Beloved son (ne Walker) After a short illness on April 19th, Hazel aged 83 years, sadly passed away (Leam Lane formerly of Windy Nook). Did Ernie resent all the years he spent without getting good lines? 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. She had been in failing health for several months. Lancaster Guardian. News you can trust since 1837 . 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. on Friday. Families and friends can share via various social channels, one single share can go further than you think. Newspaper: Lancaster Guardian. 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. SHEILA (Phythian) Passed away peacefully on 26th January 22 on the Isle of Wight, after a Jack passed away on 1st February 2022. Multiple photos can be added at point of booking and directly on the notice once it has been published for free. OBITUARY Mr. G. R. Ross A well known stallholder of Morecambe Market. Born in TorrishOhne, he worked for Robinson and Sons. Though they later answered to a matey 'Sid' and 'Dick', this duo was at first billed, in rather scholastic fashion, as SC Green and RM Hills. Breached a community order. All good comedians make you laugh, of course, but Morecambe and Wise added something rarer: they made you happy. 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. In the United States, singly or together, they wrote for Dick Cavett, Johnnie Carson and Bill Cosby. JACKSON Peter & Kathleen 30th March 1963 Congratulations Mum & Dad on your Diamond Wedding. The Public Notice Portal is owned and operated by the News Media Association, the voice of UK national, regional, and local newspapers in all their print and digital forms. Families and friends can share via various social channels, one single share can go further than you think. Help organising your research by adding bookmarking your articles. 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. In the early days, comedy seemed to be the prerogative of writing duos such as Frank Muir and Denis Norden, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Barry Took and Marty Feldman. Sign in. For this essential service, hes paid a princely 15 a year. Mayfield Drive, Bare, collapsed and died while getting dressed at his home on Friday morning.' Death Notice. Morecambe, left behind by the likes of Brighton and Blackpool and Mallorca, might just be coming into its own by getting the balance right. Latest Obituaries news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice 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. Sadly passed away 17th April 2023. * We take your privacy seriously. St John's Hospice. 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'. Skip to Search. Mr. Herbert Charles Howell, aged 87. of 30. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. 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. bed-ridden for seven years. In 2019, Lancaster and Morecambe College signed a 25-year deal with Eden Project North to deliver a Morecambe Bay curriculum for students. Road. The latest issues were added in Nov 11, 2021. NMA members include nearly 900 . In March this year, it was announced that Lancaster University would become a stakeholder. Even the joyful statue of Eric Morecambe caught in his famous skipping pose looks too washed out to bring anyone sunshine. 590. 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. 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. Costs 133. Lancaster Area Police. (modern). Browse All 237,537 Images. GenesReunited. Morecambe is a coastal town on the Irish Sea. The Winter Gardens was never a music hall theatre. Primrose Street. Photograph: Alun Bull/Historic England Archive, Alun Bull "It's a pre-eminent example of an entertainment complex, not only of . Daringly, they abandoned jokes as such, building all their humour from the relationship. For purposes connected with the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, produced a record which was known to be false in a material . Morecambes front is a hotchpotch of good and bad ideas. How to Use This Collection. 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. Banned from driving for 17 months. You can review your Bookmarks in the Saved area. He is 'transferred the work to offices also survived by a sister. Well known in the village. 9th April 1966 Happy anniversary Marie on this our 57th wedding anniversary. Families can raise charitable donations in memory of their loved one with payments made directly to the charities. *. 28/02/2020. Huddersfield. 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. died at his residence on Sunday night. Death Notice. She will be missed by all. The elders lived latterly in Frinton-on-Sea in Essex, which they discovered when Megan, an actress, was in summer season there. George GELLEBURN. County: Lancashire, England. Green had been a spry little fly-half at Aske's, and retained a love of rugby football all his life. 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. The comic and his 'feed' were thus equals - a rarity in traditional double-acts. After dubious demolitions and false starts aplenty, restoration of the Grade II-listed theatre is now under way, with a cultural regeneration expert Sheffield Universitys Prof Vanessa Toulmin, who was raised in a funfair family that operated the Winter Gardens, in charge of the preservation trust. After enjoying only Ira weeks of retire- meat, Hr. Its a pre-eminent example of an entertainment complex, not only of Morecambe or the seaside, but of the UK, she says. Multiple photos can be added at point of booking and directly on the notice once it has been published for free. Hills returned first, because he had a son liable for the draft, and the Vietnam war was dragging on. Dave King departed, eventually, for other fields, while Green and Hills extended their studies to other artists. Her death will be keenly felt at the Wesleyan Church, for which she was an ardent worker far *any years. 09/06/2020. was buried at Weaste Cemetery, Manchester, on Saturday. My MorecambeBay. In the evenings his father sang at local working men's clubs, and Ernie was introduced into the act when he was seven. *. aged 55. of 8, Bellamy Avenue. 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. I've always really been a song-and-dance man. He also enjoyed golf and bridge, was a lightning solver of crossword puzzles and an after-dinner speaker in considerable demand. aged 79. Mon 22 Mar 1999 00.30 EST. 'Heysham, on Saturday. In 1907 he emigrated to Australia, where he became dock worker at . Mr. George Richard Ross collapsed and died almost immediately at his nome at 293 Lancaster Road, Morecambe on Monday morning. I pick up a bag of fish and chips from the excellent Atkinsons in Albert Road. 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. ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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. '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.'. All rights reserved. of 33. Eric: 'He might have resented it on a Monday, but when he got paid on a Friday'. View Death Notice. Death Notice. , Bowerby, near Halifax. The latest issues were added in Nov 11, 2021 . Economic value aside, the scheme is already having a positive impact locally. Born in TorrishOhne, he worked for Robinson and Sons. Hills and Green had meanwhile tried themselves out as a double act in Those Two Fellers (ITV 1967) which, obviously, they also wrote. Charities hire the guide and the general public can join in crossings through summer. Morecambe . About Us. GenesReunited. of Mr Richard Alexander Wilson. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. 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. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. News you can trust since 1837. 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. Middleton. of 33. 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. You bring yourself into the public eye, but where do you go from there? First Names. MR. HERBERT MOLT, FORMERLY OP HALIFAX. Lancaster, until a week ' the extreme right of the photo- before his death, when he and, graph. JULIA HOOKINSON. It was known as the Albert Hall of the north. native of Lancaster lie was educated at St. Thomas's Secondary Schodl. Pembroke Ave.: OBITUARY Mr. H. C. Howell A well known Merseyside, business man. Skip to Search. * We take your privacy seriously. He was A native of Cumberland. She was the boa treasurer OBITUARY 'property management He , and four grandchildren. 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. 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. He could, says his daughter Amanda, extract the humour from any situation, without smut. 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 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. Morecambe . *. Mr. Harold fail- Dugdale. KING Morecambe Passed away after a short illness at Lancaster Royal Infirmary on. She had .been ill for three years. The bespectacled, gangling comic genius died in 1984. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. OBITUARY Mr. G. R. Ross A well known stallholder of Morecambe Market. on Tuesday. of Somme Ate.. Heysham. pissed away in the Victoria Hospital on Tuesday. Twenty years ago, before the refurbishment of the Midland Hotel added a much-needed dash of art deco glamour, it inspired the first Crap Towns book. MUHAMMED, Ribar Zuber (37), Ullswater Road, Lancaster. Families and friends can share via various social channels, one single share can go further than you think. Born in St. Helens, Mr. Howell come to Morecambe OBITUARY Mr. E. Lumb A retired farmer who came to Morecambe 12 months ago for his health, Mr. Edgat Lumb, aged 74. died at his home, Westminster Road, Morecambe, on Thursday, last week Mr. Lumb was a native of ! GELLEBURN George Peacefully on Thursday 6th April 2023 at Thorncliffe Care Home, George aged 92. Bradford. The one-hour special that resultedwas a triumph for all concerned. They stayed in different hotels when touring. Morecambe has a chequered history of dubious town planning, including a Mr Blobby-theme park that flopped before it opened. 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.