Web Page No 2312
29th October 2016
Top Picture: Tommy Trinder and Jean
Colin.
Bottom Picture: The Television
Toppers at the London Palladium.
Tommy Trinder
Thomas Edward Trinder CBE was born on 24th March 1909 and died on 10th July 1989) was
known professionally known as Tommy
Trinder and made his name on the stage, on screen and from appearances
as a radio comedian of the pre- and post-war years. His catchphrase was 'You
lucky people'.
He was born at 54 Wellfield Road,
Streatham in South London and today a plaque from the Streatham Society marks
the spot. He was the son of Thomas Henry Trinder, a London tram driver, and his
wife Jennie Georgina Harriet Mills. Over the years Tommy Trinder became one of
the best-loved comedians in Britain during the period from the late 1930s until
the 1960s.
He left school before the age of 12
to take on a job as an errand boy but by the age of 12 he was on stage. He
toured South
Africa with a revue company in 1921 and appeared as
a boy vocalist at Collins' Music Hall the following year. Minor successes
in music hall,
revues and working
men's clubs followed. By 1926, aged 17, he was the star
of a travelling variety comedy shows.
National
recognition began to come in 1937 with the revues Tune In and In Town Tonight.
By World War
II he was one of Britain's foremost entertainers
and his shows brought welcome relief during the darkest days of the war.
Ealing Studios signed
him up to make films during the war. His most famous was the comedy Sailors Three in
which he, Claude
Hulbert and Michael
Wilding capture a German pocket battleship.
He
also took straight acting parts in The Foreman Went to France, The Bells Go Down (a
tribute to the work done by firemen
in London during the Blitz);
and Bitter Springs about a
family fighting to make a new life in the Australian
Outback.
After the war, as
a national figure he was soon recruited to television. In 1955, he became the
first compere for the new ITV television
programme Sunday Night at the London Palladium.
He would begin his act with, 'The
name's Trinder. That's T-R-I-N-D-E-R, pronounced Chumley.' This was a gentle
dig at the snobs of society, who insisted on pronouncing ordinary names in a
fancy way.
He lived in an Art Deco-style
apartment block in Balham the largest such under one roof in Europe in the
1930s. He moved in with Violet Trinder (née Bailey; they had married in 1932)
in 1939, and was still there in 1955. His second marriage was to Gwyn
(Toni) Lancelyn Green. He moved to a large private estate, Burwood Park in
Hersham, Surrey called the house "Tiverly". He is buried in Burval
Cemetery, which is close by to where he lived.
He
was a lifelong devoted supporter of Fulham Football Club and
was chairman of the club between 1959 and 1976.
In
1979 he appeared in an edition of The Old Boy Network,
doing his stand-up routine and presenting a condensed history of his life and
career.
Using
a wheelchair after a stroke in 1986, he made his final television appearance
in I Like The Girls Who Do recalling his contemporary Max Miller.
Always
a favourite with the Royal family (he made six appearances in Royal Variety Performances between
1945 and 1980), he was awarded a CBE in 1975. He
died on 10 July 1989.
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in touch
Peter
On
this day 29th October 1960-1965
On 29/10/1960 the number one single was Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Bootsie &
Snudge and the box office smash was Psycho. A pound of today's money was worth
£13.68 and Tottenham Hotspur were on the way to becoming the Season's Division
1 champions.
On 29/10/1961 the number one single was Walkin' Back to Happiness - Helen Shapiro and the number one album was The Shadows
- Shadows. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street and the box office smash
was One
Hundred and One Dalmations. A pound of today's money was worth £13.25 and Ipswich
Town were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.The big news
story of the day was Stalin removed from Lenin's tomb.
On 29/10/1962 the number one single was Telstar - The Tornadoes
and the number one album was Out of the Shadows - Shadows. The top rated TV
show was The Royal Variety Performance and the box office smash was Lawrence
of Arabia.
A pound of today's money was worth £12.89 and Everton were on the way to
becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On 29/10/1963 the number one
single was Do You Love Me? - Brian Poole & the Tremoloes and the number one
album was Please Please Me - The Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation
Street and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of today's money
was worth £12.64 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's
Division 1 champions.
On 29/10/1964 the number one single was (There's) Always Something
There to Remind Me - Sandy Shaw and the number one album was A Hard Day's
Night - Beatles.
The top rated TV show was Coronation Street and the box office smash was Dr Strangelove. A pound of today's money was worth
£12.24 and Manchester United were on the way to becoming the Season's Division
1 champions.
On 29/10/1965 the number one single was Tears - Ken Dodd and the number one album was The Sound of
Music Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street and the box
office smash was The Sound of Music. A pound of today's money was worth £11.69
and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
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