At 1:31 (centre/dark hair) and 5:23 is my wonderful Grandfather, George Ogden. He performed for many years on the club scene (as Al Christie and Eddie Bond) performing comedy and classic Formby numbers on his uke! And I am very happy to add that he still breaks out one of his ukes every now and then to entertain the family with a few of his favourite songs! Amazing for me to see him in his heyday.
Such a great clip! Great to see how the Society was run in the early days. The last clip with everyone playing 'Lampost' is fantastic! Thats what its all about, everyone having a good old sing song together!
These people at the end show such joy. There was a similar documentary on TV about 20 years ago about the George Formby society's annual get-together. There was footage of them playing along with a film, and they seemed to be having a fantastic time.
Fantastic Video 5 stars Lovely to hear even more of good old George Formby (or at least people playing his music) Interesting to see the footage of Blackpool in the 60s five stars 'Turned Out Nice Again'
Lovely to see this on RU-vid. I've had it on VHS for 20+ years. Thanks. Can anyone specifically date it or put more names to faces than I can. Is it a private film or was it for a brief TV spot (Nationwide? Look North?) The spokesman is Bill Logan, our 1st President. I think it's John Walley playing the solo of 'Windows' at the start. George Cheetham & Ray Bernard are most noticeable at 1:30. Is that Bernard Young at about 42 seconds in? Wonderful to see some of George's ukes on show.
Tell George The GFS is still going strong with more members now than its ever had He is welcome back anytime. you come with him rob and have a great time with us
