One of my favourite sights in the whole world is seeing people pose with Graham Ibbeson’s statue of Eric Morecambe on Morecambe promenade. No one gets away with visiting my home town without me making them have their picture taken with Eric, left leg bent, right arm waving (or in the case of one of my less well co-ordinated visitors, right leg bent and left arm waving). I’ve done it countless times and it has never become boring. Which is slightly odd as I don’t think I’ve ever watched even one episode of Morecambe and Wise. I just like his funny face and am proud that something good came out of the place – in addition to dear old Thora Hird of course.
Morecambe has been down in the doldrums for sometime, thanks in part to Noel Bloody Edmonds deciding to turn a beloved local park into Blobby Land and making us the laughing stock of the nation. But with the restoration of the stunning art deco hotel The Midland, things are looking up, as this Observer article testifies.
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May 21, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I am disappointed. Surely you must have seen, then recreated the bacon and sausage sketch. Much fun to be had in the kitchen tossing link sausages…