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| 1925 |
November 27th - Ernest Wiseman born in Bramley (Leeds). Lived in single room lodgings at 6 Atlanta Street, Bramley. (last registered here: Dec 1925) |
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| 1926 |
Early 1926 - The Wiseman family moved to 35 Warder Street, Leeds.
(First registered here: June 1926. Last registered here: October 1931) |
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| 1931 |
Unknown Date: Wiseman family move to Unknown house in Kingsley, Nr Hemsworth |
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Unknown date:
Wiseman family move to 12 Station Terrace, East Ardsley |
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| 1936 |
Ernie appears in the Nignog Review at the Alhambra in Bradford. |
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| 1937 |
Ernie appears in the Nignog Review at the Alhambra in Bradford. |
11 |
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| 1938 |
Ernie auditions for Bryan Michie at the Leeds Empire, for his touring youth show.
Ernie appears in the Nignog Review at the Alhambra in Bradford. |
12 |
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Ernie made a brief appearance in a talent show in Leeds broadcast by the BBC.
No name or other info! |
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| 1939 |
Jan 6th (or 7th) Ernie auditions for Jack Hylton in his London office (as a result of the audition the previous year) |
13 |
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Same day, Hylton puts Ernie in his West End show Band Wagon. |
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Ernie appears at the Empire Theatre, Leeds in Band Wagon. |
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Wiseman family moved to 17 Oxley Street, Leeds.
(First registered here: October 1939. Last registered here:June 1953)
*Note:Due to the war, there is no electoral records during that period) |
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Ernie, now touring with Hylton, sits in on auditions in Manchester and sees Eric Bartholomew for the first time. |
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War breaks out. |
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| 1940 |
November – Sadie (Eric’s mother) suggests the boys form a double act. |
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| 1941 |
Aug 28th – Bartholomew and Wise perform for the first time together at the Liverpool Empire. |
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Ernie's early life is not as easy to piece together as Eric's, and there is plenty of rumour and mis-information running wild (sorry about the pun!)