Bobby Ball’s Statue. Yes or No?

Ooh It’s a Corner said:
Bernard Manning had Frank Carson round to his house and they were being interviewed the interviewer said what would you like as your epitaph on your gravestone .
Frank said “ It’s been a cracker “
Bernard sat there in his vest and y fronts said
“ I‘d have , I would rather be here than having lunch with Frank Carson “
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I remember a cracker when Bernard's club burned down.
North west tonight, Granada reports, they were all there waiting for a comment.
The reporter asked Bernard, "how do you feel about this awful tragedy ?"
He looked straight to the camera and said, "why does nothing like this ever happen to Carson " 🤣
 
gjr69 said:
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George Formby as well, has a blue plaque on a house near Fairhaven Lake, the Fylde coast is like Beverley Hills for northern entertainers!
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There are George Formby statues in the town of his birth, Wigan, and in Douglas (dressed in his TT leathers). But not one in LSA where he lived for many years.
 
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Archibald Knox said:
There are George Formby statues in the town of his birth, Wigan, and in Douglas dressed in his TT leathers). But not one in LSA where he lived for many years.
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Read he was the UKs highest paid entertainer in his day, on that basis the house he had here is quite modest.
 
gjr69 said:
Read he was the UKs highest paid entertainer in his day, on that basis the house he had here is quite modest.
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When he died in 1961 his estate was valued at £135k, equivalent in buying power today of £3million. So although one of the most popular comedians of his time, he was not overpaid compared with some of our popsters today.
 
Archibald Knox said:
When he died in 1961 his estate was valued at £135k, equivalent in buying power today of £3million. So although one of the most popular comedians of his time, he was not overpaid compared with some of our popsters today.
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But compared to the average working man, he was massively overpaid 👍🏻
In 1961 you could buy a house for £1000
 
Wizzerboy said:
But compared to the average working man, he was massively overpaid 👍🏻
In 1961 you could buy a house for £1000
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Are you suggesting that a man who people 'wanted' to be entertained by, a man who people wanted to pay to watch...working people at that, the very ones you seem to be protesting on behalf of were wrong to pay him?
That was the working man's choice, his entertainment.
 
Ginge said:
Are you suggesting that a man who people 'wanted' to be entertained by, a man who people wanted to pay to watch...working people at that, the very ones you seem to be protesting on behalf of were wrong to pay him?
That was the working man's choice, his entertainment.
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Read Archibald Knox's post that I replied to please
 
Wizzerboy said:
Read Archibald Knox's post that I replied to please
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Obviously gone over your head.
He was not overpaid. He was paid his worth, by the very people, the working man, that you are being so precious about.
It was the working man paying him.
They were happy to do so.
 
Walk past Frank Randel's headstone most days with the dog in Carleton Crem. Very funny for our younger posters on YouTube.
 
Nazzer said:
Walk past Frank Randel's headstone most days with the dog in Carleton Crem. Very funny for our younger posters on YouTube.
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Frank Randle. Not knowing him, I had to use Wiki. Very interesting. Apparently his mischievous comic wit led to a running feud with Harry Barnes, a police chief of Blackpool, who frequently banned him from performing in the town's venues in the early 1950s. He also bombarded Blackpool (or Accrington, people are unsure) with toilet rolls from a private aircraft.
 
Ginge said:
Obviously gone over your head.
He was not overpaid. He was paid his worth, by the very people, the working man, that you are being so precious about.
It was the working man paying him.
They were happy to do so.
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Yeh woooosh
 
Archibald Knox said:
Frank Randle. Not knowing him, I had to use Wiki. Very interesting. Apparently his mischievous comic wit led to a running feud with Harry Barnes, a police chief of Blackpool, who frequently banned him from performing in the town's venues in the early 1950s. He also bombarded Blackpool (or Accrington, people are unsure) with toilet rolls from a private aircraft.
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Frank Randle was the most subversive comic of his day, some of his characters were quite outrageous, plenty of footage on YouTube to check out, in particular his ‘Grandad’ persona. He portrayed a ‘drunk’ to perfection, obviously because he was a pisspot in real life. His local pub was the Saddle Inn on Whitegate Drive, which was also my local in the late 70’s, some of the older locals remembered his outrageous impromptu performances on many a Sunday evening entertaining the locals back in the 50’s.
 
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