Loved seeing Billy Cotton again. Thank you.

Great professional entertainers,unlike many today these artists honned their skills on the toughest audiences and have thoroughly earned their place in the history of entertainment. Thank you.

Those where the days of true talent it is ashamed that you will never see the likes of them again

Great to see these clips of such wonderful performers. Max Wall just seemed to get better and crazier the older he got. Remarkable!

All our yesterdays ,,,,,,all great performers ,,,,,real stars

Loved seeing Arthur Askey and Ted Ray appear, very funny people.

I have just found this channel while flipping hrough KZfaq. Wonderful. I remember as a kid in the 50's and 60's seeing some of these very shows and the Harmonica Gang sticks in my mind vividly, my late Father loved them. I carry around with me on an iPod radio shows of Jimmy Clitheroe, The Navy Ark, Men From The Ministry as well as a few others,I lie not when I tell you theu have been all over the World with me and still bring me endless pleasure and remind me of when life was tougher but yet simpler.

Excellent. Just loved the "Chocolate Cream" reference. Ah the good old days.

There will never be anybody like them again, i remember watching Arthur Askey every week, he used to say hello playmates...they were my era, god bless them all.

We're fortunate to be able to still see these performers through the medium of KZfaq. My only quibble would be that the addition of each one's name as he or she came onscreen would have helped in identifying the artist. Not being British, I only recognised Gracie Fields, Max Miller and Tessie O'Shea. But what a pleasure it was to see them all here.

Love all the old stars excellent comics and music and.singers have seen them all and enjoyed every performance thanks for showing keep it up.

Charming entertainment from a bygone age. Max Wall and Tessie still outstanding

Superb. There's no one today like these stars!! Thank you.

This is really wonderful - thank you so much for posting it. A trip back the days when entertainers entertained and really knew what they were doing.

Never realised just how good Tessie O'shea was with a ukulele banjo.

I remember these on the radio.. we didn't have a tv..,😂👏👍

Its seems like only yesterday? At 86 i can remember the Radio comedians like Workers playtime with Avril Angers. Wilfred Pickles.and Doris his wife at the piano Have a Go Joe youve been on radio.......If you had your life over again would you change anything plus giving questions for Money. Plus "The day war broke out my missis said to me"Rob Wilton .No TV then after the war.We used to gather round the Steam Radio on Sunday evenings after a special Sunday tea and listen to the show" Palace of Varieties (I think)🙏🥰🇬🇧 Or just after Paul Temple or Dick Barton special agent starring DIck Jock and Snowy After the gruelling War years they were a great tonic we looked forward to and never missed👏🤣👍

I can't believe just how these wonderful stars brought back so many happy memories for me.... I am now In Heaven ! ha-ha Thankyou so very much for posting this lovely film !

Love these clips ❤ So cheerful. 😊

if you are a music lover, respect the best of all eras, today it was robbie williams,tonight its the very good old days, let the spirit of music always live on...

Fantastic old acts remembered. Thanks so much.

Thank you!

Brilliant to see some great acts here, thanks poster

Wonderful to see Gracie on tv thanks so much.

Wonderful sadly can name them all !! Was wonderful entertainment. Even recognised Norman Evans out of drag!! Just getting Old!!

Thanks for posting. Wonderful memories .

What a fascinating compilation so many people we remember so fondly, never seen the Norman Evans with the Panda before, ah ! So many of these folks also appeared on TVs The Good Old Days, recently rerun on BBC4 just great to see them, and remember many of these folks also kept people's spirits up in the war, 'Bless 'em all', to coin a phase

Jeez, that takes me back to when I was young! 77 now! Australia,

Just fantastic!, these people were at the very top of their game, Tessie was incredible but then they all were

Glenn Johnson Grand stuff here,many i remember from TV when growing up in the 50`s.How brilliant to see footage of G.H.Elliot singing "Sue sweet Sue",although from the 30`s.Thanks for the upload.

Variety entertainment from when I was a boy . . . . you knew you’d been entertained in those days :-)

This stuff is superb, we will never see the likes of these people again.

Two Ton Tessie was Wonderful.

Great to see these clips, I wish some of them such as those of Robb Wilton and Max Miller were a bit longer!

Bloated with majesty and spirit..oh how the soul soars when pure expression of performance engages ? 🐋

There's my friend Johnny Stafford in the Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang. Wonderful harmonica player and all round entertainer. See him at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon on Dec 1st 2013 at 2.30pm in COMEDY IN MUSIC with Jean Martyn, Don Reid and Mavis Lane.

I dont know any of them . But it is good to see what entertainment was like then. It's fun.

What great nostalgia the World was a much nicer place and people actually talked to each other. Lovely simple comedy. I'm a child again and tittering away like a good un

Here is the full list on this film......in order of appearance........ Gracie fields.... Billy cotton band show..... Charlie Chester..... Max wall.... Charlie kunz...... Rob Wilton.... Ted Ray/Jimmy Wheeler.... Max Miller.... Arthur askey.val doonican...... Tessie o Shay.... Norman Evens... Dennis nordan...GH Elliot....

The Great Max Miller. Like he said; "There'll never be another"......

what a wonderful compilation and despite the comments of foulmouthed kevvome, our gracie could reach and sustain notes the so called singers of today can only dream about. good clean humour and talent, all missing nowadays

I remember so many of these great entertainers

These artistes traipsed around the country for years honing the same act,they were so comfortable with their material .

Reminds me of the four worst winters of the 20th century. 1947, 1963, Mike & Bernie.

Would have been nice to have names to the artists. I knew most but still scratching my head to remember the other artists.

Wonderful performance of G.H.Elliott at the end of the video

Thank you for putting this on ,theres only the piano player who i didnt know,and ive now found out who he was when i read the replies

Such good entertainers from those days

Great to see these.

Ted Ray my favourite entertainer EVER

Wonderful. Compared to todays rubisshy offerings! Todays so-called entertainers should watch this and learn how to entertain without swearing and using filth.

That was bloody excellent! Thank you....

Yes but what a lovely cover up. That was fun to watch and listen to on it's own.

Really brings back great memories of the small black and white flickering screen and being told as a kid not to get closer than 6ft from the set because of "rays". My favourite was Max Wall - an absolute comic genius.

Fantastic

Gallant old troupers - they emanate a vibe that you just don't see today - possibly because people had to make their own fun back then.

Our Gracie

Norman Evans was wonderful. - Our Albert ( maybe not the right name) Has only been in the army for three weks and he has been promoted already. Yes, thev'e made him a Court Marshall.

Thanks for the info.

Variety. Fantastic.

I was born in 1949 I could hardly wait till the early 60s when music came alive, The Beatles for example. My parents would be watching these old music hall stars on the TV. I hate it, and would go to my bedroom and listen to radio Luxemburg.

Took these people took years and years to learn there trade. Programs like today Star Is Born, X Factor and such like and at the end of the program they say they are a star. You don't get people like this anymore because there are not that many places where they can perform and learn over time and that what it takes time. Ted Ray was one of my Favs

This stuff difies description because it is so wonderful

Couldn’t say the « chocolate cream » joke nowadays! 😡 I was born in the 50s....but vaguely remember some of these 😆😆 Oh I wish my mom + dad were still here! They’d love this!! Anyone know how I can get to listen to Ted Ray + Mrs Hoskins?? Thanks for these timeless clips......folk could say funny stuff and NO PC do gooders then!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕💕🇬🇧

They were wonderful Sadly I can recall them all!!!

Those Were The Days My Friends B/W Tv 🙏🇬🇧Happy Days & Great Fun…That’s Entertainment 👍

Now I do feel my age ,thanks

@salsaman247 That was Norman Evans,see him in his sketch "Over The Garden Wall",he was the 'inspiriration' of les Dawson's 'Ada.'

wonderful stars of yesteryear

Hi salsaman, the commedian who performed this screamingly funny act was the late Sandy Powell

(guest) Was that Norman Evans with the bear and trumpet ? Charming sketch.☺.

They should have included the great ventriloquist Arthur Worsley amongst these clips.

those were the days.!!!!

I like Spike Milligan's comments about her!

Norman Evans with the panda puppet British Music Hall star Norman Evans here with his puppet Panda. This sketch is taken from 'Over The Garden Wall' - Mancunian Film Company (1950)

Jimmy Wheeler is my great grandfather ! thank you for uploading this ! any more Jimmy wheeler archives laying around? aye aye thats your lot

I saw most of these stars in the early 50's when the provinces had these touring shows. These artists were stars who had lasted and were loved, not like today with unintelligible songs and filthy jokes & language instead of innuendo. Those times were the best times and regretfully will never comer back.

Charlie Kunz is the pianist and Jimmy Wheeler with violin next to Ted Ray

Norman Evans! He always looked like everyone's Nanna, especially, when he did "Over the garden wall".

Back in the day when entertainers had talent and worked at their craft, not the mindless rubbish of today.

Just GREAT

Wow..looks like Jack Strachey playing his own composition 'These Foolish Things"? Beautiful.

Oh, if we could only bring all these people back! tv would be wonderful again.

Tessie O'Shea makes a wonderful sound on her 1920s Gibson UB4.

No Great salary's then, no hype or spin, just hard working real talent.

These were hardworking entertainers not the third rate ones of today

Agreed.

brillant xxxxxxx

(guest) . Unkind comment, Terry Denman. They were of their time, and were very popular. Everyone to their taste.....I.m 68 (at 2016), and I remember them, even the 'common', yelling "wakey- wakey" man, from childhood. Remember, t.v. was still in its infancy : we had a tiny 6 inch screen, black and white, with one channel! Some performers ( learning as they went along in the new medium) I found corny , even cringe- making, and Charlie Chester : creepy, imho.😕. But try to bear in mind a " helluva" lot of work went into those many acts. Could we do any better?😊.

Most of these acts - appeared at the Glasow Empire - and wondered why they were chased off the stage !

PS, He performed it the song "Sonny Boy" !

Can't say I was particularly fond of this clip but I often wonder why people like your contributor 'kevvome' need to be so coarse and vile in expressing themselves with such filthy language. Disgusting, such comments should never be permitted. Someone should tell his mummy, I'd hate for him to be like that when he grows up.

Does anyone know the name of the pianist and composition at 02:39? Wonderful compilation, love the "what's the difference?" joke corpsing moment :)

I saw some of these when I was a kid in the 50s. Corny, definitely non-PC, but quite a lot of talent there (where was Simon Cowell ! ). But it was better than going outside and playing with a rock and a stick !

Tessie O'Shea

The act at the end is I think G. H. Elliott ...the "chocolate coloured coon" ...Google his name and the word "grave" to bring up a photo of his headstone ....it'll shock the P. C. brigade!!!!

Great entertainment from the time before the rot set in

. . . and the final act - the artist was ever billed as "G H Elliot, the Chocolate-Coloured Coon"

The great Max Miller (briefly) Tessie O'Shea& & a young Val Doonican with Arthur Askey & Ted Ray

Wow. I remember watching the first part when it was shown in 1988 to celebrate 50 years of BBC telly. I must try a search. See if I can find the whole thing. Cheers for this anyway. Brilliant. I loved the mouse and the trumpet. That was really clever. Who was he?