Franks Wild Years
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Someone's just asked me about the 'cheeky chappie' and I realised I didn't know much about one of Brighton's most famous sons. Any one know anything ?
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Max Miller
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Yep his song Mary from the Dairy was actual about my Girlfriends late Nana
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Died before I was born, but always aware he was from Brighton. I always thought the fast show charactor that shouts wheres your washboard was based on him. Born in Hereford Street Brighton but don't know where abouts in town he lived and died after that.
Theres some you tube footage here see what you think, he was banned due to telling risque jokes but it all seems tame now.
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Max Miller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Theres some you tube footage here see what you think, he was banned due to telling risque jokes but it all seems tame now.
BIO
Max Miller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yep his song Mary from the Dairy was actual about my Girlfriends late Nana
YouTube - Max Miller sings 'Mary From The Dairy'
Franks Wild Years
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Yep his song Mary from the Dairy was actual about my Girlfriends late Nana
That Sir, is excellent !
Porky
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One of his jokes that got him banned was that he met a girl on a narrow cliffside path travelling in the opposite direction. He didn't know whether to block her passage, or toss himself off.
Poor old Maxie. A fixture at the Hippodrome in Middle Street.
Poor old Maxie. A fixture at the Hippodrome in Middle Street.
He lived on Marine Parade just past Belgrave Place, there is a blue plaque up in his honour
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Coined the phrase 'Wheres Me Washboard'. Fact. Oid.
desprateseagull
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isnt there a statue of him, in new road- opposite the theatre royal..?
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Yes. Yes there is.
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A Brighton man a pure Brightonian born here lived here died here..................not many left like that now. BRA
There's quite a bit of info about Max on this site, click on People and then Entertainers from the menu on the left. He used to walk around Brighton dressed in his multi coloured suits and plus-fours, I remember my Dad pointing him out to me as he crossed Western Road back in about 1958.
http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/
http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/
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Thanks, found his house, enjoyed the accounts on here of people that met him
http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__7538_path__0p117p156p373p.aspx
Sir Norman Gull
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What you saw on the stage you saw in real life on the Brighton streets with Max- his stage persona was his real life persona. My dad used to work in London Road when he was 16 and Max would shout a cheery first name welcome to him across the street. Max made a point of knowing people who worked and lived in the area. A Brighton legend.
My Dad went to school with him is my claim to fame
desprateseagull
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i'm born/bred a Brighton man- living dangerously close to Hove now though..
Lord Bracknell
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And there's a blue plaque for him in Burlington Street.
Sadly, there's no blue plaque for me, although I did live in the same street for a year.
coventrygull
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Is any of his material on CD. My Dad had a tape of his. I played it too him before he died. At least he died laughing