A banjo ukulele formerly owned by popular 1930s and 40s entertainer George Formby has been sold at auction for £28,500. The instrument attracted worldwide interest and bids from America and Dubai were ...
Banjo once owned by George Harrison and George Formby emerges for sale for £80,000 A BANJO which was owned by both George Harrison and George Formby has emerged for sale for £80,000. The legendary ...
The late George Harrison will be honoured at Liverpool’s Beatles Story in September with the arrival of a unique and rather controversial piece of memorabilia. The banjolele (which has the body of a ...
According to Ukulele magazine, George wouldn’t have fallen in love with the ukulele without George Formby, who popularized the instrument in England in the 1920s. At one point, Formby was the ...
George Formby’s ukulele, cheery smile and witty songs won him a huge following – and few were as dedicated as one Tyneside fan. George Johnson, who died last summer aged 91, amassed a huge array of ...
Two George Formby banjo ukuleles are among a “hugely important” collection of memorabilia about the star expected to fetch tens of thousands of pounds at auction. A life-size model of Wigan-born ...
You see the crackling footage of long lost films – a tall man with a cheeky face strumming his banjolele and singing cheeky songs in once much cherished films of mishap and silliness. Every now and ...