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  • | birth_place = [[Crosby, Merseyside|Crosby]], [[Lancashire]], England * ''[[Tales from the Crypt (film)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' (1972) - First Blind Man (segment 5 "Blind Alleys") (uncredit
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  • ...[[Eleven-plus|Eleven-plus examination]] and attended [[St Mary's College, Crosby]], where he was awarded a [[bursary]] to cover the cost of his books.<ref n ...ormer]]'', ''[[Confessions of a Driving Instructor]]'' and ''[[Confessions from a Holiday Camp]]''.<ref name="Sky"/>
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  • ...his father's variety act, known as ''Jimmy James and Co''. After retiring from the BBC in the 1980s, he resurrected the act and toured the surviving varie ...sixteen years on the [[BBC Light Programme]] and [[BBC Radio 2]], running from 1957 to 1972 inclusive, based on a chance meeting with Jimmy Clitheroe on a
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  • ...], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashire]]<!--It was Lancashire until 1 April 1974 and Merseyside thereafter-->, England Everett was dismissed from the BBC in 1970 after making remarks about a government minister's wife. He
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  • ...Tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road|Whitefield's Tabernacle]] from 1903 and, from 1910, chairman of the [[w:Congregational Union of England and Wales|Congreg ...8–9}}<ref name="LP: Silvester death" /><ref name="D Tel: jolly old eek" /> From September that year Horne attended [[w:St George's School, Harpenden]] as a
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  • ...e ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the la ...ce was in December 1960, two weeks before the death of Beryl. He surprised people by announcing his engagement to a school teacher, Pat Howson, seven weeks a
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