“One Language Separated by Two Cultures”. Fifties movie star darling Doris Day was and remains a multi media legend long before our present day instant “celebrities” that pop up overnight and “like snow on a ditch in may” just as quickly disappear. A top selling recording artist and toast of Broadway, Hollywood called and Doris [...]
Musical Towers
If you know the connection between Reginald Dixon, Ernest Broadbent and Phil Kelsall MBE then you’ll be in for a treat if you visit the Consett Empire on Wednesday April 13th. A fitting clue would be a tune from way back when called ‘I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside’. This tune became the [...]
Ken Dodd brings ‘Happiness’ to Sunderland
What makes you have a good old hearty laugh? When it comes to having a tear stained face through laughing there are a few who do it for me. Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, The Goons, Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise, Joe Pasquale, the radio show ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’ and then there’s [...]