LAUREL and HARDY in SOUTHPORT

Laurel & Hardy in Southport

GARRICK THEATRE
Lord Street
now a bingo hall
(Photo kindly supplied by Daphne Lewis - 2005)

Laurel & Hardy in Southport

PRINCE of WALES HOTEL
Lord Street
working hotel
(Photo kindly supplied by Daphne Lewis - 2005)

Southport was another Lancashire seaside resort which received just the one visit from the two Hollywood
comedians - Laurel and Hardy. Perhaps one week was enough. First of all Southport had been hit by a terrible
storm just a couple of days before  Stan and Ollie arrived - w/c 18 August 1952. And then Stan was laid low
by diabetes and spent most of his time in the hotel. The theatre, though, was packed nightly.

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