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Old 18-09-2008, 05:56 PM
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hi folks , i read chevymans reply regarding a will hay location, i clicked on the link he provided "will hay comic genius" it was facinating, i knew will was born in stockton on tees (where i live!!) and it struck me where in stockton?? so i will stop rabbiting on and get to the point!! is there anyone out there that does?regards bart

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23 Durham Street, Stockton on Tees on 6 December 1888. Although I seem to remember hearingthat the houses in this street have been renumbered since then.
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Slightly off subject, I remember Will Hay plus others had there handprints in the concrete outside a cinema in Slough (can't remember it's name) does anyone know if they're still there or who some of the others were.
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Slightly off subject, I remember Will Hay plus others had there handprints in the concrete outside a cinema in Slough (can't remember it's name) does anyone know if they're still there or who some of the others were.
23 durham street eh? i will see if i can find it and work out which house it is!!!!! many thanks hugo,and thanks phil for your information its great stuff this britmovies!!!!!
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slightly off subject again . hay was a serious astronomer and discovered a mark on saturn in the 1930s .he would have had a hell of a telescope to do that ,the kind that would be housed in its own special outbuilding and would have cost a fortune to build [ he was on film stars wages ]. does it still exist ?
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slightly off subject again . hay was a serious astronomer and discovered a mark on saturn in the 1930s .he would have had a hell of a telescope to do that ,the kind that would be housed in its own special outbuilding and would have cost a fortune to build [ he was on film stars wages ]. does it still exist ?
I think it did in the early 1990s - it's not that far down the roadfrom me and I used to know someone who lived a few houses along. I have a vague memory of him going on an exploratory mission round his neighbour's back garden to see if it was still there - though to be honest this could just have been something we planned over a drink. One day I really will look for myself...
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I think it did in the early 1990s - it's not that far down the roadfrom me and I used to know someone who lived a few houses along. I have a vague memory of him going on an exploratory mission round his neighbour's back garden to see if it was still there - though to be honest this could just have been something we planned over a drink. One day I really will look for myself...
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Will Hays observatory is situated on the A41 not far from me at Mill Hill.I visited it a few years ago when it was open for Open House.
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Will Hays observatory is situated on the A41 not far from me at Mill Hill.I visited it a few years ago when it was open for Open House.
Really? It must have been moved then (which saves me sneaking round someone's back garden!) - he did the sun-spot discovery thing when he was living in South London. Did he move it, I wonder. How big is it?
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Yes. I have passed the observatory at Mill Hill. I believe these days it can be seen from the M1 motorway. I do not know if there were any others that he had connections with.There was also talk some years ago, that Will Hay did for awhile, live in Hemel Hempstead.

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Hay lived at 45 The Chase, Norbury SW16 in 1933 when he discovered the Saturn spot.
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23 durham street eh? i will see if i can find it and work out which house it is!!!!! many thanks hugo,and thanks phil for your information its great stuff this britmovies!!!!!
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Will the house still be standing? It is not often I go into Stockton,but everytime I go in it seems to be changing.
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hi marky, i am not sure if the house is still there but i will make a point of finding out!!, as for stockton changeing even the council have problems finding the town hall!!!!(i wonder if they have moved the river!!) anything is possible here!regards bart
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I don't know about finding the town hall,but Stockton Borough Council can't seem to find Billingham - I think they forgot we exist!
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