Stanley Baxter(1926-2025)

As a youth in 1940's Glasgow, Stanley spent as much time as possible at the Grosvenor Cinema, even skipping school. His father was a branch manager of Commercial Union while his mother would have liked to have been an actress. When the family agreed that acting was respectable, his mother took him round halls where he gave renderings of Harry Lauder and Mae West. Schooling eventually came to a stop which disappointed his father, who had wanted him to be a doctor. His father died, but lived long enough to know that Stanley was going to do well. He eventually moved South with his wife, Moira, and proceeded to established himself in London on his own terms with a reputation for being a perfectionist.