When was eric morecambe born

We had an early Betamax video recorder, and would rent films. It was during a trip to the video rental shop when I became lucky enough to meet Mr Bartholomew, for the first time. The video rental shop was opposite the post office, I was with my father, and around 12 years old. We were behind Eric in the queue. He was dressed in a fawn rain coat and flat hat and may have been with his son, Gary, who seemed around On seeing me he produced a brown paper bag and did that trick which many of us have seen before, where he throws an imaginary object into the air and catches it in the bag.

He also wiggled his glasses and ruffled my hair. I was with my father, the man I love most in my life, whilst being made to feel like the most important boy in the world by the only man, not from my family, I have ever truly admired.

I will never forget this moment. I guess we all feel like this when we watch him and I can only thank his family for the gift and hardship of sharing him the way they did and had to. Thank you, all of you. A correction regarding the presentation of the oil painting, the name of the artist is Anthony Roe full name George Anthony Roe, my father.

It was a very pleasant surprise to see this photograph. I remember in when I was 9 years old going to see the opening ceremony of FineFare in Southdown for which Eric Morecambe was cutting the ribbon.

I went by myself and felt totally privileged to be in the front and seeing him up close but also struck by how tall he was. Together with my husband we arranged a day of fun at The Wilbury Hotel Letchworth for the Muscular Distrophy charity for which so many customers collected.

Eric Morecombe with his wife Joan came along to collect the cheque on behalf of the charity — what a lovely man. Our pleasure to have met him and Joan.

The year was I live near Blackpool and I enjoy finding out about various places connected with it; there is a lot of talk about Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise with the new statue in Blackpool. I have managed to track down others in the area including Jim Bowen and his Bullseye which we regularly watch.

I shall be in the area again in the near future so I now have a new factor for when I visit the area. I shall be using this website to build my knowledge of Eric to get a better understanding of him.

I am glad I have found a reliable source and shall be looking into it as it will give me the knowledge I need about both Morecambe and Wise. Out of everyone I have spoken to, nobody has pointed me to Harpenden. In I began serving in the shop on Saturdays and often served either Eric or his wife as they brought their shoes to be repaired by my Dad. He looked no different to his stage persona when I served him. A funny man. My mother Freda Wyborn came to know Eric through his support for local charities.

He was said to be one of those performers who could never switch off. It could be difficult at times to do your shopping on one of the days that he had been sent to collect the groceries.

I was about 16 or 17 now 67 and we lived in Rothamsted Avenue No It was very funny, but you had to be there, as they say. His caricatured likeness was on the 26p stamp.

His wife, Joan Morecambe , was a former dancer and model. He worked as a Bevin boy i. After appearing on their first television show, Running Wild , Morecambe and Wise received many highly critical and derogatory reviews in newspapers, one of which said "Definition of Television - the box they buried Morecambe and Wise in".

Eric carried a cutting of that review in his wallet for the rest of his life. Wrote a novel, entitled "Mr. Lonely", and a children's book, "The Reluctant Vampire". Made his professional debut in in a touring show at the age of thirteen, having won a talent competition over other contestants. There, he first met Ernie Wise.

Was director of Luton Town FC from to , when he resigned and became the club's vice-president. His real surname was Bartholomew. In Morecambe where he was born there is a pub called the Eric Bartholomew, named in his honour. It is close to a bronze statue of him on the seafront. His sudden death, along with Tommy Cooper 's, inspired Ronnie Barker to retire at the age of 59 rather than work himself into an early grave.

He underwent heart bypass surgery in June , three months after suffering a heart attack. Publicly supported Margaret Thatcher in the General Election. He suffered a near-fatal heart attack in November At the time he was drinking heavily and smoking up to 60 cigarettes a day.

I know this great Doctor, if you're at Death's Door he'll pull you through! They were the double act of the time. We had not had time to establish ourselves as a double act before Ernie joined the Merchant Navy. I teamed up with the brother of the late Dave Morris. I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.