The
highly successful comedian often dressed up as a frumpy woman and did chatty
monologues over the garden wall to a pretend neighbour. There are dozens of his
sketches on Youtube. He was before my time and died
five years before I was born.
Or
here for his over-the-garden-wall stuff : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQZm3mlaowM
This
lad from Rochdale appeared in four films. His final season of work was at Butlin’s in Pwllheli but he was
feeling ill then and died the same year.
Being
famous for his "over the garden wall" humour the headstone of his
grave is a low wall built from natural gritstone blocks. His epitaph reads
"Norman's last garden wall" (see second photo.) He died in Blackpool
Victoria Hospital aged 61 years old and now lies here with his wife.
Norman once lived here at 3, Pullman
Street, Rochdale, OL11 1PE…
Sat
in the car having a coffee with Norman…