People from Erewash (District) - People from Ilkeston, People from Long Eaton, Robert Lindsay, William Roache, Lewis McGugan, Leslie Townsend (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 133. Not illustrated. Chapters: People From Ilkeston, People From Long Eaton, Robert Lindsay, William Roache, Lewis Mcgugan, Leslie Townsend, Tim Marlow, Roland Bainton, Saira Khan, Richard Jenkin, John Blackner, Arthur Tilford, Laura Knight, John Clifford, Mark Draper, Alf Baker, Frank Sugg, Chek Whyte, Arthur H. Lefebvre, William Locker, Geoff Barrowcliffe, Alec Clegg, Jim Baker, Edward James, Walter Sugg, Eddie Barks, Arnold Townsend, Frederick Howard, Eric A. Walker, John Tudor, John Walters, Chick Churchill, Reg Chester, Colin Duriez, Stuart Palmer, James Fullwood, George Ratcliffe (Cricketer, Born 1856), Thomas Attenborough, G.o. Sayles, Arthur Barton, George Chambers, William Wallis, John Tilson, Herbert Bostock, Solomon Hardy, Jane Smit, Frank Wright, Les Eyre, John Griffiths. Excerpt: Robert Lindsay (born 13 December 1949) is a British actor who is best known for his Tony and Olivier Award winning role as Bill Snibson in the musical Me and My Girl, and for his television work, especially his roles in Citizen Smith, Hornblower and My Family. Lindsay was born Robert Lindsay Stevenson in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, the son of Norman and Joyce Stevenson. After leaving school, Lindsay enrolled in the drama department of a technical college in Nottingham, and intended to become a drama teacher. However, friends at Nottingham Playhouse encouraged him to apply to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and in 1968 he was accepted there with the aid of a government grant. After he graduated, he took a job as a dialect coach for a repertory company in Essex, and then joined a regional theatre group. Lindsay first came to prominence as the cockney layabout Jakey Smith in ITV comedy series Get Some In , and he appeared in the fourth series of the BBC sitcom The Good Life. He was then given the starring role as incompetent revolutionary Wolf...