Hackney Empire, London: The highest paid entertainer of his era, Wigan-born George Formby was a household name from the 1930s until his death in 1961. Born in Wigan, he took to the stage after initially training as a jockey, tentatively stepping into his late father's shoes as a music hall entertainer with a modicum of success until he met and married Beryl Ingham. It was Ingham's tenacity as a business man…
SOURCE: The Stage at 05:33AM on September 2, 2013