JIMMY CLITHEROE'S MEMORIAL TREE - GONE FOREVER

[@johnsuffill6520]

I remember Jimmy Clitheroe not only from the radio but also on TV. It's diabolical that they couldn't replace the tree and the plaque. He should be remembered for the joy he gave to so many people back in the day.

[@lindastorey6685]

As a child I loved listening to jimmy on the radio.

[@bmoran1795]

When I was a young lad going round my grans on a Sunday jimmy was always on the radio good memorys

[@steveturner6770]

Me too

[@Tappit333]

I also remember listening to his show as a kid

[@jeffsuter344]

It"s a shame another memorial couldn't be erected.

[@bahoonies]

Me too. Fond memories of the Clithero Kid.

[@AmandaWRU]

The tree might be gone but the memories live on, I loved the clitheroe show on the radio when I was young and I've been listening again recently through you tube

[@junelaw4162]

How sad shame they couldn’t not find something else to put there in his memory RIP Jimmy you bought laughter in our house till the next one 😊

[@arroncample9670]

Sunday Roast While Listening To The Clitheroe Kid And Forever Winding Up Mr Higginbotom. Wonderful Memories . Wonderful Times .

[@davidjacksonjackson3212]

I loved jimmy, I think most people of my age did, in those days comedians not only made you laugh but also made you happy, it is a shame about the tree but as time moves on the great and the good get forgotten.

[@murielbarker4311]

could they not have put a plant where the tree was that grows every year and put a sign there in memory of the lovely JIMMY Clitheroe

[@davidsmith2356]

My Dad used to put him on during Sunday dinner, in the 60’s.

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Yes. I too had to listen to the dross because my father liked it.

[@takata98]

Likewise! I think it used to be on after "Family Favourites" I'm sure that "oOH eck!" or "oOH Alfie!" and "Scraggy neck!" still make a whole generation reflect on those days.

[@nickchristian8195]

Yes, our family listened during Sunday dinner as well. As a small child I had no idea what was going on. I seem to remember The Navy Lark as well. Happy days!

[@jayturner3397]

Yep, had to stop I laughed too much, think we got a repeat Sunday evening in London, happy days

[@paulmarsh8974]

When I was a boy I watched Jimmy on the television.. I went to Canada and I suppose I forgot all about him... 55 years later I'm living back in the UK and listen to the Clitheroe Kid almost every night on my Alexa... I fall asleep at night and wake up in the morning to him, Alfie, Susie, grandad, mum and all the rest of the cast... Something very soothing and satisfying...

[@paulmarsh8974]

@@SteveGad what other stuff do you listen to??

[@scopex2749]

I used to listen to Jimmy when I was little never missed a show.

[@carolinejayes157]

Brilliant comic ,I was very young at the time ,but still remember him .

[@whitesapphire5865]

I remember listening to "The Clitheroe Kid" when I was a kid. I remember the radio broadcasts, and television in the early '60s. For some reason I seem to recall "Mr Brocklebank" as a character who stuck in my mind almost as much as Jimmy himself. How many hours of laughter we must have had, listening to those comic voices issuing from that old Murphy radio of ours, which only worked if it laid on its back - Almost as comical as the show itself.

[@patchthesinclair5896]

As new as 1962!! (Persil washing powder ad) wish I could go back there!

[@whitesapphire5865]

Who else remembers "Mr. Hmm N'yah Peets"? One of the kid's school teachers.

[@whitesapphire5865]

@@patchthesinclair5896 1962 - The year I started school, and the year all my troubles began. Yeah, I'd go back there, given a chance. I'd "dot" a few eyes and "cross" a few teeth. Kick a few shins and bop a few noses! Beyond that, everything else was peachy! If I'm honest though, I think I'd rather have been born ten or twenty years earlier. That way, I might have gained more enjoyment from the time.

[@patchthesinclair5896]

@@whitesapphire5865 I first went in 1960 and I guess when my troubles first began! At 7 years old I was put up before a child psychologist because they couldn't understand me they thought I was a retarded child. These days they would have said I had 'learning difficulties' but I reckon they had teaching difficulties. The psychologist said age 7 I passed the 11 + . After that I was punished for 'laziness for the rest of my time in school, cruel times to be a kid!

[@terryansell6641]

Thank you for the video I remember the program with Jimmy as a child it was such fun, thanks again from New Zealand

[@JAY-lo3sx]

Thank you so much for taking the time to find out about the tree.

[@michaelmurphy07]

I used to love listening to Jimmy’s radio show. There isn’t any respect given to our bygone entertainers of yesteryear, which is very sad. Especially since they had more talent in their little fingers than the current lot! Thanks, Paul.

[@davidluck4608]

Jimmy Clitheroe was compulsive listening when I was a kid myself. The interaction between Jimmy and Alfie Hall was so very sidesplitting, Comedy at it’s very BEST❤️

[@doeharris5363]

What a sad video. l loved Jimmy Clithero as kids we used to really look forward to listening to his show he was such fun. Thank you once again for sharing your video.🙋🙋🙋🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@rayjennings3637]

I must have listened to every episode of 'The Clitheroe Kid'. Wonderful stuff!

[@sharonlongfellow6064]

Hi Paul I used love Jimmy thankyou for this vlog.

[@interestingplaces1]

You’re welcome 😊

[@rogernevin7461]

I saw the Jimmy Clitheroe stage show at the opening of Stanley Civic Hall on February 6th 1962. over 60 years ago ! I was 9 years old at the time .Molly Sugden,Judith Chambers and the hilarious Danny Ross. There should be a plaque on Stanley Civic Hall in recognition of this opening night.

[@stevenwade7466]

Jimmy had a house in Preesall the Fernhill . This was later a pub restaurant ,its now unfortunately been demolished. Several large houses now stand in its place . Many thanks for such a smashing tribute .

[@tonyjedioftheforest1364]

One of my favourites when I was a child, listening to the radio on a Sunday.

[@TheLifeEvents]

Can we not plant another tree. I was incarcerated in boarding School in Nairobi in 66, and every Sunday at @3:00 pm, my twin and I would listen to the Clitheroe Kid on the radio. It was a great relief and comfort.

[@TheShanampan]

We listened to the Clitheroe Kid on what was then the relay radio,or wireless as my dad called it.When I went to boarding school in Kent in 1967 I was the smallest kid at school,and as I was from "Up North" I was given the nickname "Jimmy" which I was very proud of. Surely there must be a way to get another tree planted in his memory,it is just not right that there is now nothing there for someone who brought so much joy into peoples lives.

[@richardsmith561]

Dear Jimmy, you will always be in our thoughts....RIP....

[@crystaldance5731]

Ah what a shame loved Jimmy clitheroe lovely video 😊

[@clivegretton4535]

I was allowed to take the radio up to my room after Sunday dinner and listern to the Jimmy Clitheroe show. I rember sitting next to it completely wrapped ip in the show. Fantastic, thanks for sharing. RIP Jim and the gang.

[@pingpong5000]

Star as big as Jimmy Clitheroe will always be remembered by those who had the pleasure of the Radio comedy shows. Also, he was a regular in the Squirrel, Bispham and I/we regularly played snooker with him, just a nice bloke and a pleasure to know. For my generation this area was awash with the stars of the silver screen, radio and TV and it was not un common or just lucky to have a drink and natter with so very many STARS like Jimmy. I did not know about the memorial tree missing and it is nice of you to share the news with us.

[@jenniferholden9397]

Can’t we get another one. He made me laugh soooo much, Sunday lunch time and the radio, the request program for soldiers serving abroad, can’t remember the name, Family Favourites or something, I do remember the song ‘It Might as Well Rain until September’ being popular.

[@mandolinic]

You're thinking of Two-Way Family Favourites, although if the show linked up with more bases abroad then it became 3-way, 4-way, etc. It was our regular Sunday lunchtime listening in the 1960s as Mum prepared the roast Sunday lunch.

[@marquisdemoo1792]

@@mandolinic Given the often tenuous audio connection to far away bases I always wondered how the music sounded fine, I can only assume they played the record at both ends simultaneously.

[@mandolinic]

@@marquisdemoo1792 That is indeed what they did. The playlist was shared in advance, of course, and both stations went to their own record libraries to find the records for local transmission, and they tried to play them simultaneously at both ends. Sometimes I recall they got it wrong, and when the version played in the UK finished, there were still a few seconds of it playing at the remote station. It didn't happen very often, but when it did, it gave the game away.

[@marquisdemoo1792]

@@mandolinic Not sure about the shared play list as I seem to remember them asking what those invited on wanted to hear, albeit I suppose that could have been established in advance. As I recall it resulted in much playing of 'Puff The Magic Dragon', 'The Little White Bull' (Which due to Tommy Steel's cockney I thought was 'ball' ), 'High Hopes', and 'Woodman Spare That Tree'.

[@mandolinic]

@@marquisdemoo1792 You might be thinking of another show (or maybe I am?!?!?). Family Favourites was a pure request show, where people posted in their requests on cards, so the producers had time to sort out playlists in advance.

[@risenshine2783]

I am another Jimmy Clitheroe fan from the radio when I was a kid. What a shame the tree is gone.

[@MegaDeansy]

I met him when I was about 5 yearx-old in Scarborough on holiday with my parents - I just remember him as being very shy I loved seeing him on TV !!

[@trevorchambers1812]

Nice bit of research on behalf of a much-loved comedian. My great-Aunt introduced me to Jimmy on the "wireless" when I was a kid. Sad in a way to think there is nothing left as a reminder of folk like this.

[@gerryquinn5224]

Wouldn't you think that the local council would plant another tree in the exact same spot to commemorate such a well loved personality? We, of a certain age, were weaned on radio show such as his, (The Clitheroe Kid) and "Round the Horn" and other favourites. Come on councillors, do the right thing; after all, there aren't that many famous people from Clitheroe are there?

[@ivahadenuff9080]

There needs to be statue s of both Jimmy Clitheroe and Danny Ross. both wonderful talented entertainers who gave so much fun and laughter to the nation

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

They won’t do that. He was white.

[@davidhookway514]

The Council may be a load of Lefties.

[@gerryquinn5224]

@@davidhookway514 That's true, there's a lot of it about. 🤣

[@firsteerr]

he isn't diverse enough , they are looking for a criminal possibly a child rapist from a "diverse" background " they have narrowed the list down to one ................hundred and twenty thousand

[@cazrelda169]

Thank you.

[@barefootcontessa3112]

What a shame they haven’t put something else in its place, I have many happy memories of listening to his radio show every Sunday along with The Navy Lark

[@chapsnaps1]

"Much Too Shy" is the film in which he co-starred with George Formby. Jimmy Clitheroe managed to steal scenes from George Formby. Not many people could claim to have done that. Jimmy Clitheroe and George Formby gave great performances in that film. Both went much too soon.

[@rolsta2871]

Jimmy appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The one with the schoolboy looks among the proffessors. It's the only, colour film I know him to be in. I saw him in pantomime with Terry Scott at the Sunderland Empire in the Early 1960s. Brilliant.

[@rolsta2871]

Jules Verne's Rocket to the moon 1967 Jimmy played Gen Tom Thumb.

[@iandodd14]

That was Gerald Campion, not Clitheroe in Chitty.

[@alanhill769]

Thanks I remember Jimmy well

[@pmajudge]

R.I.P. TO JIMMY CLITHROE . A GREAT RADIO SHOW PERFORMER. HE PLAYED "THE SON " ( a Child like voice ). HOWEVER HE WAS AN ADULT . FROM U.K. (2022).

[@alisonjordan]

I am too young to remember “Jimmy Clitheroe” but I do know he was a huge radio 📻 star. It is such a shame he is forgotten today, and that there is no fitting memorial plaque in his honour. 2023 also marks 100th birthday...

[@tomhunter2426]

Great video,, good skills in your detective work skills,,can you imagine how many of the Armed Forces memorials and Grave sites that have also gone!well done and keep up the good work,Tom.

[@simonballard6413]

Every week, I used to listen to The Clitheroe Kid, Round the Horne and the Navy Lark, then go for a walk. Dear old Sundays!

[@adriangreenoff9163]

It's such a shame to see how unkempt the Rose garden is(and the rest of the crem) nowaday's.There used to be a lot of full and seasonal staff there ,I did a few stints myself as a young lad.Does anyone know of any film or pics from way back on you tube?Thanks for the vid',it brought back some good memories

[@thebohemian.]

Jimmy also appeared in George Formby film playing George’s brother. I believe there’s a cafe nearby called The Jimmy Clitheroe, it has a display of Jimmy memorabilia etc.

[@paulgregory4102]

Can they organise another tree planting ceremony for him

[@thebohemian.]

@@paulgregory4102 who are they?

[@olliebeak131]

@@thebohemian. Exactly!

[@JAY-lo3sx]

He was also in jules Verne’s Rocket to the moon 1967. Truly one of the great’s

[@SRMT-en8yz]

I also grew up listening to JC. I have audio of his shows. When I collect my two granddaughters (6 & 8) from school they always ask me to play them during the drive home. So in my family he is still being listened too. Brainwashed by me 😁.

[@jacquelinehabgood-painter8867]

Thank you for this presentation.I found it both very interesting and thought provoking. Very respectfully done.

[@interestingplaces1]

You're very welcome

[@garryclarke7695]

Very nice, respectful video.

[@interestingplaces1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@richardjones5255]

Yes, it is terribly sad, though at least he has a memorial of some form in that you remembered him and acted. I remember his broadcasts, well those I heard, but as life moved me on my memory faded. You have refreshed a once happy memory.

[@leewelch9710]

RIP Jimmy. Thanks for the memories. God bless. 💙

[@Chardonbois]

Loved listening to Jimmy in those halcyon days before we had a telly. Such happy memories! Can we not get Jimmy another tree?

[@alittlehouseinlancashire6347]

Thanks for your work.

[@michaelbarry8444]

Every Sunday with my grandparents family favourites and the Clitheroe kid all long gone but the memories will stay with me forever

[@DermotAMaher]

Nice work on this,👍👍 it's such a pity that the memorial plaque has gone missing as well.

[@lablackzed]

Oooooo heck loved his show's.👍😅

[@gregmoran1918]

We used to listen to him during a Sunday roast always made us all laugh

[@hookywookywithmalarkyman704]

Nothing lasts fore ever, from a fellow scoucer here Thailand 17 years .

[@tomayrscotland6890]

Hi My Friend that was a nice video!, I am 73 and I remember the radio show, Away back then there was no TV in our house. There were some great Shows on the Radio! All the big bands of that time were on the radio too. Glenn Miller, Joe Loss , Benny Goodman and lots more. Yes the Clithero Kid, I will try to get a Picture of wee Jimmy it would be nice. Thanks for Bringing back a long lost memory.

[@craigh4972]

Classic actor I've got 'That's My Boy' on DVD with the only suriving episode of 'Just Jimmy'. 👍🏽

[@paulisemonger280]

I called my sister ‘scraggy neck’ just as he did. Loved him.

[@michaelodonoghue7464]

My Grandfather, James Kett, was buried in St. Giles Churchyard Cemetery in Ashtead Village, Surrey England in 1959 (I was 3). In the centre of his Grave Cover (constructed by My Father, John O’Donoghue) was an opening for a Tree. That Tree grew for almost 50 years before being eventually Cut Down and removed. Never in any of that time, as I understand it (I’m in Australia) did it cause any damage. I was once promised photographs of the Grave but they never eventuated.

[@factorylad5071]

They used to say in Liverpool, if you see a RollsRoyce driving by with nobody in the drivers seat , that was Jimmy Clitheroe driving by.

[@supermariomaker2glitchhunt329]

I went to a show starring Jimmy, I was about 6-7 yrs old (I’m 63 now). I can’t recall much, only that it was somewhere off London Road in Liverpool. I adored him when I was little

[@TonyKitchen471]

Thanks Paul pity the tree wasn't replaced. It does pose the question who collected his ashes, Family,???

[@theforester3426]

Has anyone noticed how much Jimmy Krankie styled herself on Jimmy Clitheroe.?

[@aprilshowers6752]

What a shame. You would have thought they would have put something there to replace it, even if it was only a plaque. I met Jimmy Clitheroe once when I was about four or five. My parents took me to some exhibition or other in Birmingham and Jimmy was walking round. he was a quiet man but very pleasant as I recall him. I guess he must have been appearing there somewhere.

[@philipoconnor4263]

James Clitheroe was a great comedian whose humour was ageless and ahead of its time. Ask if another tree can be planted if it matters and enjoy the performances he gave.

[@oldsweat2]

Poor Jimmy couldn't go on without his beloved Mum, I believe he just wanted to be with her.

[@FiveLiver]

As well as hearing him on the radio in the 60s we watched his TV show 'Just Jimmy' - Mollie Sugden famously played his mum, years before she was Mrs Slocombe. Jimmy was actually older than her - but they could have been in the same class at school - though he was from Lancashire and she was from Yorkshire.

[@andywright3450]

Hey mate great post this fan of Jimmy I got his dvd comedy shows brilliant .... Would you be able too video Lennie Bennett grave in Blackpool please thanks

[@davidsmith2356]

Very funny man.

[@philmuskett265]

The Clitheroe Kid. Good stuff.

[@michaelwhiles5282]

Just watching a very young Jimmy on the 1942 George Formby film - Much Too Shy - when he plays George's sidekick, his character whilst young is fully formed. God bless them both....

[@rogerbayntun9979]

I loved listening to Jimmy on the radio when I was a youngster.

[@piratedjradio]

as a child i saw jimmy in great yarmouth, i waved to him and was very pleased to see him, he looked at me turned away and didnt acknowledge me at all i was really disappointed

[@elicasey3967]

a tearful thank you

[@helencheadle5285]

Thankyou for trying…it’s a shame another tree hasn’t been planted by the Crem…..a bare root tree isn’t that expensive…sad there isn’t a memorial anywhere for him, and sad he felt so down on the day of his mothers funeral he took all those tablets. He brought a lot of pleasure to me and millions of others as the Cletheroe kid on the radio, his sister Susan, and her soft boyfriend m his grandad and mam and dad, were all funny. You said his ashes were collected but unknown where they went . I’d make a good guess they have gone to where his beloved mother is buried, and wouldn’t be a bit surprised if his ashes are buried with her,or scattered with her. Don’t know anything about her funeral, perhaps someone else reading this does. Best wishes ! 🙋‍♀️💐

[@francis2811]

I've never forgotten Jimmy Clitheroe!

[@Daracdor]

When I was very young in the 60`s my mom always tried to convince me that he was really much older :: but how could that be ? He has a school cap , short trousers and a satchel just like every other kid in the 60`s , only few years later I understood ... thanks Jimmy .. maybe a new plaque and tree is needed .

[@Teapot-Dave]

"This is the BBC home service" always preceded the comedy at (I think) 1pm on a Sunday. I used to go round after dinner and listen with my best friend Steve at his house. He was the only lad I knew who had a transistor radio, which was about the size of a small country. Shows like ""The Clitheroe Kid", "The Navy Lark" and "The Embassy Lark" set the standard for a lot of modern-day comedy shows.

[@alecjefferson6993]

Tree 🌲 looked good then ,,!!!!

[@stewartrood3633]

The tree might have died but what happened to the plaque? In my seventies now but was a great fan of listening to The Clitheroe Kid on BBC radio, funny, clean and witty.

[@Backpacker1uk]

Typical pen pusher in the council office decided it was probably a eyesore. When you look through the gap you can see the eyesore. Jimmy brought joy to many of us long ago and is fondly remembered. When I visit Clitheroe I always remember The Clitheroe Kid R.I.P. Jimmy

[@johncarden1112]

Jimmy Clitheroe broadcast when more people listened to peak time radio comedy than any radio, TV or internet audience since, i hazard. Everyone had a radio and the music hall style comedy was popular with little competition to the ubiquitous BBC radio. Post war, the radio was part of the fabric of life.

[@paulinewhite3273]

I too used to listen to Jimmy on the radio, I'm 69. I have mixed feelings about memorials. I do understand lots of people like to see something in memory of someone who died, and some see it as respecting that dead person. Personally I don't see a need. I am a Bible believing Christian. My husband died, I hold him in my heart, there is no grave to visit or place to lay flowers, but the love I had for him isn't diminished because of that. My belief is our eternal life is more important, but sadly many people don't give any thought to this.

[@barryrudge1576]

I haven't been to Clitheroe since the late 1960's so it must have changed quite a lot like most towns. Up until the end of WW2 Clitheroe had its own Borough Police Force and was one of the smallest Police Forces in the Country. It consisted of 13 officers which included a Chief Constable, Sergeant and 11 officers. It became a part ofLancashire Constabulary in the late1940's. Just another bit of useless information for those who wish to read my entry. Those who remember Jimmy are now getting quite elderly themselves which includes myself.

[@MrPaulculkin]

At the far end of the right hand building is a tree. On the reverse of which is a memorial plaque a friend of mine placed there after the other tree disappeared.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

I doubt the overdose was accidental, knowing how unhappy he was about so much else in his life.

[@andyroden8537]

I wonder where his memorial plaque went when the tree was felled?

[@johnrees]

I would have thought his family would like to have had a resting place for his ashes so his many loyal fans could visit ......... some family`s are just to selfish for words ..... they probably only wanted his money and not his memory.

[@marksadventures3889]

I had no idea he was just 51. Clitheroe is about 8 miles away from me. I remember hearing the show as a kid.

[@angelsone-five7912]

Always enjoyed the Clitheroe Kid, I wonder just how much of an accident his overdose was?

[@hapijen4828]

Well overdue for another memorial tree 🌲🌳🌴🌲🌳

[@hancecrawford]

Paul remember a programme called Just Jimmy

[@garybrockwell2031]

What happened to the plack?🗣️🆘 thanks for the LAUGH'S JIMMY RIP FELLA 🙏😍💯👍

[@Bob-Horse]

Just a quick point, your text at the end says he was born in 1923, but as you stated, he was born in 1921. I mention it with a view to being helpful. I thank you for the video and like many, enjoyed listening to him as a boy, so sad his tree was not replaced or something put there in its place. 🙏🏻

[@sofakingbrill]

Loved the Clitheroe kid

[@fus149hammer5]

Was there a plaque in his memory? if so who has it or is it just another memorial to our lost comedians that's vanished? I have in mind Kenneth Williams, the blue plaque to him outside his last residence in London and indeed where he died vanished when his apartment block was pulled down to make way for yet another soulless glass monstrosity and the imprint in concrete of Will Hays hands and feet outside a cinema in Slough. Both disappeared and areprobably in some official's garage. Yes I vaguely remember Jimmy on the radio though I was only 12 when he died. Funny thought: Do we have to blame him for the Krankies?

[@shirleyn546]

I was wondering where the plaque was. It could easily be reused elsewhere

[@brianevans4200]

@@shirleyn546 There is still a blue plaque for Kenneth Williams in Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury. It is on the wall of a hairdressers shop. This is the shop and upstairs living quarters where he was born and brought up. His dad owned the business. To this day, it has remained a hairdresser/barbers shop. Happily, there are still quite a few blue plaques dotted around this area. The glass monstrosity you mention is now listed!

[@interestingplaces1]

No one knows where the plaque has gone to - it was only a tiny one there are pictures on the internet if you google

[@fus149hammer5]

@@brianevans4200 Yes there's a brown council plaque to him in Bingfield Street Islington where he lived ( it's next to the street my wife lived in)and the one you mentioned in Marchmont Street. The missing one was in Osnaburgh Street and the developers promised they would replace the plaque when building work was completed. I've looked for it on numerous occasions but nothing. 😡

[@youarewhatyouare]

A ghost of Jimmy is said to appear at a brothel in Leeds he is heard to shout oh no not the slipper

[@tarquin4592]

You could contact another branch of the crematorium. I've been there and spoke to a couple of fellers who said 'You'd better leave well alone!'

[@TansleyParanormal]

Came here today to do a video