head of 1 the family which owns the Midland Hotel. Its a cue to turn back for lunch that and the fact that this precarious shore can turn what looks like short walk on a map into an inland tramp along A roads. Findmypast | Ernest Wiseman (Ernie Wise), comedian, born November 27, 1925; died March 21, 1999, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. ant pursuit , the trophy known as the ''Wads/ i I worth Cup. died at his residence on Sunday night. Artists impression of the Eden Project North interior, Folkestones seafront has been transformed by art in the past decade, Aholiday in Tenby still makes me giddy with boyhood excitement, Youdont come on holiday to Blackpool for a good nights sleep, Great Yarmouth: mixing Victorian seaside charm with a renewable outlook, Happy holiday memories of Portrush: the world feels expansive here, Eastbournes arty new hotel marks it out as a seaside town on the up, Rothesay is a microcosm of the best of the west coast of Scotland. The population of Morecambe and Heysham is 55,428. Here, ducks, geese, curlews and dunlins peck at the ridges and pools newly formed in the salt marshes and sandflats. 9th April 1966 Happy anniversary Marie on this our 57th wedding anniversary. . News you can trust since 1837 . Sign in. Soon afterwards they were lured to America, contributing to all sorts of TV shows and occasionally furnishing material for visiting stars' Las Vegas appearances. After enjoying only Ira weeks of retire- meat, Hr. It is governed by three tiers of local government in Morecambe Town Council, Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council. Year. Primrose Street. From time to time they returned to their roots, topping variety bills. 1920-29 Morecambe Guardian. Radio station. 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? 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. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. (modern). 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 ! 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. 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. Mr. Woodhouse was one of Morecambe's oldest rasidents.l and he had as adventwous life as a I OBITUARY Mr. H. Dugdale Mr. F. Bartle Mr. Fred Bartle. Our 63rd. GenesReunited. Born at Stoke-on-Trent ellY years ago he had lived since OBITUARY ' Loved Church ld Members of the Regent Park 'A' team compete each year for . Morecambe's Grade II-listed Winter Gardensis being restored. Hills and Green noted that what was special about them was a reversal of the usual Mutt and Jeff double act: the straight man (Ernie) had the crazy ideas and the comic (Eric) had to go along with them. *. Herbert Bolt. died, at his Norfolk Avenue home, Heysham. 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. Thats Morecambes shtick: retro, refined, somewhat romantic. Death Notice. OBITUARY Mr. G. R. Ross A well known stallholder of Morecambe Market. Middleton. 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. 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. 2023 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited - Proudly presented by Findmypast in partnership with the British Library, A Findmypast company - also visit: Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. Mr. George Richard Ross collapsed and died almost immediately at his nome at 293 Lancaster Road, Morecambe on Monday morning. OBITUARY Mr. L. Hodgson Mr. Lewis Hodgson. Latest court lists for Lancaster and Morecambe. In the mid-1960s they starred in a number of films that failed to recapture their small-screen personalities, although they were commercially successful because the team was so well-loved. Born in Oldham, where he ,was a shoe repairer. Lancaster, died on Wednesday. He is 'transferred the work to offices also survived by a sister. The No.1 UK for funeral notices, where you can search over 5,016,738 notices. A native of Linthwaite. When Elgar was asked what was the future of classical music, he replied: Its not London; its somewhere farther north. You've got to have some sanity somewhere.' Got a. 26th March 1960 at St. James Church, Bootle. But, as the tide ebbs and the muggy weather burns off, Morecambes natural qualities are quietly revealed. Newspaper: Lancaster Guardian. 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. . Last Names. l]r. Julia Hodkinsou, formerly of Alexandra Road, died ut Lancaster. Multiple photos can be added at point of booking and directly on the notice once it has been published for free. Death Notice. Rennison :Mrs. Annie Simpson, of Lans downe Road, Bare, died sud A resident of Morecambe for denly at her home on Monday. Morecambe, left behind by the likes of Brighton and Blackpool and Mallorca, might just be coming into its own by getting the balance right. Even Harold Wilson appeared in a Morecambe And Wise Show. Road. In March this year, it was announced that Lancaster University would become a stakeholder. of 33. Help organising your research by adding bookmarking your articles. First Names. It was known as the Albert Hall of the north. He could, says his daughter Amanda, extract the humour from any situation, without smut. Bradford. The interment was preceded by service at St. Luke's Church, Weaste, and the chief mourners were: Mr. H. Gee, son: Mr OBITUARY. he 1 ,-mkeil on many twins in the d,irict after OBITUARY in falling health for about fonrl whose tower can be seen on years. native of Lancaster lie was educated at St. Thomas's Secondary Schodl. Plans are due to be submitted this summer and, if approved and if government co-funding is forthcoming ground could be broken next year. He leaves OBITUARY Mrs A. H. 'Mrs. Mr. Harold fail- Dugdale. MR. HERBERT MOLT, FORMERLY OP HALIFAX. The latest issues were added in Nov 11, 2021. Families, friends, neighbours, colleagues etc can pay tribute and messages of condolence online free of charge forever. her husband was connected with the firm of Hodkinson and Sons OBITUARY. Frank Duffy & Son. 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. _ 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. Families can raise charitable donations in memory of their loved one with payments made directly to the charities. head of 1 the family which owns the Midland Hotel. Ruddy-faced and white-haired, he spent the 1990s as a father-figure of British comedy, immensely respected. Born at Stoke-on-Trent ellY years ago he had lived since 2023 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited - Proudly presented by Findmypast in partnership with the British Library, A Findmypast company - also visit: Even the joyful statue of Eric Morecambe caught in his famous skipping pose looks too washed out to bring anyone sunshine. Re vas the oldest resident to the village .nativt of Middleton. She had .been ill for three years. Mr. George Richard Ross collapsed and died almost immediately at his nome at 293 Lancaster Road, Morecambe on Monday morning. Latest Obituaries news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice Sid James, Bruce Forsyth, Morecambe and Wise, Roy Castle, Freddie Starr and Michael Barrymore depended on them at various times. 'There's no future in that. Mayfield Drive, Bare, collapsed and died while getting dressed at his home on Friday morning.' A collection of obituaries found in the British Newspaper Archives. 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. 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. Families, friends, neighbours, colleagues etc can pay tribute and messages of condolence online free of charge forever. MUHAMMED, Ribar Zuber (37), Ullswater Road, Lancaster. 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 ! 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. Families, friends, neighbours, colleagues etc can pay tribute and messages of condolence online free of charge forever. _ 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. Miss in Victoria Street shortly after Elsie Gardener, who lives in the last war and became well-;America ;known in the district 2023 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited - Proudly presented by Findmypast in partnership with the British Library, A Findmypast company - also visit: 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. Ernie was devastated, personally and professionally. Now he's becoming a character, a personality.' Help organising your research by adding bookmarking your articles. Economic value aside, the scheme is already having a positive impact locally. The comic, ironically, was Ernie Wise, and so the partnership began. 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. on Tuesday. Morecambe, died at her home on Friday. The suggestion that they might be gay never arose. 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. JULIA HOOKINSON. aged 75. of The youngest of five brothers,ovesLminster Road, Morecambe. Ernie refined this stance and created a brilliantly funny, unique persona for Eric to bounce off: vain, snobbish, puritanical, mean, sexually naive, magnificently smug and given to delusions of artistic grandeur - Ernie: 'My mother's got a Whistler.' 8. The silly half of the legendary duo was a keen birder: a hide at Leighton Moss is named after him. Mayfield Drive, Bare, collapsed and died while getting dressed at his home on Friday morning.' Jukes Funeral Services. 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. Sadly, passed away 1st October 2022, aged 84 years. pissed away in the Victoria Hospital on Tuesday. Harry Belafonte obituary. of Somme Ate.. Heysham. You can review your Bookmarks in the Saved area. Morecambes Grade II-listed Winter Gardensis being restored. Skip to Search. . GenesReunited. 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. Morecambe is a coastal town on the Irish Sea. Death Notice. A new mural on Morecambes Sandylands Promenade celebrating the heritage of Wakes weeks, when factories would shut down and workers headed for the Lancashire coast. This newspaper is published by Johnston Press plc in Morecambe, Lancashire, England . * We take your privacy seriously. Search. Your search results for obituary: 149 newspaper articles contained information about obituary filtered by: Newspaper title: Morecambe Guardian Place: morecambe, lancashire, england Date from: 1st Jan 1950 - Date to: 31st Dec 1999 Findmypast | Aug 26, 2017 Findmypast | 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. many years, Mrs. Arnie Hen- aged 71, She had been ill in, rietta OBITUARY. 12/10/2022. 28/02/2020. Morecambe. where he had been the proprietor for 20 years. Peter & Kathleen JACKSON Published on30/03/2023. 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. Morecambe, died on Friday !ne Royal Lanca.qter I nfirma w here he had been a patient for four weeks. 09/06/2020. The place to find and share news of a death in the UK - https://www.legacy.com/united-kingdom/ Mrs. S. A. Thresh, South Grove, Morecambe. Law Enforcement Agency. of a prominent Morecambe di e d at Morecambe Hospital on family of butchers. SHEILA (Phythian) Passed away peacefully on 26th January 22 on the Isle of Wight, after a Jack passed away on 1st February 2022. 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 192960 Morecambe Guardian and Heysham Observer. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. Daringly, they abandoned jokes as such, building all their humour from the relationship. Photograph: Alun Bull/Historic England Archive, Alun Bull "It's a pre-eminent example of an entertainment complex, not only of . He was a wonderful comedian in his own right, often winning just as many laughs as his partner. Mr. Herbert Charles Howell, aged 87. of 30. Passed away on 8th May age 92, Beloved wife of the late Derek Tilley. County: Lancashire, England. Help organising your research by adding bookmarking your articles. Sid James, Bruce Forsyth, Morecambe and . Dave King departed, eventually, for other fields, while Green and Hills extended their studies to other artists. It hosted the likes of the Hall and Edward Elgar. 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. Your search results for obituary: 888 newspaper articles contained information about obituary filtered by: Newspaper title: Morecambe Guardian Place: morecambe, lancashire, england Cookie Settings. GenesReunited. Morecambe, died on Friday !ne Royal Lanca.qter I nfirma w here he had been a patient for four weeks. Mr. Herbert Charles Howell, aged 87. of 30. MU. 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. A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. Morecambe 3, Lincoln 2: Shrimps fight back to keep hopes alive Derek Quinn . They were admirably his wife moved to Michaelson. Thats what the Eden Project is hoping to build on.. Passed away peacefully on Friday 14th April 2023, aged 83 years. . Morecambe . David of Whitworth and Morecambe, passed away on Sunday 16th February 2020. Yet Ernie was much more than Eric's straight man. 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. View Death Notice. 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. Families can raise charitable donations in memory of their loved one with payments made directly to the charities. 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. Mr. Sanderson, who was a draper in Market Place, Oldham. Mon 22 Mar 1999 00.30 EST. lived In Torrisholme. The bespectacled, gangling comic genius died in 1984. Sadly passed away 16th April 2023. of a prominent Morecambe di e d at Morecambe Hospital on family of butchers. Singer, actor and activist who matched his genial persona with political commitment. You bring yourself into the public eye, but where do you go from there? bed-ridden for seven years. Hills and Green had meanwhile tried themselves out as a double act in Those Two Fellers (ITV 1967) which, obviously, they also wrote. News you can trust since 1837 . Browse All 237,537 Images. of 33. In real life they lived miles from each other - Morecambe with his wife and family in Harpenden, and Wise with his wife, Doreen, a former dancer, in Peterborough. 'Some comedians reel off jokes as if they've just come out of a book,' said Ernie. Morecambe has a chequered history of dubious town planning, including a Mr Blobby-theme park that flopped before it opened. The deep affection that radiated from the stage or screen could not be faked, however, and the public responded warmly to their obviously close friendship. 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. Live at Southport in the 1970s, their first entrance brought them the kind of reception normally associated with rock stars. Huddersfield. 2023 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited - Proudly presented by Findmypast in partnership with the British Library, A Findmypast company - also visit: He is 'transferred the work to offices also survived by a sister. Morecambes front is a hotchpotch of good and bad ideas. Lancaster. Eric Bartholomew (Morecambe's real name) and Ernie Wise first met at an audition for Youth Takes A Bow, a child talent show, when Eric was 13 and Ernie already a member of the troupe. They were friends for 44 years, partners for most of that time, and seemed inseparable, like two halves of a whole. . For this newspaper, we have the following titles in, or planned for, our digital archive: This newspaper is published by Johnston Press plc They started to bombard the BBC with speculative TV scripts, quite without success until they accepted the fact that the comedian was everything, and the writer - as Muir or Norden put it - merely his labourer. on Friday. Over the years, however, as they became increasingly useful additions to variety bills up and down the country, the act evolved. In most of their shows they played somewhat less successful versions of themselves - two comedians sharing a flat and all the dull chores involved. OBITUARY Mr. G. R. Ross A well known stallholder of Morecambe Market. Lancaster Guardian. 995. Hills returned first, because he had a son liable for the draft, and the Vietnam war was dragging on. In 1907 he emigrated to Australia, where he became dock worker at . A Lancaster perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Lancaster Guardian. in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. an outatand-: Mg figure in Rugby Union and other sporting circles in the' north of England died on Mon-' Iday. 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. 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. I pick up a bag of fish and chips from the excellent Atkinsons in Albert Road. Morecambe, died on Saturday at the Devonshire Arms Hotel, Bolton Abbey. He was 84. than 20 years. Fine 450, costs 65. It was digitised and first made available on the British Newspaper Archive in She will be missed by all. Mr. Hodgson OBITUARY Mrs. A. M. Gunn Mrs. Albertina Maria Gunn, aged 79, died on Friday at 30, OBITUARY. 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. MR. JOHN HARRISON. Around town I spotted the logo on school signage. But theres good news from the Winter Gardens, which has the towns one truly glorious facade. Morecambe, died on Saturday at the Devonshire Arms Hotel, Bolton Abbey. Skip to Search. of Low Lane. aged 79. (Our special day that we can't share, but in my heart you're always there.) 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. He was A native of Cumberland. The comic and his 'feed' were thus equals - a rarity in traditional double-acts. They tailored all their efforts to one performer, Dave King. On prescription from this diagnosis Eric and Ernie certainly thrived, but in the trade there are those who believe that only when they switched to the BBC in 1968, with Eddie Braben taking over as writer, were they really launched to become the nation's favourites of all time.
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