Duane, Gives me a thrill though. Thank you. It happens to me all the time now. I've been so long reseaching the Billy Barlow phenomenon I keep meeting myself around the turns. I'm working on expanding that chapter about Barlow.

Sharon -- Yes that's him. He used several names. Among them:
American Barlow
Australian Barlow
The Inimitable Barlow
The Blue-tail Fly
Mr Barlow

It gets complicated because he was still performing into his 80s. That's a lot of newspaper articles. Often he worked 6 days a week.

Also his "off-stage" name was the same as that of the character "Billy Barlow".
I hasten to say don't need any more Billy Barlows at this stage. Otherwise we'll have to have meals delivered through a gap in the stacks of papers and disks. I've met hundreds and they're still appearing.
Cheers, Joy