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This message was updated on 8/22/2004 9:33:30 PM by Azzabuv

 Cecil Berle
replied on: 8/22/2004 9:31:22 PM
You're correct, Robert. Cecil was born in 1861, on Derby Rd; His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wightman, his Father being a Tailor by trade. However.............


..........'White's Directory of Derbys. 1857'
lists a Thomas Whiteman, of West Hill, as a Tailor also. It seems there could be a bit of name slippage occurring. It seems as though Berle was probably his stage name?


I wonder if he ever toured the Northern
music halls of the 1880s onwards, under the name 'Whiteman', at sometime or other? Perhaps if there's an Old Time Music Hall enthusiast among us, all will be revealed?
Azzabuv.
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