tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post5554692272716994538..comments2024-03-27T12:54:12.585+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Corrie Originals - Arthur Leslie as Jack WalkerGlenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-48190086694863313842012-06-18T20:48:08.767+01:002012-06-18T20:48:08.767+01:00Sorry, the comment about Noel Dyson should have sa...Sorry, the comment about Noel Dyson should have said date of death, not DOB - my mistake,Corriepediahttp://coronationstreet.wikia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-46330928692008364592012-06-18T20:46:55.925+01:002012-06-18T20:46:55.925+01:00Yes, unable to find an exact DOB for our site (and...Yes, unable to find an exact DOB for our site (and finding contradictory ages quoted when the actor died in back issues of the press at the British Newspaper Library in Colindale, London), I asked a friend whose hobby is geneology and they showed me how to search 1837.com and Ancestry.co.uk. I knew from Corrie reference books that Arthur Leslie's real name was Arthur Broughton and easily Corriepediahttp://coronationstreet.wikia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-76077252860727794852012-06-18T18:33:09.727+01:002012-06-18T18:33:09.727+01:00Sorry Corriepedia, I looked at both Wikipedia and ...Sorry Corriepedia, I looked at both Wikipedia and IMDB and they said 1901. You know it's definetly 1899 yes?Llifonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861629511369520726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-16313804647940561472012-06-18T17:15:09.179+01:002012-06-18T17:15:09.179+01:00Good summary but Arthur was born on 8th December 1...Good summary but Arthur was born on 8th December 1899, not in 1901.Corriepediahttp://coronationstreet.wikia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-84125386544893236402012-06-18T14:28:27.392+01:002012-06-18T14:28:27.392+01:00In the 1960's & 1970's folk looked a l...In the 1960's & 1970's folk looked a lot older than they do today. Looking back at the 1960's DVD's I always thought Arthur Lesiie was in his mid 70's when he started.BarrieTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-61219961212728356002012-06-18T12:55:39.575+01:002012-06-18T12:55:39.575+01:00I worked on Heartbeat with Tony and have also work...I worked on Heartbeat with Tony and have also worked with his wife June. I saw her a couple of weeks ago and she told me that,sadly, Tony had died a few months before. I played Jack Walker in the Lass o Gowrie in Manchester earlier this year when Granada authorised for the first time the performance of three scripts from 1968.Dave Duttonhttp://www.davedutton.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-61765884241535527102012-06-18T12:52:04.686+01:002012-06-18T12:52:04.686+01:00I can still hear him now "Eeeh, Annie love&qu...I can still hear him now "Eeeh, Annie love"Dilly Daydreamnoreply@blogger.com