Pleasure pier

I appeared in the Follies end of the pier show along with other artists. The show was produced by Herman and Constance Wells. I was the song and dance man. Mario Lanza was in The Great Caruso at the c

Back in the early 20th century, thousands of holidaymakers used to visit Brighton each summer, many of whom arrived on the train from London for a rare day out. The resort also attracted a wide variet

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ROWS and rows of umbrellas, windbreakers and towels were once a popular sight on Britain’s beaches as we jostled for our spot in the sun. For decades Britain’s beaches were filled with holidaymakers f

A pub might seem a strange place to begin a history of Britain’s playgrounds. Yet in June 1858, Charles Dickens delivered a speech at the London Tavern in Bishopsgate Street that, he hoped, would tran

In the early 1970s, I relied on a 1961 Austin Cambridge for weekend jaunts along the salty north Norfolk coast. “Relied” is probably the wrong word, as the car wasn’t exactly reliable. I would make a