Copy of Stan Boardman recalling the day his brother died

Stan Boardman recalls the day his brother was killed whilst talking with Ricky Tomlinson about the blitz on Liverpool.

[@Steve-bo6ht]

So very humbling and proud of Ricky for making this programme to emphasise the love and spirit of the people of Liverpool

[@jerrythegaffer]

Sad story! Thanks to all for keeping this story alive. Respect to Stan Boardman.

[@carlarthur4442]

Two of Liverpools finest , genuine honest people .

[@alisonlaing5626]

Just shows.........there,s a story "behind" every person etc. Bless them. x x x x

[@paulmcdonough1093]

1 scouser though

[@darksharkrafa1]

@@paulmcdonough1093 Both are scousers

[@stormytempest3907]

@@paulmcdonough1093 Don't try and be clever son! Tomo is a top Liverpudlian!

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

@@paulmcdonough1093 Ricky was evacuated during the war as was Alan Rudkin , don't act Daft Paul.............................................................

[@kingsfleet21]

Sad thing is that when this generation has gone that spirit and mindset will be gone to, and impossible to replace.

[@johncotterill3949]

Yeah that’s so true it’s sad

[@truckerfromreno]

I choked when Stan said Mary Monroe saved his life. RIP.

[@Del-yv1qy]

Went to Liverpool in the early 80s and thought the people were wonderful.I am Irish and we have a great connection with the locals(alot of them related to Irish people).Stan's story is very sad,comes across as being a very genuine person.

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

Nice comment Del.

[@da_great_mogul]

Yes, Liverpool is the capital of Ireland as they say...

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

So sad. I'm sorry to hear this. RIP all those good children, men and women.

[@blue7257]

I’ve been a Liverpool fan for over 40 years ever since Kenny Dalglish signed for them.I am a proud Scotsman but if I wasn’t Scottish I would have loved to have been born in Liverpool.i love the place and the people, salt of the earth just like us.God Bless.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Alex-vg9ph]

Am Liverpool born and bred, wouldnt be anywhere else.My Aunty married a Scotsman in Aberdeen..Been many times , they also are salt of the earth..Stay Safe xx

[@Isleofskye]

Now put in " Liverpool F C-The Kop Crowd" from 1964 and in the middle of 28,000 singing and swaying Kopites in the 3 minute video is.....STAN BOARDMAN ....In 1964...!!

[@da_great_mogul]

Glasgow is to Scotland what Liverpool is to England. Both have docks, a ship building industry, both have great humour and like you say, are people's people and absolutely, salt of the earth. I used to tell Nan she was... God rest your soul Nan, born Liverpool 1939, died in Kendal 2023.

[@dave2439]

puts a whole different perspective on Stan's joke about the 'jeirmens bombed our chippy'. very sad

[@socratease1432]

Profoundly moving! ,

[@crabs857]

this video brought a tear to my eyes god bless your brother stan.

[@kes550]

Omg I’m actually breaking my heart crying here such a sad story God bless

[@shirleylane131]

Seen this program a couple of times....brilliant! Real down to earth salt of the earth people. God bless em .

[@paulsmith7793]

How would have thought,seeing him on stage carrying those thoughts with him.respect.

[@genwoolfe]

When my Dad was a child an overhead dogfight caused him to drop his scarf while running to the air raid shelter. When he picked it up afterwards it was full of holes. During a later raid a German plane that had been active around Portsmouth docks was being pursued & managed to hit (bomb) a school in nearby Petworth, killing over 100 children. Propaganda at the time portrayed this as deliberate, but years later the pilot was traced and welcomed back to the area where he was able to explain that he needed to lose weight in order to flee across the channel and had tried to lob the bomb on the first available harmless farmland that was just beyond the school. Hats off to Stan Boardman & RIP to his brother & all the others killed in Liverpool that night, and to the victims mentioned above.

[@stephenlees1691]

you love your family stan as we all do love live for today and rickys family also xx

[@happydays0996]

How sad thanks for sharing. Top man Stan Boardman.

[@billybabu]

Watching this in Lock down here in the UK Stay safe everyone.

[@robevans5507]

now ppl can understand why he hates the germans so much..ppl giving him stick all the time when he always talks about the germans in his shows..fucking good on him

[@tankthelord1178]

Thank you -its 4oclick in the morning and i'm cry my eyes out.

[@allendownie7254]

An amazing story from a bulldog spirited generation that are sadly now few and far between.

[@belindaharman9224]

That was really interesting, thanks to Stan Boardman for sharing his sad story. I remember laughing at Stan telling the 'German's bombed our chippy' joke when I was a kid, who would have thought he had this story behind it. Humour has always been how working class people coped with trauma, probably why so many became comedians.

[@wolfie498]

I don't know what to say. Are we mind twins? 😲

[@robert66186]

So sad but important to hear the sacrifice of people in the war

[@perrynnlynch3811]

Great comment.

[@gilliankingston8259]

How strange the way things work out, I searched for the "Fokker" joke that Stan Boardman told on the Des O' Connor Show and found Stans story about the war, very moving❣

[@LL-uw6sm]

great man stan top fella.sad story ..

[@walterrankin4965]

I remember Stan on some tv show and was asked why he was not on tv much and he said he could not cook

[@darksharkrafa1]

Not very good at comedy either to be fair...should have been a childrens entertainer or a clown.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

that's why he earned a living from it and you didn't ha

[@mariabolt3881]

Stan Boardman, golden words of humour from the darkest wartime experiences of childhood. Ricky Tomlinson, hard working class brickyard, actor and himself funnyman. This has so moved me, it has reminded me of My late grandparents stories of wartime. The waste of life, inordinate rules and regulations crossing human emotions and experiences needlessly. Thankyou.

[@anotherstep2take]

Liverpool...the pool of life. Such interesting places and people.

[@steg_of_neth.2877]

Carl Jung.

[@mrhearse777]

Stan , I am so sad for you . Inside every Comedian there can be a very sad person.

[@Drewmk-sc9zv]

Thanks to Stan and Ricky ,God bless you

[@sheilathompson1026]

Such a sad but wonderful film. I’m in tears

[@brendanduffy6145]

Heartbreaking story.

[@seandarcy7651]

God what a sad story bless him x

[@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415]

Heart breaking and we see the real Stan Boardman. Thank you

[@davidrowlands441]

Such a sad touching story. God bless Tommy and Mary. God bless Stan Boardman. People of the older generation endured a lot of sadness with true grit.

[@robg71]

There's an Honesty about Ricky I Love. What you see is what you get, There's no sides to him.

[@sashacoe25]

It's not all it's cracked up to be, trust me ;-P

[@1caremsa]

@@sashacoe25 How quickly they forget his gang of flying pickets going around building sites and beating up honest workers with planks, evicting people from his properties and then stating how wrong that was when he was evicted from his large house, campaigning for companies to be Nationalised again while advertising the private company British Gas for his own gain... there is an honesty....

[@darksharkrafa1]

His autobiography is a great read actually

[@wordup1944]

Very moving

[@johnkerr8019]

Incredibly poignant story and well told by Stan Boardman.

[@perrynnlynch3811]

Very uplifting. Great upload.

[@stevehumphrey6830]

Very, very touching.

[@lolwhittingham]

The suffering people endured to keep Britain British. Maybe that's why I am so anoyed at the state of immigration and what it has brought about in today's world...Sad story, and being local I'd heard many similar ones.

[@mrdubs49]

Many great people have come from Liverpool, there’s two right there!

[@terencetrentwatford.632]

Stan nice fella . Ricky = vile

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

@@terencetrentwatford.632 Arnt you the same idiot above who states" It's an absolute disgusting place" But you like Stan Boardman , really?..........................................

[@darksharkrafa1]

Its the other way round buddy.. i have met them both

[@alanhunter2009]

Such a moving story.

[@stephenroche5107]

Behind all those jokes lay this very sad story.

[@davidrobinson2776]

Great lad is Stan. And I'm a Geordie.

[@veronicabenidict6248]

My mum lost her twin sister a brother her twin sisters baby, her other sister and her mum were in hospital for three years, very badly burnt, she died in 1983 never knowing were her twin and her baby where buried,

[@darksharkrafa1]

Now....that is very sad and distressing

[@seanycage2610]

Awful, hope they're all together now some place wonderful.

[@leandrolicursi1275]

Brilliant people brill place

[@johnjones9750]

God bless you Stan and thank you for bringing happiness into my life x

[@maureendonohoe7220]

Stan you are a lovely man love to see you on the telly again with your great jokes just a funny man love you

[@frankthorne2602]

Respect to our Stan ❤

[@neiledwards8931]

God Bless them all Stan ❤ very sad 😔

[@lioncurlew]

He "Woke up next morning on the side of the road" Powerful Stuff..

[@seanycage2610]

Heartbreaking.

[@jamesphillips2226]

My mum was born in Anfield and suffered the blitz and was trapped under the stairs of her house with her mum and sister for 9 hours. Her hair never grew again so terrified was she.

[@stephenlees1691]

what a gent telling a story with ricky so sad xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@lisagriffiths3882]

Proud of u so much ricky well done mate it was very emotional watching the whole thing

[@nervo6321]

Heartbreaking

[@3vimages471]

Respect to Stan .... good man and well funny.

[@joysynmonds9082]

Always loved Stan and his jokes - so funny. No idea his family suffered such trauma during the war. And Ricky, who I barely know. Respect Sirs to you both.

[@gilliankingston8259]

Thank you for sharing. Mary Monroe is an Angel without a doubt.😇

[@lovemunchkin]

Heart breaking sorrow. X

[@scottstrails9369]

Superb

[@dennisbean7336]

Two of the best ❤❤

[@hookywookywithmalarkyman704]

I was born1950 & grew up kirkdale, our play ground was mostly derelict sites due to bombings scoucers are KING !

[@Fee212]

That is really sad and makes me more angry at the loss of life during the wars. I now think that war is a blanket word for murder. Rest in Paradise Mary Munro, her family, and Tommy Boardman. 🙏♥️🙏

[@geriatricmotorcars9516]

Liverpool is like a village gone mad ' ✓ such spirit

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

Loved Stan Boardman, really great comedian. Very sad story though.

[@meganjb10]

My dads 14 yr old brother left school at 14 to join merchant navy like his 6 brothers ,Sept 17th 1940 ,he was running for the air raid shelter on Scotland rd and was hit by a tracer round ,he was carried in to st Anthony's died next day in the royal infirmiry his brothers were all at sea, he was the only brother not to survive the war

[@spacemunky8164]

Be nice if stan met up with some of mary munroes family im sure there would be many tears...i had no idea about stans childhood blitz yrs one of many many working class stories of how they survived torrid yrs!

[@sarahyorkshirelassfuller7962]

So sad. What a waste of lives.

[@russellthompson9271]

My Uncle John Kelman and me Mum Janet knew Stan before he was famous, and he used to sit with them and believe it or not he was a bag of nerves, knowing he would have to get up on the stage. True story.

[@keithhaynes9462]

True words Ricky ,so bloody futile

[@philglover2973]

May god's grace bless you all 🙏🕊️🙏🕊️

[@delboy4407]

Those Fokkers bombed my chippy. and our out door bog RIP to all fallen victims of WW2 God bless

[@allanb52]

Great people these. RIP Mary and Tommy. My dad didn't tell me much about the war, other than the sand of North Africa.

[@FrancisMulvaney]

Anyone know the name of the program?

[@martinhambleton5076]

How very moving.

[@daveinthailand]

Soldier comes back from protecting London to see his flattened house dead son And english lock him up 😮 nothing like helping the Soldiers in need

[@bobsmodelrailways]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

These two great Scouse personalities both have one thing in common, and that is the place of Wrexham. Stan would later move from Liverpool to become a evacuee in Wrexham, and when Ricky was working on the Wrexham bypass in the 1970s met and married his wife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@paulallan1000]

I bet if the men could have seen into the future and what has become of this country, they would never have joined up.

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

Correct and your Grand Children would have been speaking German now!!

[@granto6738]

Legend

[@davidsheriff8989]

Liverpool. we had ferries at the bottom of our garden gerrit

[@JohnBrown-md8pl]

His poor father and they put him in jail

[@ferraridinoman]

And Germany's EU Fourth Reich want an Army! Never Ever forget!! x

[@arthurfnshelby4335]

Stupid comment.

[@ferraridinoman]

@@arthurfnshelby4335 Really!? No one voting for YOUR comment! (Maybe you should move to your EU?)

[@paddymac5161]

They killed less than the british empire funny how english people forget that, they always seem to think that thier empire was a good murderous invading land grabbing and thieving empire but everyone elses was bad ... stupid.

[@arthurfnshelby4335]

Paddy Mac Think it’s jealousy on the part of little Englandars who can’t see that Germany is where it is today due to hard work and very good govmt The UK on the other hand is rubbish govmt that only works for a few and also had too many work shy hell bent on blaming everyone for their miserable lives. They vote right wing so get what they deserve.

[@terryanddominic]

what was the name of this programme ?? isnt it mind boggling how we are so dramatic today and moan and whinge about the smallest things , get offended and butt hurt about something ridiculous , what a bunch of softies we have become, I am sure the war generation would be disgusted with the way society has become

[@valster69]

Lad you know Arthur styles was my mums grandad an my nans dad her name was irine styles

[@mickstanistreet6876]

We are scousers which means more x

[@daveoneill8235]

Liverpool is a brilliant place, Brilliant friendly people always make you welcome . Home of the reds, youll never walk alone 😀😀

[@CARLIN4737]

I've been with Arsenals boys to your fair city and don't remember it being so friendly. Unless. You call a fight in the car park as soon as we got there a friendly welcome?

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

@@CARLIN4737 Then next time GO to Liverpool without a football scarf around Your Neck Dopey!! And see the real Liverpudlians who don't give a Rats Arse about the game of football !! There are plenty out there trust me ;)

[@CARLIN4737]

@@Theoriginalbigbrillo got no problem with that.

[@CARLIN4737]

@@Theoriginalbigbrillo why call e dopey. got no problem. I was with arsenals firm. it is what it is. gave a few slaps out. got some back. it kicked off. no problem.

[@CARLIN4737]

@@Theoriginalbigbrillo no football scarfs around our necks. as I said no problem. just don't give it your so friendly and funny and how welcoming you are because your not. as I said no problem.

[@paulhudson563]

Sad

[@Isleofskye]

Now put in " Liverpool F C-The Kop Crowd" from 1964 and in the middle of 28,000 singing and swaying Kopites in the 3 minute video is.....STAN BOARDMAN ....In 1964...!!

[@TheRedleader01]

this is typical liverpool mentality-oh woah is me 🙄🙄 its boring

[@ThomasConrad-f3p]

What most ordinary English people fail to remember is that most of the working class Germans also went through similar devastating war-time experiences of having their homes bombed and dearest relatives 'buried'.under rubble. From numerous anecdotes related by older Germans this fact becomes very 'evident'; tragically it's a one-sided perspective from the British side we are given on social media!!!

[@darksharkrafa1]

Stan has died many times since on stage

[@SuperFerdie1965]

You're Bernard Manning, go on admit it.

[@darksharkrafa1]

You sound like one of Stans 3 fans.....do you like the Chuckle brothers aswell ?????

[@SuperFerdie1965]

@JM Stan is funny. But only to those with a sense of humour 😉

[@darksharkrafa1]

@@SuperFerdie1965he is as funny as piles

[@SuperFerdie1965]

@@darksharkrafa1 Piles can be funny sometimes. Especially if they affect Corbyn or Nicola Sturgeon.

[@stephenlees1691]

bastard war

[@danielmoran9902]

F#ckin' ellfire!