BOBBY THOMPSON - THE LITTLE WASTER Comedy 04 There Gowans Are Gay

04 There Gowans Are Gay

' Kevin Whately

The Little Waster and The Old Soldier

Film-maker and producer John Mapplebeck has this to say about Northern Drift: Alex and Henry belonged to an age of political certainties

BOBBY THOMPSON - THE LITTLE WASTER Comedy 04 There Gowans Are GayBobby Thompson 'a legend in his own lifetime'This was the almost unanimous opinion of both audiences and fellow performers. After something like fifty years of comedy and working almost exclusively in the North's clubland, he commanded high earnings and large crowds. Bobby Thompson was admired and loved as a hero of the working class, who was able to turn tales of harsh experiences into the stuff of laughter. This video shows Bobby at his peak, with