Obituaries | The Guardian GenesReunited. She had .been ill for three years. 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. The bespectacled, gangling comic genius died in 1984. All Announcements | funeral-notices.co.uk 590. 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. Results for 'obituary' | Lancaster Guardian | Publication | British Results for 'obituary' | Morecambe Guardian | Publication | Morecambe Sign in. '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.'. Announcements | Lancaster Guardian at the age of 83 years last week and was buried at Bowling Cemetery. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. 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. The population of Morecambe and Heysham is 55,428. 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. 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. The silly half of the legendary duo was a keen birder: a hide at Leighton Moss is named after him. Sid James, Bruce Forsyth, Morecambe and . 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. her husband was connected with the firm of Hodkinson and Sons OBITUARY. He was in a West End musical and did some television work, but his every appearance as a solo turn only served to remind the public of what had been lost. Your search results for obituary: 888 newspaper articles contained information about obituary filtered by: Newspaper title: Morecambe Guardian Place: morecambe, lancashire, england MR. HERBERT MOLT, FORMERLY OP HALIFAX. Findmypast | 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. Funeral Notices in Morecambe 1929-60 Morecambe Guardian and Heysham Observer. Fine 450, costs 65. 9th April 1966 Happy anniversary Marie on this our 57th wedding anniversary. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. *. (Forest Hall) Passed away after a very short illness on 22nd April 2023 (Burnopfield) Peacefully on 7th April 2023, aged 91 years, Dave, much loved dad of (Leam Lane) Peacefully in hospital on 22nd April aged 88 years, George. *. Morecambe 3, Lincoln 2: Shrimps fight back to keep hopes alive Derek Quinn . IMMA SANDL'ESON. Ernie Wise found himself faced with a similar decision, but, poignantly, he was still a comparatively young man and tried to fall back on his old song-and-dance skills. Results for 'obituary' | Between 1st Jan 1950 and 31st Dec 1999 Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. Obituaries | The Guardian . The greenery on the opposite shore appears and, beyond, the steep slopes of the Cumbrian fells. It was digitised and first made available on the British Newspaper Archive in He was A native of Cumberland. Thats what the Eden Project is hoping to build on.. MR. JOHN HARRISON. 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. The Lancaster News Obituaries - Legacy.com Even Harold Wilson appeared in a Morecambe And Wise Show. Last year we used the enforced closures to get a lot of work done. 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. Lodges Grove, Bare. Sid James was easy, the diffident Roy Castle more difficult, though they cracked it in the end. 'Don't say that - you make us sound like a cheap music-hall act,' Ernie would snap irritably from time to time. 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. 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 He is 'transferred the work to offices also survived by a sister. of a prominent Morecambe di e d at Morecambe Hospital on family of butchers. Rennison :Mrs. Annie Simpson, of Lans downe Road, Bare, died sud A resident of Morecambe for denly at her home on Monday. Published on 21/04/2023. Morecambe. 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. native of Lancaster lie was educated at St. Thomas's Secondary Schodl. Charities hire the guide and the general public can join in crossings through summer. Here, ducks, geese, curlews and dunlins peck at the ridges and pools newly formed in the salt marshes and sandflats. George GELLEBURN. ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Their popularity had not even begun to wane when Eric Morecambe died. It celebrates the Wakes Week tradition of workers coming to the town for respite and recreation but this artwork does so using art-deco fonts, nostalgic allusions and images of skaters and divers. They were friends for 44 years, partners for most of that time, and seemed inseparable, like two halves of a whole. The following people were dealt with at Lancaster Magistrates' Court between November 22 and December 6 2019: Sadly passed away 16th April 2023. Pembroke Ave.: OBITUARY. St John's Hospice. 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. The Visitor If what seemed a good joke to one partner didn't make the other laugh, it was probably not good enough. Ruddy-faced and white-haired, he spent the 1990s as a father-figure of British comedy, immensely respected. Families, friends, neighbours, colleagues etc can pay tribute and messages of condolence online free of charge forever. Skip to Search. Mr. Mills name to the town in 1927. and 'up to his retirement, OBITUARY. 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. You can review your Bookmarks in the Saved area. OBITUARY Mr. G. R. Ross A well known stallholder of Morecambe Market. n energy-sapping heat haze drains the life out of Morecambe Bay. Families and friends can share via various social channels, one single share can go further than you think. Suddenly but peacefully in hospital on 15th April, Doug aged 80 years. 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. Sometimes they shared a bed as well, with Eric sitting bolt upright in his pyjamas, smoking a pipe, while Ernie boasted about the latest 'play what I have wrote'. Findmypast | Costs 133. Peter & Kathleen JACKSON Published on30/03/2023. Eric was funny, pure and simple. SHEILA (Phythian) Passed away peacefully on 26th January 22 on the Isle of Wight, after a Jack passed away on 1st February 2022. GenesReunited. All rights reserved. Stolen off-road farm . Published: Friday 27 April 1956. aged 55. of 8, Bellamy Avenue. 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. Harry Belafonte obituary. At first, their act was a ragbag of styles and thefts: routines borrowed from Abbott and Costello, Ernie doing a bit of clog-dancing, Eric 'blacking-up' to sing G H Elliott numbers. After that Ernie soldiered on like the old show-business trouper he was, but, inevitably, nothing he touched could recapture the lustre of his years with Morecambe. I've always really been a song-and-dance man. Deaths in Lancashire - Home - Facebook 'Heysham, on Saturday. 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. Results for 'obituary' | Morecambe Guardian | Publication | British Miss in Victoria Street shortly after Elsie Gardener, who lives in the last war and became well-;America ;known in the district OBITUARY Famous NW sportsman dies, age 84 11.1 R. WILLIAM HENRY HALL. Mr. Herbert Charles Howell, aged 87. of 30. All rights reserved. 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? ant pursuit , the trophy known as the ''Wads/ i I worth Cup. News you can trust since 1837 . 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. They stayed in different hotels when touring. 3 talking about this. Death Notices | funeral-notices.co.uk Its all a bit worthy and serious for a seaside resort, but then Morecambe was never really a Kiss Me Quick place. where he had been the proprietor for 20 years. 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 ! Morecambe is a coastal town on the Irish Sea. . 80. Lancaster Guardian - Home - Facebook The elders lived latterly in Frinton-on-Sea in Essex, which they discovered when Megan, an actress, was in summer season there. Sadly passed away 17th April 2023. 24. 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'. of a prominent Morecambe di e d at Morecambe Hospital on family of butchers. I call myself the thin end of sanity. She was born April 12, 1941, in Lancaster, daughter of the late Bill Blease . Families and friends can share via various social channels, one single share can go further than you think. The second world war caused a temporary hiccup in their burgeoning professional relationship: Wise served in the Navy and Morecambe was a Bevin Boy. After enjoying only Ira weeks of retire- meat, Hr. Death Notice. 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 ! 999. Skip to Search. Death Notices | funeral-notices.co.uk A native of Linthwaite. He was A native of Cumberland. . 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. 'It's taken him longer because he's never had the lines before. Cookie Settings. Theres nothing for it but to hasten my pace along the prom and create my own breeze as I head north. You can review your Bookmarks in the Saved area. . 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. Over the years, however, as they became increasingly useful additions to variety bills up and down the country, the act evolved. Mrs. S. A. Thresh, South Grove, Morecambe. Now he's becoming a character, a personality.' With natural wonders like Morecambe Bay and the Trough of Bowland close by, its no surprise a seafront Eden Project North is in the pipeline. In most of their shows they played somewhat less successful versions of themselves - two comedians sharing a flat and all the dull chores involved. Their shows for the BBC and later ITV - still regularly re-broadcast - were comfortingly familiar: some front-of-curtain banter (usually the funniest part of the show), followed by a sketch or two, and then one of Ernie's deliberately atrocious plays, based on classics such as Wuthering Heights or Mutiny On The Bounty, with guest stars like Glenda Jackson, Peter Cushing and Andre Previn. It was known as the Albert Hall of the north. OBITUARY Mr. L. Hodgson Mr. Lewis Hodgson. 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. Born in Oldham, where he ,was a shoe repairer. 1922, 1924, 1927-1935, 1938-1940, 1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1953, 1955-1960. Morecambe Guardian in British Newspaper Archive 192960 Morecambe Guardian and Heysham Observer. 8. Death Notice. at 111, Clareedon Road. (modern). 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. Lancaster, until a week ' the extreme right of the photo- before his death, when he and, graph. . Eric: 'He might have resented it on a Monday, but when he got paid on a Friday'. . 26th March 1960 at St. James Church, Bootle. In the evenings his father sang at local working men's clubs, and Ernie was introduced into the act when he was seven. Deceased was a native of Halifax and went to Bradford as W boy. Morecambe . l]r. Julia Hodkinsou, formerly of Alexandra Road, died ut Lancaster. Death Notices | funeral-notices.co.uk Latest court lists for Lancaster and Morecambe. GenesReunited. of Mr Richard Alexander Wilson. 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. 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. Re vas the oldest resident to the village .nativt of Middleton. Passed away peacefully on Friday 14th April 2023, aged 83 years. _ 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.

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