Jimmy Slater (1898 - 1998) was raised in Yorkshire. He started
performing with seaside concert parties just before the Great War, and
served in the war doing much the same.
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222 Grimsby Rd, Cleethorpes DN35 7EY, UK
Jimmy Slater (1898 - 1998) was raised in Yorkshire. He started
performing with seaside concert parties just before the Great War, and
served in the war doing much the same.
After the war he was part of Splinters, the ex-soldiers impersonation revue. He left before the first of the three Splinters films, 1929, 1931 and 1937.
He later had a solo career, mainly in the north of England. In addition to his drag show, he produced revues, seaside shows and pantomimes. He was still performing in the 1960s.
He also ran a costume supply business. He retired to Cleethorpes and his costume store was the garage next to his Cleethorpes bungalow.
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