Redditch's first professional comedian
NextBackFirstly Redditch's first professional comedian was Andy Lane who toured the theatres and music halls in the 1920s. Andy was a former bricklayer and his family home was in Pardons Road. His father was a general foreman for Huins and Seedon an old established local builder. He created great interest and a large following when he packed the Palace Theatre for folks to hear a song he had just written about the locality called "Where is the Red in Redditch"? He was before my time, but Lillian Beale remembered him well and the second lines were Where is the stud in Stanley? and where is the bee in Beoley? I can't remember the rest.
