Tony Hancock - A Brief History

Middle son of Jack and Lily, Tony Hancock was born in Hall Green, Birmingham. Tony lived in Birmingham until he was two years old, then he moved with his family to Bournemouth, where his family bought the Railway Hotel, Tony's father was a semi-professional entertainer at smoking concerts and Masonic functions and many of his friends that visited the hotel were in show business it was here Tony met and was influenced by music hall artists of the day.