George Formby's leather jacket. 1945.

[Micawber]

This is British entertainer and film star photographed in May 1945 as he builds a fence to stop his cows destroying newly planted trees on his farm in the Pennines .

This photo recently appeared in a WW2 British Home Front group, considering his jacket I thought it worthy of showing here. Thoughts?

Formby was hugely popular with both military and domestic audiences but seems to be somewhat overlooked these days.

 

[Kermit3D]

Nice.
I didn't know George Formby.

In the photo he seems to be wearing the same type of work jacket I recently saw on this port.

A picture here :

And in the video he's wearing what appears to be a French cloth cyclist jacket.

 

[stanier]

This is British entertainer and film star photographed in May 1945 as he builds a fence to stop his cows destroying newly planted trees on his farm in the Pennines .

This photo recently appeared in a WW2 British Home Front group, considering his jacket I thought it worthy of showing here. Thoughts?

Formby was hugely popular with both military and domestic audiences but seems to be somewhat overlooked these days.

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Fantastic post and thank you for sharing Steve!

 

[Micawber]

Nice.
I didn't know George Formby.

In the photo he seems to be wearing the same type of work jacket I recently saw on this port.

A picture here :

And in the video he's wearing what appears to be a French cloth cyclist jacket.

I like those leather jackets and could see one on my horizon at some point. Interesting to note the cloth cyclists jacket, I thought that may have been of interest.

It is hard to express just how popular Formby was with many audiences, he was to become Britain's highest paid entertainer. He was both comedian and musician in the traditional music hall style and was famous for playing the ukulele and banjolele. I think his Lancashire accent and British fondness of double entendre was not so easy to understand by some audiences abroad much in the same way as the enormously popular Lancashire lass Gracie Fields.

I believe his song Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock raised eyebrows at the BBC...

 

[MikeyB-17]

Turned out nice again!

 

[Micawber]

Turned out nice again!

'Appen as how...

 

[Lord Flashheart]

I’ve never paid much attention to Formby but heard a documentary on the radio a year or so back about Norman Wisdom. It gave me quite a respect for the struggles he’d overcome.

 

[Chandler]

Those of us, of a certain age, in the U.S. learned about Formby from the Thames series "World at War."

 

[Micawber]

Those of us, of a certain age, in the U.S. learned about Formby from the Thames series "World at War."

An excellent series it was which still stands the test of time, I well remember watching every episode when it was first broadcast in the UK.

 

[Pilot]

There is also this one ( for sale )

 

[Pilot]

Another one, details posted in an older thread.
This one wa mine and was sold to a member ( cannot remember to whom).