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. of 33. 2,480 talking about this. News you can trust since 1837. of a prominent Morecambe di e d at Morecambe Hospital on family of butchers. Eric Bartholomew (Morecambe's real name) and Ernie Wise first met at an audition for Youth Takes A Bow, a child talent show, when Eric was 13 and Ernie already a member of the troupe. Frank Duffy & Son. Morecambe . Dave King departed, eventually, for other fields, while Green and Hills extended their studies to other artists. 12/10/2022. LANCASTER - Mrs. Billie Sue Belk Robinson, "Nana," 81, passed away peacefully in her home Saturday, March 18, 2023. But he thought he was Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra rolled into one, and it was Eric's job to disabuse him of these notions. 24 April 2023. A. Simpson , Anaccomplished local singer. Morecambe, died on Saturday at the Devonshire Arms Hotel, Bolton Abbey. Pembroke Ave.: OBITUARY Mr. H. C. Howell A well known Merseyside, business man. Banned from driving for 17 months. pissed away in the Victoria Hospital on Tuesday. head of 1 the family which owns the Midland Hotel. Multiple photos can be added at point of booking and directly on the notice once it has been published for free. died at his residence on Sunday night. MU. Morecambe . He was 84. than 20 years. Mrs. Dyson came to Morecambe in 1936 OBITUARY Mr. W. Gardner I Three weeks after he collapI sed at his work on a building site at Giggleswick, Mr. Wil' ham Gardner, aged S 5, died at phis Combermere Road home. Mr. George Richard Ross collapsed and died almost immediately at his nome at 293 Lancaster Road, Morecambe on Monday morning. Jukes Funeral Services. A pioneer of the motor_indmtry im this town, Mr. John Harrison, died at his residence, 7, Cambridge Street, Morecambe, on Wednesday, in his 69th year. The suggestion that they might be gay never arose. OBITUARY Mr. L. Hodgson Mr. Lewis Hodgson. It is governed by three tiers of local government in Morecambe Town Council, Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council. Hills and Green noted that what was special about them was a reversal of the usual Mutt and Jeff double act: the straight man (Ernie) had the crazy ideas and the comic (Eric) had to go along with them. While still serving in the army in Wales, Green had married a local girl, Margaret Holt, who survives him together with three daughters, Amanda, Sian and Megan, and three grandchildren. Will be sadly missed by son David of Whitworth and Morecambe, passed away on Sunday 16th February 2020 A visitor lit a candle on the Death Notice of, A visitor left a Tribute on the Death Notice of, A visitor made a Donation on the Death Notice of, A visitor added a Photo on the Death Notice of, This site is brought to you by Reach PLC who are a supplier member to. Sadly missed DENTON 9th May 2020 At her home in Montgomery House Nursing Home, Shropshire nee Miller Passed away 21st March at St James Lodge. There followed what was probably the key attachment of their joint career, to Morecambe and Wise for that lovable pair's ATV series between 1961 and 1967. Year. Theres nothing for it but to hasten my pace along the prom and create my own breeze as I head north. He was A native of Cumberland. County: Lancashire, England. She had been in failing health for several months. Newspaper: Morecambe Guardian. OBITUARY Mr. J. W. Willon Mr. John William Willan, 'aged 70. of 7. Sadly passed away 17th April 2023. OBITUARY Mr. G. R. Ross A well known stallholder of Morecambe Market. All rights reserved. Multiple photos can be added at point of booking and directly on the notice once it has been published for free. 'Heysham, on Saturday. It was not until they joined forces with the writers Sid Green and Dick Hills (and, much later, Eddie Braben) in the early 1960s that they were able to re-create their variety success in the more intimate medium. Passed away on 8th May age 92, Beloved wife of the late Derek Tilley. Mr. Pedder who vas born in Bradford came to Morecambe five years ago He was employed Obituary Mrs. A. M. Gee, Morecambe Um Alice Maud Gee. Hills and Green had meanwhile tried themselves out as a double act in Those Two Fellers (ITV 1967) which, obviously, they also wrote. Thats Morecambes shtick: retro, refined, somewhat romantic. How to Use This Collection. She had .been ill for three years. He was A native of Cumberland. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. Passed away suddenly in the Royal Lancaster infirmary on 13th May 2022. This is a collaborative project with FindMyPast.com. 09/06/2020. LUND, Aiden Joseph, (25), Maylands Square, Morecambe. News you can trust since 1837 . 8. The deep affection that radiated from the stage or screen could not be faked, however, and the public responded warmly to their obviously close friendship. Well known in the village. Police search for wanted Morecambe man Gayle Rouncivell. English seaside resorts have always harboured a tension between manmade fun palaces and their natural setting: look out to sea or inwards to arcades, shows and tat? Sign in. Media/News Company. Thats what the Eden Project is hoping to build on.. Former Morecambe High School pupil publishes her first novel Louise . IMMA SANDL'ESON. Huddersfield. Morecambe 3, Lincoln 2: Shrimps fight back to keep hopes alive Derek Quinn . Morecambes front is a hotchpotch of good and bad ideas. This was no reflection on Ernie - he was still regarded with huge affection but there seemed no real place for him until he became a chronicler of a lost showbiz age, drawing on his vast experience, always ready with a quote or an anecdote about days gone by, a familiar figure at comedy awards ceremonies and the like.
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