The piece pokes gentle fun at a number of Northern British stereotypes of the day. Being careful with their money. Dressing up on Sundays. Respect for authority. Understatement. Dour practicality, and a largely absent sense of humor. All encapsulated in a typically Vaudevillian piece of Theatre Of The Absurd. In 1796, The Foudroyant had been Nelson’s flagship, 100 years later the 80 gun brute, described by Nelson as “the most perfect ship that ever swam on salt water”, had become a tourist attraction. It was anchored two miles out to sea, when it broke its moorings during a brutal storm.

At the base of the tower is the multi-level entertainment complex, which includes the Tower Circus and Ballroom, both of which were designed by revered theatre architect Frank Matcham, and which attract around 650,000 visitors every year. I had mentioned in passing in a previous column that in my youth I sang in a Male Voice Choir known as the B.U. One of the things we regularly did was visit retirement homes, and perform a small concert for the retirees. Although our repertoire was far more serious and high-brow than the expected fare of sing-along classics, our little show was always warmly received. But whatever else we might have sung, we always ended up the same way … one of our troupe was able to recite from memory the entirety of The Lion and Albert, complete with his own approximation of Stanley Holloway’s famous faux-northern accent, and it was always – without exception – everybody’s favorite part of the show, bar none. In June 1947, the duo returned for a week long run at the palace theatre. This time staying at the Majestic Hotel in St Annes. The text reads: Charlie Cairoli was born on 15 February, 1910 in Milan, Italy into a circus family wo travelled around Europe. A successful act, the troupe even gave a special performance for Adolf Hitler at the Circus Krone in Munich. Hitler was very impressed and presented Cairoli with a watch.

The Lion and Albert and The Return of Albert have been translated into German under the titles Der Löwe und Albert and Albert kommt wieder, na klar! respectively. The Lion and Albert has been performed as a two-part song of eighteen verses to an Irish folk tune by Kathy Hampson's Free Elastic Band.

Wallace the lion at ravishingbeasts.com". Archived from the original on 21 February 2015 . Retrieved 25 November 2020.The Jubilee Sov'rin, the awkward loss of a sovereign commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee It was the second of fourteen piers designed by Eugenius Birch, and is the oldest remaining example of his work. The 500 metre long structure has been continually extended and developed through its lifetime. Theatres, shops and arcades have all been added as well as a landing jetty from which the pleasure steamers, Queen of the Bay and Clifton made excursions to the Lake District, Isle of Man, Llandudno, Southport and Liverpool. The monologues were designed to be spoken rhythmically with piano accompaniment, which in many cases was also composed by Edgar. [12] The texts were published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. during the 1930s in three collections. All were illustrated by John Hassall, many of whose lively images also became classics. Edgar's compositions were Balbus ( The Great Wall of China), a fantasy based on the Latin textbook example: " Balbus built a wall" The tower suffered severely with corrosion in its first thirty years and discussions began about demolishing it. Thankfully, a programme of rebuilding was agreed upon, with all the steelwork replaced between 1921 and 1924.

George Marriott Edgar was a performer, poet and writer. He began his career as a scene-painter, [5] but from 1907 until his death, he was known to the public as a comedian who played pantomime dames. During the First World War he served with the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Mechanical Transport, and afterwards he toured Australia, New Zealand and South Africa with his dame act. [6] [7] [8] In 1929, he joined the cast of The Co-Optimists and worked with Stanley Holloway. [9] Craftsmen from Nice were enrolled to make papier-mâché heads and figures including mounted policemen.The festivities included processions, dances and fancy dress competitions. With decorated floats constructed by the Tramways Department forming part of the hue parade. With its notorious westerly gales, almost every decade has yielded another victim. From The Travers in 1755 to the Riverdance ferry in 2008, many ships have been tossed onto the shores and left stranded in the sand.