- DURATION 60 mins
Event Description
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, OBE (1915 - 2010) was raised in extreme poverty and by the age of 11 he ended up in a children's home in Deal from which he ran away. Wisdom enlisted into the army as a drummer boy and, in 1930, was posted to Lucknow as a bandsman. The army helped him gain an education, he learned to play the trumpet, the clarinet, to ride horses and become the flyweight boxing champion of the British Army in India.
It was while performing a shadow boxing routine in the army gym, which brought so much amusement to his officers, that Wisdom discovered he had a talent for entertainment. He then began to develop his skills as a musician and stage entertainer and he first patented his persona as "The Successful Failure".
Steve's talk will describe Norman's rise to fame and fortune and include facts about his appearance on a film, where Norman "helps" a magician on stage!
- Duration: 60 mins
- Online Zoom event: Join from your computer, phone or tablet (no replay available)
Meet the Host, Steve
Steve Short has been a full time professional entertainer and speaker for more than 30-years and have entertained on cruise ships and appeared on television and radio. He has given talks and entertained audiences of all types and spoken at many venues and for various functions including after-dinner engagements, charity events, National Trust, Rotary, PROBUS, TWG, WI, U3A.
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