
19.01.25.

Tit for Tat Tent of Spalding
Just thought I'd update you on my new tent. We have had two meetings so far and had a reasonable turnout - ten at our last meeting.
Although we are in Lincolnshire, it can be a little misleading, as Lincolnshire is a big county. We hold our meetings in Spalding which is quite south of Lincoln, lower Lincolnshire. And we also are quite close to Cambridgeshire.
We meet every 2nd Tuesday evening of the month,
7:30 - 10:30 at The Consti Club, 11 Broad Street, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1TB.
Facebook page Tit for Tat Tent.
Email titfortattent@gmail.com
Phone number 07789557368
Grand Sheik Graham Wale

Night Owls Tent of Oldham
With effect from 1st January we’ve had a change of venue and a new Grand Sheik(ess). Our meeting night stays the same as 1st Tuesday of the month.
Venue: Railway Inn, 11 Shaw Hall Bank Road, Greenfield, Oldham OL3 7JZ
Sheikess: Jo Khadine Haigh, 47 Lees Rd, Mossley, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL5 0PG
Tel: 07879 896223
email: jokhadine@hotmail.com
Pictured above is our outgoing GS Mark Rowe handing over to Jo.
Garry Errock, Grand Vizier
UK Convention update
For those of you who have paid in full for the weekend, we thank you. For everyone else, please be reminded that full payment is due by 1st February 2025.
For those of you who are planning on booking extra nights at the hotel, either before or after the convention, please contact the Cairn Hotel directly to arrange this, either by calling 01423 504005 (+44 1423504005) or by emailing salescairn@strathmorehotels.com. If you explain that you are booked in for the Laurel & Hardy Convention, and quote the code FUNC10, you will receive a 10% discount on the latest rate.
Convention Committee

Calling Sons Entertainers for UK Convention
Following on from the superb Sons Entertain line-up last year in Birmingham, I am once again inviting Sons to put themselves forward for this year. We clearly have some incredible talent amongst us, that would rival any Royal Variety Show.
So, if you can sing, tell a joke, play an instrument, tap dance, juggle, or do anything else entertaining, let me know. I just need to know what type of act it is, and if it has a title.
Contact me directly on my email:
j.ullah42@outlook.com
I look forward to hearing what's on offer this year!
John Ullah

The Fiddle and the Bow
I had recently performed my new reboot of THE FIDDLE AND THE BOW, at Rotherham Civic Theatre, on May 11th 2023, to a near full capacity and standing ovation.
I will be performing this again at
Rotherham College Eastwood theatre
Thursday March 27th 2025.
Admission £5
Here is our link to the booking form:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/gratso-productions/t-yalvevq
Also our website:
www.gratsoproductions.co.uk
Craig Shepherd

Fez offer
Twice a year - in January and June, for Babe and Stan's birthdays - Fez-O-Rama offers their "official" Sons of the Desert fezzes. They are very nice, with the "Sons of the Desert" printing and sunrise embroidery VERY ACCURATE in matching the film-used fez design. Their standard model is $66 and is a maroon "tiger stripe" material that is Fez-O-Rama's trademark material (pictured in the attached "Fez-O-Rama fez" photo). The "Deluxe" model is $83, and made on a solid color material that is more accurate to the film. (Shipping adds about $14 for both in the U.S.)
You can select the color of the tassel you'd like - the "russet" (or perhaps red) is the color closest to the one used in the film (based on original film-used original fezzes now in private collections.
Fez-O-Rama's site has all the details on how to order the custom-made fezzes. Act now, you must order by January 19 or wait until the mid-June "Stan's Birthday" offering. Here's the link:
https://fez-o-rama.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopqTgn6-KzDBHj3t6H92kR15grGrYMPlHB_K6QobvszUZf4iJxU
Happy hat hunting!
Tracy Tolzmann
Another Fine Fest, Ulverston

Did you know?
When Roy Castle’s widow Fiona donated some of Roy’s possessions to help promote the charity he set up, there were found to be bowler hats, biographies of Laurel and Hardy and pictures of Roy at the Laurel and Hardy Museum in Ulverston.
From The Laurel & Hardy Digest, available now


...and finally