Frank Duffy & Son. Sign in. Well known in the village. Now he's becoming a character, a personality.' aged R 3. He was a wonderful comedian in his own right, often winning just as many laughs as his partner. ant pursuit , the trophy known as the ''Wads/ i I worth Cup. He leaves OBITUARY Mrs A. H. 'Mrs. Here, ducks, geese, curlews and dunlins peck at the ridges and pools newly formed in the salt marshes and sandflats. News you can trust since 1837. 'But we are a cheap music-hall act,' Eric would respond before looking out at the audience and confiding, sotto voce: 'This boy's a fool.'. How to Use This Collection. 24 April 2023. Find local and national death notices, funeral notices, obituaries, in memoriams, and acknowledgements at funeral-notices.co.uk, plus a directory of over 3,000 UK Funeral Directors The prom itself is fine, but the buildings range from handsome redbrick to dour sandstone to a hideous highrise crying out for a wrecking ball. Around town I spotted the logo on school signage. 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? Frank Duffy & Son. 28/02/2020. She is referring, of course, to the Cornwall-based environmental charitys plan to develop Eden Project North, a 125m eco-attraction, on a seafront site previously occupied by the Bubbles swimming pool and Dome theatre. On prescription from this diagnosis Eric and Ernie certainly thrived, but in the trade there are those who believe that only when they switched to the BBC in 1968, with Eddie Braben taking over as writer, were they really launched to become the nation's favourites of all time. For this newspaper, we have the following titles in, or planned for, our digital archive: This newspaper is published by Johnston Press plc Mr. Mills name to the town in 1927. and 'up to his retirement, OBITUARY. 999. Morecambe, died on Saturday at the Devonshire Arms Hotel, Bolton Abbey. 'Some comedians reel off jokes as if they've just come out of a book,' said Ernie. Find local and national death notices, funeral notices, obituaries, in memoriams, and acknowledgements at funeral-notices.co.uk, plus a directory of over 3,000 UK Funeral Directors. Fine 450, costs 65. GELLEBURN George Peacefully on Thursday 6th April 2023 at Thorncliffe Care Home, George aged 92. Families and friends can share via various social channels, one single share can go further than you think. on Tuesday. This is a collaborative project with FindMyPast.com. 28/02/2020. 997. . Charities hire the guide and the general public can join in crossings through summer. Lancaster. The silly half of the legendary duo was a keen birder: a hide at Leighton Moss is named after him. OBITUARY Mr. J. W. Willon Mr. John William Willan, 'aged 70. of 7. You can review your Bookmarks in the Saved area. Morecambe. Cookie Settings. The one-hour special that resultedwas a triumph for all concerned. Beloved Wife, Mother, Mother-in-Law, Grandmother (Chris) Suddenly in Victoria Hospital on Friday 7th April 2023, Chris, aged Mr Tony Haworth, of Swinnel Brook, Helmshore, died peacefully in Royal Blackburn Vivienne passed away on the 5th April after a long illness at Springhill Alan Holden, of Milnshaw Gardens, Accrington, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 1 at the Brenda Margaret Hopwood of Queen Elizabeth Crescent died on Saturday, April 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. In fact, they had met as pupils at Haberdashers Aske's in south London - where they wrote a school panto - and after war and post-war service Hills went on to teach English. He was A native of Cumberland. Death Notice. LANCASTER - Mrs. Billie Sue Belk Robinson, "Nana," 81, passed away peacefully in her home Saturday, March 18, 2023. Morecambe's Grade II-listed Winter Gardensis being restored. Green followed a year or two later and in 1978 had his first solo credit in Britain with Mixed Blessings, a gentle sitcom about a mixed marriage, with Christopher Blake and Muriel Odunton, which he derived from the real-life marriage of an old school-friend's son. She had been in failing health for several months. More Options. They tailored all their efforts to one performer, Dave King. Their popularity had not even begun to wane when Eric Morecambe died. Beneath are the cockles and shrimps of local culinary fame. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. Skip to Search. Passed away peacefully on Friday 14th April 2023, aged 83 years. 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. An energy-sapping heat haze drains the life out of Morecambe Bay. 8. 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. Middleton. Survive ing relatives OBITUARY Mrs. M. E. Wall A well-known Morecambe boarding-house keeper, Mrs.' j Mary Ellen Wall, aged 69, of ; 102, Clarendon Road, died at' j her home on Friday. aged 55. of 8, Bellamy Avenue. A collection of obituaries found in the British Newspaper Archives. DIES. Families can raise charitable donations in memory of their loved one with payments made directly to the charities. The sun is high and the sky clear by the time I get back to the spot where Eric is saluting the white-haired selfie-snappers, his binocs dangling around his neck. Given the natural wonders at hand Morecambe Bay, the Trough of Bowland, the Lakes Eden Project North would have plenty of inspiration for filling its domes with local flora. 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. 1929-60 Morecambe Guardian and Heysham Observer. Mr. Harold fail- Dugdale. Loving. I've always really been a song-and-dance man. op WadesedaY weep, took paw at larrishdes mastery on Saturday. 2,480 talking about this. Lancaster Guardian. Over the years, however, as they became increasingly useful additions to variety bills up and down the country, the act evolved. 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. Born at Stoke-on-Trent ellY years ago he had lived since OBITUARY ' Loved Church ld Members of the Regent Park 'A' team compete each year for . Thats what the Eden Project is hoping to build on.. Rennison :Mrs. Annie Simpson, of Lans downe Road, Bare, died sud A resident of Morecambe for denly at her home on Monday. All rights reserved. lived In Torrisholme. Nevertheless, this air of comfy domesticity brought another subtlety - Eric's basic insecurity - to the act, the impression that if the high-flying 'Mr Showbiz' Ernie ever left the nest, Eric would feel very alone. A native of Linthwaite. Help organising your research by adding bookmarking your articles. The bespectacled, gangling comic genius died in 1984. St John's Hospice. Skip to Search. Re vas the oldest resident to the village .nativt of Middleton. 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. Green, who had risen to the rank of captain in the army, had jobs in the iron-ore business, ICI and a furniture company. 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. 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. Her death will be keenly felt at the Wesleyan Church, for which she was an ardent worker far *any years. Mayfield Drive, Bare, collapsed and died while getting dressed at his home on Friday morning.' The greenery on the opposite shore appears and, beyond, the steep slopes of the Cumbrian fells. Morecambes front is a hotchpotch of good and bad ideas. _ A native of Stockton, she was married twice and came . native of Lancaster lie was educated at St. Thomas's Secondary Schodl. They were admirably his wife moved to Michaelson. where he had been the proprietor for 20 years. Find local and national death notices, funeral notices, obituaries, in memoriams, and acknowledgements at funeral-notices.co.uk, plus a directory of over 3,000 UK Funeral Directors. Place. MR. JOHN HARRISON. 1922, 1924, 1927-1935, 1938-1940, 1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1953, 1955-1960. 26th March 1960 at St. James Church, Bootle. Lancaster, died on Wednesday. at the age of 83 years last week and was buried at Bowling Cemetery. The suggestion that they might be gay never arose. LUND, Aiden Joseph, (25), Maylands Square, Morecambe. Aged 95 years peacefully on 29th January 2020 at the Sands Care Home Morecambe 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. Banned from driving for 17 months. The No.1 UK for funeral notices, where you can search over 5,016,738 notices. In 2019, Lancaster and Morecambe College signed a 25-year deal with Eden Project North to deliver a Morecambe Bay curriculum for students. Families, friends, neighbours, colleagues etc can pay tribute and messages of condolence online free of charge forever. head of 1 the family which owns the Midland Hotel. aged 75. of The youngest of five brothers,ovesLminster Road, Morecambe. . Sid James was easy, the diffident Roy Castle more difficult, though they cracked it in the end. 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. The elders lived latterly in Frinton-on-Sea in Essex, which they discovered when Megan, an actress, was in summer season there. Ernest Wiseman (Ernie Wise), comedian, born November 27, 1925; died March 21, 1999, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. If what seemed a good joke to one partner didn't make the other laugh, it was probably not good enough. It is governed by three tiers of local government in Morecambe Town Council, Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council. She was the boa treasurer OBITUARY 'property management He , and four grandchildren. Eric was funny, pure and simple. Passed away on 8th May age 92, Beloved wife of the late Derek Tilley. 'Don't say that - you make us sound like a cheap music-hall act,' Ernie would snap irritably from time to time. (Our special day that we can't share, but in my heart you're always there.) 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. At the end of a terraced row on Sandylands Promenade, there is a new mural by the Glasgow-based all-women street art foursome Cobolt Collective. Aug 26, 2017 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. Sadly, passed away 1st October 2022, aged 84 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. Multiple photos can be added at point of booking and directly on the notice once it has been published for free. 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. Help organising your research by adding bookmarking your articles. an outatand-: Mg figure in Rugby Union and other sporting circles in the' north of England died on Mon-' Iday. Morecambe 3, Lincoln 2: Shrimps fight back to keep hopes alive Derek Quinn . Families can raise charitable donations in memory of their loved one with payments made directly to the charities. They were billed as Carson and Kid, and Ernie was required to sit on his father's knee, snivelling audibly, while Mr Wiseman sang tear-jerkers such as Little Pal When Daddy Goes Away. 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. Costs 133. Your search results for obituary: 888 newspaper articles contained information about obituary filtered by: Newspaper title: Morecambe Guardian Place: morecambe, lancashire, england at 111, Clareedon Road. Its all a bit worthy and serious for a seaside resort, but then Morecambe was never really a Kiss Me Quick place. Cite This Collection "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries." Database with images. In 1907 he emigrated to Australia, where he became dock worker at . of 33. Eamonn Andrews's 1956 attempt to advance from panel games and This is Your Life into song and dance and comedy was a legendary disaster, but hardly their fault. he 1 ,-mkeil on many twins in the d,irict after OBITUARY in falling health for about fonrl whose tower can be seen on years. He was A native of Cumberland. The Winter Gardens was never a music hall theatre. SHEILA (Phythian) Passed away peacefully on 26th January 22 on the Isle of Wight, after a Jack passed away on 1st February 2022. Sid James, Bruce Forsyth, Morecambe and . Plans are due to be submitted this summer and, if approved and if government co-funding is forthcoming ground could be broken next year. Got a. 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. 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. , Bowerby, near Halifax. 590. Morecambe, died at her home on Friday. Soon afterwards they were lured to America, contributing to all sorts of TV shows and occasionally furnishing material for visiting stars' Las Vegas appearances. Dave King departed, eventually, for other fields, while Green and Hills extended their studies to other artists. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. Pembroke Ave.: OBITUARY Mr. H. C. Howell A well known Merseyside, business man. Morecambe . Ernie Wise, who has died aged 73 following a triple heart bypass operation, was, with Eric Morecambe, one of the two best-loved comedians Britain has ever produced. 12/10/2022. Its a very different kind of person who goes to Morecambe than to Blackpool; I love them both but people came here, to the Naples of the North, for the heritage, the walks, the views and the environment. Mr. Herbert Charles Howell, aged 87. of 30. OBITUARY ' Loved Church ld Members of the Regent Park 'A' team compete each year for . Exactly a month after the death of her husband Mr. James Sandeiacn, Mrs. Surma Sanderson died suddenly on March 20 at the age of U years. Pembroke Ave.: OBITUARY. If you need to publish a public notice, please contact Lancaster Guardian directly at: publicnotices@nationalworld.com. They stayed in different hotels when touring. She was born April 12, 1941, in Lancaster, daughter of the late Bill Blease . Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. Ernest Wiseman was born in Leeds, the son of a railwayman. Green had been a spry little fly-half at Aske's, and retained a love of rugby football all his life. Our 63rd. Families, friends, neighbours, colleagues etc can pay tribute and messages of condolence online free of charge forever. Daringly, they abandoned jokes as such, building all their humour from the relationship. Multiple photos can be added at point of booking and directly on the notice once it has been published for free. Morecambes Grade II-listed Winter Gardensis being restored. Mayfield Drive, Bare, collapsed and died while getting dressed at his home on Friday morning.' For Anthony Newley, a mysterious moody 'star' of the era, they devised The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960), a remarkable, semi-surrealist format many years ahead of its time - if also, alas, of its audience. Birthday. 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. Findmypast | Last year we used the enforced closures to get a lot of work done. Peter & Kathleen JACKSON Published on30/03/2023. Sid Green, who has died at the age of 71, partnered the late Dick Hills in one of the most prolific television comedy writing teams of the 1950s to 1970s. (modern). _ A native of Stockton, she was married twice and came OBITUARY Mrs. M. E. Dyson Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Dyson, laged 84. of 11 Ellesmere Grove. Last Names. Official account of the Lancaster Guardian newspaper in north Lancashire. You can review your Bookmarks in the Saved area. n energy-sapping heat haze drains the life out of Morecambe Bay. Latest court lists for Lancaster and Morecambe. Comparison with Oliver Hardy is not misplaced: Hardy summed up his own appeal as 'a very stupid guy who thinks he's a cut above another stupid guy'. GenesReunited. "He never wrote a blue line in his life. l]r. Julia Hodkinsou, formerly of Alexandra Road, died ut Lancaster. Morecambe is home to the iconic Midland Hotel, Happy Mount Park, entertainment venue The Platform and the beautiful . Much loved (nee Gardner ) (Goosie) Peacefully on April 22nd at Guisborough Manor Care Home, Grace (nee Day) At home on April 23rd, Audrey aged 84 years, passed peacefully with her Peacefully in hospital, on April 19th, June aged 87 years. on Friday. Published on 21/04/2023. The second world war caused a temporary hiccup in their burgeoning professional relationship: Wise served in the Navy and Morecambe was a Bevin Boy. Former Morecambe High School pupil publishes her first novel Louise . Sid James, Bruce Forsyth, Morecambe and Wise, Roy Castle, Freddie Starr and Michael Barrymore depended on them at various times. Your search results for obituary: 149 newspaper articles contained information about obituary filtered by: Newspaper title: Morecambe Guardian Place: morecambe, lancashire, england Date from: 1st Jan 1950 - Date to: 31st Dec 1999 of Mr Richard Alexander Wilson. Even the joyful statue of Eric Morecambe caught in his famous skipping pose looks too washed out to bring anyone sunshine. Lancaster Area Police. Sadly passed away 17th April 2023. 1920-29 Morecambe Guardian. She will be missed by all. died at his residence on Sunday night. Born in Oldham, where he ,was a shoe repairer. Morecambe, died at her home on Friday. He eventually OBITUARY Mr. R. A. Wilson The death occurred on Friday in Morecambe hospital. Mr. Pedder who vas born in Bradford came to Morecambe five years ago He was employed OBITUARY 'property management He , and four grandchildren. Published: Friday 27 April 1956. 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.' When Morecambe was pole-axed for several months by a series of heart attacks in the early 1980s, Ernie, in the words of one observer, 'wore the bravely puzzled air of a man trying to scratch a newly-amputated leg'. SHEILA (Phythian) Passed away peacefully on 26th January 22 on the Isle of Wight, after a Jack passed away on 1st February 2022. Born in TorrishOhne, he worked for Robinson and Sons. Mrs. S. A. Thresh, South Grove, Morecambe. Mr. Sanderson, who was a draper in Market Place, Oldham. Year. Lancaster, until a week ' the extreme right of the photo- before his death, when he and, graph. Media/News Company. Passed away suddenly in the Royal Lancaster infirmary on 13th May 2022. Mr. Herbert Charles Howell, aged 87. of 30. He also enjoyed golf and bridge, was a lightning solver of crossword puzzles and an after-dinner speaker in considerable demand. MR. HERBERT MOLT, FORMERLY OP HALIFAX. Born at Stoke-on-Trent ellY years ago he had lived since 2023 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited - Proudly presented by Findmypast in partnership with the British Library, A Findmypast company - also visit: aged 75. of The youngest of five brothers,ovesLminster Road, Morecambe. It hosted the likes of the Hall and Edward Elgar. * We take your privacy seriously. Multiple photos can be added at point of booking and directly on the notice once it has been published for free. We have a vision of the Winter Gardens as a major music venue with a capacity of 2,500, hosting all kinds of concerts by top-notch acts, along the lines of Londons Alexandra Palace., Toulmin believes the terracotta-and-brick palace can play a pivotal role in restoring Morecambes former grandeur. . Hills returned first, because he had a son liable for the draft, and the Vietnam war was dragging on. For this essential service, hes paid a princely 15 a year. KING Morecambe Passed away after a short illness at Lancaster Royal Infirmary on. Years earlier, when Oliver Hardy died, a French newspaper headlined the story 'Laurel et Hardy est mort', and Stan, realising the truth of this, never again appeared in public as an entertainer. Its a cue to turn back for lunch that and the fact that this precarious shore can turn what looks like short walk on a map into an inland tramp along A roads. David of Whitworth and Morecambe, passed away on Sunday 16th February 2020. Born in TorrishOhne, he worked for Robinson and Sons. In the evenings his father sang at local working men's clubs, and Ernie was introduced into the act when he was seven. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. Aged 70 years, Sadly, passed away on Sunday 30th January 2022 at home with his wife Mary On 6th November 2021 in The Royal Lancaster Infirmary aged 73 years.
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