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Gracie Stansfield makes her professional
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| 1921 |
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James Booth, better known as legendary
Edwardian Music Hall star George Formby (senior)
dies at his home in Stockton Heath, Warrington. His son,
George Booth quits his job as a jockey to start
his own music hall career using his father's material.
He opened at the Earlestown Hippodrome Theatre, near Newton
Le Willows, Wigan under the stage name of George
Hoy. He later changes it to George
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George Formby |
John
Willie, Come On  |
| George
Formby makes his recorded debut with the
'78 singles 'John Willie, Come On', (written by his later
father), 'I Parted My Hair In the Middle' and 'The Man
Was a Stranger To Me' |
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Gracie Fields |
| Sally
In Our Alley |
| Gracie
Fields makes her cinema debut in the box
office smash, 'Sally in Our Alley', which produces her
signature song 'Sally'. She plays Sally Winch, a young
Lancashire lass working as a waitress who believes her
boyfriend died in the Great War. The film gives her Superstar
status, making her the most popular entertainer in Britain,
and later the highest paid movie star in the world |
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| 1932 |
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George Formby
has his first success with the Jack Hylton Band on the
'78 'The Old Kitchen Kettle' |
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The British intelligence service, MI5, open a file and
start to watch the Manchester home of Communist Party
member Jimmie Miller.
In April 1932, he helps organise the mass trespass of
Kinder Scout in The Peak District, a massive protest at
English laws denying ramblers access to open countryside.
He writes the song 'The Manchester Rambler' which becomes
the official song of the Ramblers Federation. |
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| 1933 |
Gracie Fields
appears in the films 'This Week of Grace' and 'Love,
Life and Laughter' |
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Gracie Fields |
| Sing
As We Go |
| Gracie
Fields appears in what many appear to be
her greatest film. She plays a mill girl who relocates
to Blackpool. By now she had already sold over 4 million
records and the title track 'Sing As We Go' is later given
the Monty Python treatment in their comedy parody 'Sit
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George Formby |
| Boots!
Boots! |
| George
Formby makes his film debut in John E Blackley's
Mancunian Films production of 'Boots! Boots!'. He
stars alongside his wife Beryl as his father's famous
old character, John Willie. |
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| 1935 |
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Gracie Fields
appears in the film 'Look Up and Laugh' |
George Formby
appears in the Mancunian
Films classic, 'Off The Dole', again as his father's
old character, John Willie. Later on in the year he
stars in his first big hit and what many consider to
be his greatest film, 'No Limit' |
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George Formby |
| Keep
Your Seats Please |
| George
Formby appears in the film, 'Keep Your Seats
Please' which produces his biggest ever hit, 'When I'm
Cleaning Windows', selling over a million copies |
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George Formby |
| Feather
Your Nest |
| George
Formby appears in the film, 'Feather Your
Nest', in which he famously sings 'Leaning On A Lampost',
which sells over 150,000 copies within a month of its
release |
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| 1938 |
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Gracie Fields
appears in the films 'We're Going to Be Rich' and 'Keep
Smiling'. She is also honoured with a CBE for services
to Entertainment |
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George Formby
appears in the film, 'I See Ice' and later in the wartime
movie, 'It's In The Air' |
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| 1941 |
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George Formby
appears in the films, 'Turned Out Nice Again' and 'South
American George' |
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| 1946 |
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George Formby
appears in the film, 'George In Civvy Street' and receives
the OBE for services to Entertainment |
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Jimmie Miller re-appears,
changing his name to Ewan
MacColl. He is surprisingly not charged for
dessertion |
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On 26th August, Phil
Lynott is born in West Bromwich, the son
of a young white Irish girl and a black Brazilian sailor.
3 weeks after his birth, his father leaves. Facing the
prospect of being a single mother, raising a black baby
in 1950's Catholic Ireland, his mother relocates to Moss
Side, Manchester |
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