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Compo was born in 1919 into a poor, lower-class family in Holmfirth.He claims that his mother, a rag-and-bone woman, said that immediately after he was born the sun began to shine and that a swallow began to sing.
William John Owen Rowbotham (14 March 1914 – 12 July 1999) was an English actor and songwriter. He is best known for portraying Compo Simmonite in the Yorkshire-based BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine for over a quarter of a century. He died on 12 July 1999, his last appearance on-screen being shown in April 2000.
Hepworth was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Kirkburton, [4] from 1866 Hepworth was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Holmfirth, part also went to form Dunford.
The name Upperthong may derive from Old English 'uferra' (upper) + 'thwang' (narrow strip [of land]); since there is also a Netherthong, which is situated on lower ground than Upperthong, the names could designate lower and higher strips of land. [4] The village used to be in the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley. [5]
Many sources state the song was the work of Joe Perkin (1809–1868), [3] a choirmaster at Holmfirth in the mid 19th century. [4] A local tradition maintained that Perkin lived at Cliffe near Holmfirth, was a woolsorter by profession, and was paid 2 guineas by the Holmfirth Choral Society for arranging the song.
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Compo may refer to: Compo Simmonite, a character from the British TV series Last of the Summer Wine, played by Bill Owen; Demoscene compo, a competition involving multimedia "demo" programs; Short for composition ornament, a mouldable resin worked either by hand or more usually pressed into moulds to produce decorative work