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  • | birth_place = [[w:Manchester|Manchester]], Lancashire, England, UK From 1981 he ran the Queen's Head pub in [[w:Tebworth|Tebworth]], Bedfordshire.
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  • | birth_place = [[Ainsworth, Greater Manchester|Ainsworth]], [[Lancashire|Lancashire]] ...ers, Lynne and Anne. He turned professional in 1947, taking his stage name from the [[River Lune|River Lune]] that flows through Lancashire, and his older
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  • ...ol]], where he settled and was known as "the Falstaff of the South Pier". From 1931,<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Enjoyment/Radio%20Wh ...frey. ''Films and British National Identity: from Dickens to Dad's Army''. Manchester University Press, 1997.
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Ordsall, Greater Manchester|Ordsall]], [[w:County Borough of Salford|Salford]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashi | death_place = [[w:Manchester|Manchester]], England
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  • | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...ard became a regular feature on Mike Craig's radio shows in [[w:Manchester|Manchester]] and these helped him to reach a wider national audience.<ref>Hudd & Hindi
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  • ...s the UK, including [[Redgrave Theatre, Farnham|Farnham]], [[Brighton]], [[Manchester]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Derby]] and [[Norwich]]. One of his last stage roles wa [[Category:English male stage actors]]
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  • Brierley was also passionate about [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], and was a founding member of [[Shareholders United Against Murdoc *[https://www.imust.org.uk/Memoriam/RogerBrierley MUST, the independent Manchester United supporters trust]
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  • | birth_place = [[Crumpsall]], [[Manchester]], [[Lancashire]], England | death_place = [[Rochdale]], [[Greater Manchester]] England
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  • | birth_place = [[Manchester]], England MacDonald was born in [[Manchester]], the son of Scottish heavyweight wrestling champion [[Bill MacDonald (wre
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  • | death_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Greater Manchester]], England | resting_place = Hollinwood Cemetery, [[Oldham]], Greater Manchester, England
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Collyhurst|Collyhurst]], [w:[Manchester|]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]], England ...st was born on 9 April 1932 in [[w:Collyhurst|Collyhurst]], [[w:Manchester|Manchester]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/obituaries/1567913/jac
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  • | birth_place = [[Northenden]], [[Manchester]], England ...nchor Chemical Company based in [[Clayton, Greater Manchester|Clayton]], [[Manchester]]<ref name="DTelobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit
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  • ...y throwing his false teeth into the audience and once bombarding Blackpool from an aeroplane with toilet rolls (according to an episode of ''Rude Britannia ...uffering the privations of war. He took equity in [[John E. Blakeley]]'s [[Manchester]]-based [[Mancunian Films|Mancunian Film Studios]], appearing in eight of i
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  • ...<ref name=messenger /> In 1957, the brothers began a regular slot at the [[Manchester Apollo]], performing a variety act entitled Comer's Cottage. [[Category:English male television actors]]
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  • ...s as host of the [[BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] show ''[[Have A Go]]'', which ran from 1946 to 1967 and launched such catchphrases as "How do, how are yer?", "Are ...shire dialect]] verses, "A Bird Song Away" and "Th' Art Lookin' Sackless", from the award-winning weaver-poet [[Nicholas Freeston]].<ref>Pickles, Wilfred.
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  • ...Bennett (comedian)|Billy Bennett]].<ref>"Royal Variety Performance", ''The Manchester Guardian'', 1 May 1933, p. 5</ref> From 1937 the company was billed as the Crazy Gang. Their Palladium shows in the
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  • ...oft |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W97f5u9ZZEC&pg=PA72 |publisher=Manchester University Press |page=72 |isbn=0-7190-6555-0 |access-date=18 November 2022 ...p attached to the [[Royal Artillery]]. The series was broadcast by the BBC from 1974 to 1981 and starred [[Windsor Davies]] as the Battery sergeant-major o
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  • | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...n shows. He spent ten years performing in Australia in musical comedies. From the 1940s he appeared regularly in [[w:pantomime|pantomime]] as the [[w:Pan
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  • ...mini-series ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit (1994 TV series)|Martin Chuzzlewit]]''. From 1999 to 2003, he played Barbara's husband Ted in the British sitcom ''[[Bar ...ottish Opera]] at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival.<ref>Raymond Monelle. Report from Edinburgh Festival Theatre, August 20, 1997. ''[[Opera (British magazine)|O
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  • | death_place = [[w:Manchester|Manchester]], England ...rman Rossington|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> He also told the stories from ''[[w:The Adventures of Portland Bill|The Adventures of Portland Bill]]''.<
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