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Dodd was born on 8 November 1927 in a former farmhouse in Knotty Ash, a suburb of Liverpool, to Arthur Dodd and Sarah (née Gray). [1] He had an older brother, William and a younger sister, June. [ 1 ]
Knotty Ash is an area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and a Liverpool City Council Ward. Historically in Lancashire, the population at the 2001 Census was 13,200, [1] increasing to 13,312 at the 2011 Census. [2] Knotty Ash is well known as the home of comedian Sir Ken Dodd, who often mentioned it in his act.
Sir Ken Dodd (1927–2018): comedian, singer and actor; Tony Dodson: boxer, former British super middleweight champion; Cyril Done: footballer, Liverpool F.C. Arthur Dooley: artist and sculptor; Brian Dooley: writer of The Smoking Room
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The Diddy Men are a mythical race whose invention is often attributed to the Liverpudlian comedian Ken Dodd.However, they have existed in Merseyside mythology for much longer and, along with the Treacle and Jam Butty Mines of Knotty Ash, had been referred to in the earlier act of another Liverpool comedian, Arthur Askey.
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The campaign was supported by the local newspaper, the Liverpool Echo in its Stop the Rot campaign aimed at saving local architecture and heritage. In November 2003 the building was partially destroyed by an arson attack that had been predicted by Ken Dodd and other campaigners due to a lack of security on the site. Campaigners accused the ...