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Recitations and monologues
It was an art form developed in the Victorian Music Halls where
artists like Stanley Holloway made it into a working class
culture. Young and old in pre-war days memorised their
favourites like ‘The Lion And Albert,’ ‘Sam Small’ or ‘The
Runcorn Ferry’ and they became a powerful morale booster on the
home front during the war. Despite ‘Albert’ being written by a
Scotsman and performed by a Londoner, it was always performed in
a Northern accent and fittingly, made its debut in front of a
Tyneside audience. Gary's original Geordie texts are sometimes
cleaned up so they can be understood by the rest of the world -
and sometimes converted into Lancashire or Yorkshire dialects to
suit various performers.
Whether it’s because the Northern
dialect makes comedy sound funnier or Northern humour travels
well is yet to be decided. In keeping with tradition, and
drawing inspiration from the entertainment that packed the halls
before television, ‘Fairly
Truthful Tales’ recreates and refreshes the art of the
comedy monologue. Encouraging older audiences and readers to
value their own memories whilst enriching the cultural life of
the young, ‘Fairly
Truthful Tales’ ensures a vivid part of our
comedy heritage is not lost.
Johnny Handle recording the new CD
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Click here to watch a video of Gary
performing
The Flight of Oscar's Underpants
Click Here to watch
A Job Well Done
on video
Click here to watch
The Lion The Witch and the
Warburtons
on YouTube
Geordie CD - Out Now!
Buy the books!
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Gary in the good old days!
The Words
A few examples of Fairly Truthful Tales
taken from the two books and CDs
Click on the titles to read them
Edie's Last Ride
The Great Amblethwaite Cap Mystery
The Lion The Witch And The Warburtons
A Lesson For Mr Carson The Parson
Dave The Jackal
Jack And The Beansprouts
Click here for sound
samples
of the Lancashire dialect CDs
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