Wee Georgie Wood(1894-1979)
- Actor
- Writer
His real name was George Bramlett, born in Jarrow 17 December 1889. He started making stage appearances at the age of five or six in a semi professional minstrel troupe, known in Sunderland as The Local Lads, then joined The Merry Matelots, a pierrot troupe. He went solo in 1904 at the Empire Music Hall n South Shields The following year, he was a member of Levy and Cardwell's Juveniles. He made his first appearance in a concert party in the castle grounds at Barnard Castle in July 1904, while his first appearance in London was at the Shepherds Bush Empire in April 1909 in a sketch called Nursery a Bedtime. Later that year, he toured South Africa and was so popular that he returned two years later. He also played in America in 1915. His act was already popular in the music halls before the First World War. Those early days included imitations of other music hall acts such as Marie Lloyd. During the Second World War he entertained the British troops.
