Rock on Tommy... we’re coming home
Date published: 18 April 2014
BACK to their roots . . . Tommy Cannon (right) and Bobby Ball
LEGENDARY comedy double act Cannon and Ball will return to their spiritual home on Friday - by performing at Lees and Hey Conservative Club.
The Oldham duo will host a variety show with support from compere Jimmy Semple and local band Smashing Lads.
Cannon and Ball — real names Thomas Derbyshire and Robert Harper — first performed at the club in the early Sixties.
Event organiser Gary Clarke said the club wanted to show it remained strong despite closure rumours.
“We want to make it a night to remember,” he said
Information: 07582-241 207.
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