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Bulletin 26.05.11.
Alan, Chris and Graeme Coffey morning Graeme, Stuart and Alan from the Sailors Beware Tent of Hyde ventured into Manchester on Friday 20th May to attend the lecture Laurel and Hardy - The Men Behind the Movies, given by Chris Coffey as part of the Mind, Body and Spirit Week at Manchester Metropolitan University. A dose of Stan and Babe certainly raises the spirits so this was an apt subject for the lecture. Unlike the Coffee refreshments, Chris's knowledge was hot! He talked for an hour, taking in the whole life and times of the Boys. No matter how much you think you know about the Boys there is always something more you can learn and Chris certainly has lots of facts stored in his encyclopaedic memory bank! After the rest of the audience had departed we stayed behind to exchange Laurel and Hardy tales and thank Chris for a very enjoyable "coffey" morning. Stuart Green Hardy hat I am the owner of a hat that belonged to Oliver Hardy which I now wish to sell. Rather than go down the auction route I thought it would be a nice idea to first offer it to genuine Oliver Hardy fans. The hat is a film and stage black bowler hat from around 1930s. Oli' Hardy is written on the paper liner under the leather sweat band. It does have some stage wear and tear and some cracks and scuffing. Comes with coa from previous owners. If you may be of interest then please don't hesitate to contact me. I have pictures I can send also. Debbie, e-mail Smart mail An entry on Facebook says that in September 1932 the Hal Roach / MGM publicity department announced that an envelope which was mailed to Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy reached the comic pair safely in Hollywood. It travelled all the way from Montreal with no address other than a caricature of the comedians. Good job the mail man knew those famous faces!
Stan's
loss Stan Laurel lost
$30,000 in the stock market crash of 1929,
the equivalent of over $4 million
today. Source:
John McCabe New nutty stuff I have just uploaded two new audio files to www.nuttynutnewsnetwork.com. One is a short interview with Jimmy Murphy and the other a 1947 even shorter interview with Stan and Ollie in France, I hope you enjoy them. Dean McKeown |
Summer
2011 2nd
Laurel and Hardy Hall Day Birmingham Sunday 29th
May
Tenth
European Convention Rolduc 10th till 13th
June
Boys
at the Bull Bottsford Saturday 11th
June
Ulverston
Carnival Saturday 2nd July
2011
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