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FRANKIE HOWERD
“Oooh, no missus … No, no, liss-un … Titter ye not … Oh, please yourself, then.” Who has not heard these trademark phrases of one of our greatest comic legends who was born Francis Alick Howard on the 6th March 1917 in York.
After failing an audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) he started his career by entertaining the troops during World War II and made his radio debut in 1946 on the BBC’s “Variety Bandbox”. He began to flourish with material written by Eric Sykes, Galton and Simpson and Johnny Speight.
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There are many ways in which you can help us achieve our goal and make our Trust a success.
We now have our Dame June Whitfield Centre! It was officially opened on 21st April 2026 by our President, Dame Joanna Lumley, and Patron, Suzy Aitchison.
We have a full-time manager in charge and it would be wonderful (if you live locally) if you could volunteer some time whenever convenient for you. The Café is a friendly and welcoming place, and if you have some time free from Wednesday to Sunday between 9.30 and 3.00, we would be delighted to welcome you. Please feel free to contact the Chair of the Trustees, Phil, on 07881 630629, or email the Secretary at [email protected]
Thank you, and we look forward to meeting you soon.
Once the Centre is fully signed off we would love to welcome volunteers to help run our anticipated activities. We already have quite a few local residents eager to do this, but it would be great to have as many as possible to make sure that we provide a superb service for the community. Please contact us now (contact details above) with your details and how you might help in this area.
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