nabber Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Why has ther never been a blue plaue put up outside george formbys former home in stockton heath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Probably not thought to be famous enough, his mother lived in a terraced house on the right going toward SH on Wilderspool Causeway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallard12 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Surprisingly, he is pretty generally known in the US, not by the young folk obviously. I have a neighbor who collects banjos and he has two George Formbys, that he bought in auctions here in the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Stallard, did you receive my PM to you? sorry for straying off topic nabber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallard12 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Afraid i didn't Algy. Have been e-mailing Dizzy and Gordon, maybe you can check address with them. Don't go to a lot of trouble though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Stallard12... check at the very top right hand side of the screen. Next to your screen name you should see a little green box showing you have a 'pm' (private message)OR click on your name at the top and open the 'messenger' area. Anyway back to George Formby... No idea why there is no plaque outside his Stockton Heath home. Apparently he lived there when he started his own career in entertainment following in his fathers footsteps, although against his fathers wishes. Residents did apparently get to gether to have a blue plaque put outside his family home in Wigan though but mainly because his father (George Formby Snr) was a successfull Edwardian commedian. Neither of there names were actually G. F. though, I never knew that. Tons of info about him, his work and his family on the link below... and I can't believe I've actually just been reading about GF and found it interesting as he used to really annoy me http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egbert Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Why no plaque? Probably because in those days we didn't put show business personalities on a pedestal as much as we do today. Possibly also something to do with the fact that he lived in quite a few houses, some of which were more significant in his life than the one in Stockton Heath. I note the post about some guy in America who thinks he has two original GF banjos. Over the years I have come across at least three people in Warrington who claim to have one of GF's instruments. I fancy they can't all be right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallard12 Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thanks Dizzy, sorry Agy, 'fraid I'm not au fait with terminolgy yet. The banjos were both autographed by George Formby, not necessarily owned and / or played by him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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