It has been announced that the legend Sir Ken Dodd has passed away. Now I know his act was not to everyone's taste but his style was fun, silly and clean. There were never any smutty jokes and I remember listening to him on the radio whilst I did my homework during the 1960's. Father-in Law loved to listen to him and once we treated him to tickets to Ken's show when he appeared at Dudley Town Hall. He was on stage for over 3 hours! The snow came down thick and fast outside and still people stayed and laughed with him. Rest in peace Doddy x
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Aaaah....bless your daughter for treating you well on Mother's Day.
ReplyDeleteSo sad to read about Ken Dodd this morning.
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It was, Sheila, but he had a lovely life by the sound of things x
DeleteI was brought up in Liverpool and my great grandmother lived in Knotty Ask also the home of Sir Ken Dodd. He lived in the house he was born in all his life. I went to se his shows as a child regularly.
ReplyDeleteYes, Tania, he seemed to be very down to earth and unassuming. Knotty Ash featured very heavily in his material, didn't it.
DeleteI'm one of the few who didn't like him, but as you say he was very well loved with a clean and tasteful act, and he was a good all round entertainer, there's not that many of those these days.
ReplyDeleteOne of my minor claims to fame is that I went to secondary school with a girl who spent one of her dancing summers being a 'Diddy Man', she loved it and did a talk at school about the experience after the tour ended.
A 'Diddy Man'! How wonderful for a child to experience that. My only claim to fame is that I was at school with Sue Lawley, the newsreader. She was older than me and never spoke to me :/ Ah well.... :)
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