Crowd queue to the see the present again in 1999 (Photograph: submit)
It’s almost 30 years since Humorous Ladies first opened at its authentic Queen Avenue venue and the proficient Ladies have delighted audiences with their unimaginable wit and allure by means of their drag present ever since.
Based by Basil Newby MBE, the venue’s first residence was a transformed nook store and was an prompt success. In 2002, Humorous Ladies moved to the previous Odeon Cinema constructing in Dickson Highway to a grand opening which was carried out by no apart from Joan Collins. It has remained on the prime of Blackpool’s leisure ever since…
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Betty ‘Legs’ Diamond and Firm on the opening of the Humorous Ladies season in 1997 (Photograph: Mike Foster)
Showtime at Humorous Ladies in Queen Avenue, 2000 (Photograph: submit)
Lionel Vinvyl meets Humorous Lady’s Zoe who he co-starred with within the Wednesday present at Humorous Ladies (Photograph: Daybreak Fortress)
The grand opening of the brand new Humorous Ladies on Dickson Rd within the former Odeon constructing. Birds of a Feather star Lesley Joseph arrives (Photograph: Martin Bostock)
Humorous Ladies DJ Zoe pictured with Basil Newby, after arriving in a mint 1945 Austin, 1998 (Photograph: Invoice Johnson)
Humorous Ladies in 1994 (Photograph: Nationwide World)
Basil Newby, Phillip Holmes, Within the Pink Improvement Enterprise Supervisor and Peter Spark, Vaux Breweries Common Gross sales Supervisor exterior the Queen Avenue venue in 1998 (Photograph: submit)
Basil Newby broadcasts his radio present at Splash FM (Photograph: Nationwide World)
Prepared for showtime (Photograph: Nationwide World)
Coronation Avenue solid members visiting Humorous Ladies in Blackpool, 2003 (Photograph: Submit)
Natalie Horrocks who performed Denise in Coronation Avenue arrives at Humorous Ladies together with different solid members in 1999 (Photograph: DAVE NELSON)
The momentous opening night time at Humorous Ladies in 2002 (Photograph: Submit)
Basil Newby with Su Pollard and Mark Gebbard of Thwaites Brewery on the opening of Humorous Ladies in 2000 (Photograph: Submit)
Showtime in September 1995 (Photograph: Nationwide World)
Tenth Birthday Celebration night time at ‘Humorous Ladies’ in 2004 (Photograph: Mark Pearson)
Celia Walsh, Basil Newby and Betty ‘Legs’ Diamond, 2000 (Photograph: Rob Lock)
The grand opening of the brand new Humorous Ladies on Dickson Highway within the former Odeon constructing. Coronation Avenue’s Nikki Sanderson and Tina O’Brien (Photograph: Martin Bostock)
Joan Collins and her husband arrive to carry out the official opening of Humorous Ladies in Dickson Highway, 2002 (Photograph: Martin Bostock)
The lady maintain again the crowds on the grand opening of the brand new Humorous Ladies within the former Odeon Constructing (Photograph: Martin Bostock)
This was Oddfellows restaurant in 1997 which was above Humorous Ladies (Photograph: Invoice Johnson)
Opening night time of Humorous Ladies in 2002 (Photograph: Submit)
Humorous Ladies summer season present, 2000 (Photograph: Daybreak Fortress)