Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy on 1956, after Stan had suffered his stroke and Oliver had lost a lot of weight | British Comedy Classics

🎭 'Laurel and Hardy' Thursday 22 October 1953 🏟️ New Theatre, Northampton Laurel and Hardy kick off their eight month British tour - called 'Birds Of A Feather' - in Northampton. They were no longer the box-office giants they had once been and during their eight month British tour often performed to half-empty theatres, with Hardy's failing health a preoccupation with the press. The tour would come to an abrupt end in Plymouth on 17th May 1954, when Hardy suffered a mild heart attack forcing t