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Norman Evans (11 June 1901 – 25 November 1962) was a variety and radio performer born in Rochdale Lancashire England.Evans was discovered by fellow Rochdale entertainer Gracie Fields. The act for which he is best remembered was Over the Garden Wall in which he played Fanny Fairbottom a toothless hatchet-faced Lancastrian housewife gossiping over a garden wall The routine was the inspiration for Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough’s later Cissie and Ada characters.
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