Entertainment Weekly voted him and comedy partner, He fell off a platform and tore ligaments in his right leg while filming, In his later years, he was a close friends with, While rarely credited as a writer or director, he was the driving creative force behind the team of Laurel and Hardy. Completely vacant stare into the camera, accentuated by white pancake makeup. The Karno troupe broke up in the spring of 1914. In 1935, Laurel married Virginia Ruth Rogers (known as Ruth). Eventually, the case was dropped and Laurel returned to Roach. One of Stan's favorite practical jokes was a trick toilet built into the bathroom of one of his homes. [32], Laurel was a smoker until suddenly quitting around 1960. With the filming having been done in slow motion. During their time in Scotland, the family lived on Buchanan Drive and he went to Rutherglen Academy, now Stonelaw High. The first film that Laurel and Hardy made after Laurel returned was A Chump at Oxford. Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on the 16th of June in Ulverston, Lancashire in England, 1890. In "Midnight Patrol" Ollie says" 'Pardon us' chief" During the scene with the safe in "The Dancing Masters" Stan says "'One good turn' deserves another". Charlotte Mae Dahlberg was part of a double act with Stan, and claimed that she gave Stan his surname. Stan and Ollie were involved with cars in Perfect Day, Two Tars, Leave 'Em Laughing, Hog Wild, Stolen Jewels, One Good Turn, County Hospital, Blockheads, Hoosegow, Big Business and Saps at Sea. There is a plaque in St Peters Church commemorating that he was re baptised there when his sister Beatrice was baptised in October 1891 having been born in nearby Waldron Street. What is comedy? Film director Ray Bradbury, best known for his science fiction films was a big fan of Stan and Ollie attending Sons meetings when he could and wrote a number of short stories about them including - The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair, The Laurel and Hardy Alpha Centauri Farewell Tour, and Another Fine Mess, which was set on the Music Box Steps. In Buffalo they were given the key to the city. Stan attended the King James Grammar School in Bishop Auckland briefly as a boarder in 1902/03 but spent more time entertaining the teachers in the staff room so his father had him sent to Gainford Accademy for about a year, The King James School had stood empty and boarded up since about 2000 when 7 years later two youths, who were later caught, broke in and set it on fire, Despite the insurance company paying out the County Council did nothing costing them well over 600,000 a great deal more than the insurance payout. He would have been in awe and so excited to see how many people are still interested in what he and Oliver did.. Around 1940 there was talk of Stan and Ollie starring in a Technicolor film 'The Red Mill; based on the 1906 Victor Herbert operetta. 87 B&W images); size 240mm x170mm. [on a comic he refused to name] Very funny when he's not being dirty. He reportedly said he A large mural of Stan's head has been put on the side of a terraced house in Railway Terrace in Bishop Auckland. [22] The Evening Mail noted: "Oliver Hardy remarked to our reporter that Stan had talked about Ulverston for the past 22 years and he thought he had to see it. Regarding stories of their supposed split in 1940, Stan said that his contract ran out 3 months before Ollies so Stan refused to re-sign until Ollies contract came up for renewal, then they both signed together. The show was called The Laurel and Hardy Revue with the Driving Licence sketch as the finale. Like most comedians, Stan Laurel lived and breathed comedy. He lived his final years in a small flat in the Oceana Apartments in Santa Monica, California. Later he renamed it Ida Mae after his last wife. Brody, Richard. Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy outside the Red Lion, Grantham High Street in March 1947. (1925), Wandering Papas (1926) and Madame Mystery (1926). Was rather reluctant about entering into a comedy partnership in 1927. Stan now changed his surname to Laurel thus given the name Stan Laurel. Stan was not able to attend the Screen Actor's Guild Awards in 1963. 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Jefferson father Margaret Jefferson mother George Gordon Jefferson brother Sydney Everitt Jefferson brother Edward "Teddy" Jefferson brother About Stan Laurel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Laurel There is a plaque commemorating the fact, at which time the family were living at 66 Waldron Street, which also has a plaque on it. He appeared in Sleeping Beauty at Oldham Coliseum. Hats Off (1927) became The Music Box (1932) Slipping Wives (1927) became The Fixer UIppers (1935) and Angora Love (1929) turned into Laughing Gravy (1931). Next to his partner, Oliver Hardy, who was about six feet tall and nearly double Stan's body weight, Stan appeared to be rather short and skinny by comparison. Stan was the second of five children born to Arthur Jefferson (A.J.) [28] Dick Van Dyke told a similar story. ", "Hundreds attend Laurel and Hardy statue unveiling", "Steve Coogan and John C. 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[25] Laurel was gracious to fans and spent much time answering fan mail. In 1928 Stan and Ollie appeared in the short film 'A Pair of Tights' but their scenes were deleted. [4] During the First World War, Laurel registered for military service in America on 5 June 1917, as required under the Selective Service Act. Like his comedy partner Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel was astounded at how popular they were when they arrived in England in 1932. But as the team was planning to get back to work, Hardy had a major stroke on 14 September 1956 and was unable to return to acting. Five of their silent films were remade as talkies Love; Em and Weep (1927) as Chickens Come Home (1931), Duck Soup (1927) as Another Fine Mess (1930), Hats Off (1927) as The Music Box (1932) Slipping Wives (1927) as The Fixer Uppers (1935) and Angora Love (1929 as Laughing Gravy (1931). The steps down from the Square to the North Shields Fish Quay were said to have inspired the piano-moving scene in The Music Box. In a production of The Sleeping Beauty, he was promoted from supporting actor to be the featured comedian. It took considerable effort before he agreed to team up with Oliver Hardy. GRANADA HILLS >> Lois Laurel Hawes, the only surviving child of comedy legend Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame, has died at Holy Cross Hospital in Granada Hills following a lengthy. Together, he and Hardy starred in such 1930s productions as The Music Box, Way Out West, The Flying Deuces and Sons of the Desert. 2017, at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, CA. I also hope the winner can be there on the day of the unveiling to place the headstone. According to his friends, he never fully recovered from, He was a huge fan of westerns. She was survived by her daughter Laurel, five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren in all. [17] Between 1916 and 1918, he teamed up with Alice Cooke and Baldwin Cooke, who became his lifelong friends, to form the Stan Jefferson Trio. A mural of Stan has been painted on an end terrace house in Railway Street on Bishop Auckland (2021). They made films for another 20 years. [24] Laurel had achieved his lifelong dream as a comedian and had been involved in nearly 190 films. A few minutes later he died quietly in his armchair. [46], A plaque on the Bull Inn, Bottesford, Leicestershire, England, marks Laurel and Hardy appearing in Nottingham over Christmas 1952, and staying with Laurel's sister, Olga, who was the landlady of the pub. [47] In 2008, a statue of Stan Laurel was unveiled in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on the site of the Eden Theatre. Some titles of Laurel & Hardy films are subtly written into the dialogue of their other films. They were sailors in Men 'o War, Two Tars, Why Girls Love Sailors,' Sailors Beware, The Live Ghost, Any Old Port, Our Relations Men O' War and Saps at Sea, and in the army in Great Guns and With Love and Hisses. Laurel first appeared with his future partner, Oliver Hardy, in The Lucky Dog (1921), which was filmed in 1919 and released in 1921. The old school that he attended briefly in Bishop Auckland is being demolished (as at August 2021) and aged peoples homes built on the site which will be named Laurel Court with a plaque commemorating Stan put at the entrance. Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on the 16th of June in Ulverston, Lancashire in England, 1890. They retired from films in 1950 but Stan & Oliver went on a tour of England and appeared in many stage shows for years. ", "Lois Laurel Hawes, Daughter of Stan Laurel, Dies at 89", "Stormy marriage full of off-screen drama for Stan Laurel", "Stan Laurel Dies. Amongst other performers, Laurel worked briefly alongside Oliver Hardy in the silent film short The Lucky Dog (1921),[8] before the two were a team. ". Both Laurel and Hardy lost siblings to tragic accidents. A pair of Laurel and Hardy impersonators were also on the scene. Stan was often quite sickly as a child, so he remained at the Metcalfe home, largely being raised by his maternal grandmother, while A.J., Madge and Gordon were on tour. On a call sheet for 'A Pair of Tights' (1929) that was discovered in 2012 and would have been issued to the cast and production personnel the day before filming, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are listed. Her grave is unmarked and overgrown but Cassidy. Although they were identified with Bowlers they actually wore more other hats in their many films and when they were on their European tours they eagerly donned the appropriate national hat of the country they were in- Berets in Paris, Tam O Shanter in Scotland .After Ollie's death Stan never publicly wore another Bowler. ancestry: He was born on 31 May 1930 at St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood, Sr. (1906-1970) and Margaret Ruth Runner (1909-2006). Cartoon images of Stan and Ollie were used in the cartoon Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Merry Old Soul. He had learnt the full craft of the stage from being an actor playwright and a manager progressing to leasing and managing a string of theatres. Stan and Ollie believed that they got most of their laughs by combining dumbness with dignity making the audience feel that they were superior to them. Musical instruments are involved in You're Darn Tootin, Below Zero Saps at Sea, The Music Box,, Wrong Again, Call of the Cuckoos, Swiss Miss, Another Fine Mess, Dirty Work, Night Owls,, Dirty Work and Big Business. Stan and Virginia divorced in 1937 just to re-marry in 1941. After Laurel left England for America the pair maintained a life-long friendship, sending letters and photos that documented Laurel's rise from an unknown British comedy actor in 1913 to one of the biggest names in Hollywood in the 1950s. [36] In January 1965, he underwent a series of x-rays for an infection on the roof of his mouth. King James Grammar School in Bishop Auckland, Durham, was seriously damaged by an arson attack in 2007. The family then moved to Jacksonville, Florida where Ollie had the idea of a character based on Happy Hooligan, a Hearst newspaper cartoon hero who always tried to be helpful but inadvertently caused mayhem and disaster - IMDb Mini Biography By: . With Stan Laurel, they often had a scene in their films where they would get into a fight with . Around the same time, he adopted the stage name of Laurel at Dahlberg's suggestion that his stage name Stan Jefferson was unlucky, due to it having thirteen letters. At one stage, someone tugged on a door of their limousine until it nearly came off. Laurel & Hardy are now known as one of the best comedy teams. Surprisingly he has something in common with Rock and Roll singer BIll Haley in that Bill's mother, like Stan, was born in Ulverston, Cumbria, U.K. Scottish actor Alex Norton wrote a television play 'Stan's First Night, screened 22 June 1987, in which Stan was played by Paul Oldham and his father by William Hoyland. Their first feature-length starring roles were in Pardon Us (1931). Stan Laurel had a heart attack and died four days later on February 23rd 1965 aged 74. She had five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren in all, as well as a daughter, Laurel. He was not called up; his registration card states his status as resident alien and his deafness as exemptions.[15][16]. In 1905, the Jeffersons lived at 57 Buchanan Drive, Rutherglen, Glasgow. The thumb would then be lit and the cameras restarted. In 2006, BBC Four showed a drama called Stan, based on Brand's radio play, in which Laurel meets Hardy on his deathbed and reminisces about their career. After making his first film Nuts in May, Universal offered him a contract. As a result, it was only natural that Laurel also found himself in the entertainment world. Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed. [44], Neil Brand wrote a radio play entitled Stan, broadcast in 2004 on BBC Radio 4 and subsequently on BBC Radio 4 Extra,[45] starring Tom Courtenay as Stan Laurel, in which Stan visits Oliver Hardy after Hardy has suffered his stroke and tries to say the things to his dying friend and partner that have been left unsaid. He once cross-bred a potato and an onion, but couldn't get anyone to sample the results. Stan Laurel (1890-1965) Actor Writer Director IMDbPro Starmeter See rank Play trailer 1:07 Utopia (1950) 9 Videos 99+ Photos Stan Laurel came from a theatrical family, his father was an actor and theatre manager, and he made his stage debut at the age of 16 at Pickard's Museum, Glasgow. Together, the two men began producing a huge body of short films, including The Battle of the Century, Should Married Men Go Home?, Two Tars, Be Big!, Big Business, and many others. Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Although he is thought of as the Little Fellow, a phrase he used to describe his on screen character, at five feet eight Laurel was in fact taller than than Chaplin, Keaton, Langdon, and all of the Three Stooges and Marx Brothers. Official Sites, Usually played a childishly innocent man who always looked up to his good friend. According to his daughter, Laurel was largely apolitical and always supported whichever US president was in office. [8] One of them was Edward, an actor who appeared in four of Stan's shorts. They were in uniform in With Love and Hisses, Bonnie Scotland, Block Heads, Great Guns and Pack up Your Troubles (army), Two Tars and Men 'O War (sailors), Flying Deuces and Beau Hunks (Foreign Legion) Midnight Patrol (Police Officers) and Douible Whoopee (Hotel doormen). Born on June 16, 1890 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England , United Kingdom Died on February 23, 1965 in Santa Monica, California , United States Born on June 16 31 Deceased on February 23 31 Family tree Report an error Jefferson Henry 1801 - 1877 Davidson Ann 1799 - 1854 Metcalfe William 1816 - Sill Margaret 1817 - 1870 Bushby John 1805 - Moore Ann [2], In 1961, Stan Laurel was given an Academy Honorary Award "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy". [1] He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles.[2]. Entdecke Flying Deuces VHS 1984 Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy schwarz & wei Vintage in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! A celebration of her . Nuts in May won him a contract with Universal but not long after his film career seemed to be at an end and he returned to vaudeville. The two sections would be joined together, then copied and joined many times for repetition. Their work became more production-line and less popular during the war years, especially after they left Roach and MGM for Twentieth Century-Fox. They formed a friendship but not a very good one. Teamed With Oliver Hardy in 200 Slapstick Films-Played 'Simple' Foil. The family moved from Dockwray Square to Ayton House in Ayres Terrace, North Shields. | Stan started to do his character as an imitation of Charlie Chaplin, and the Hurleys began to do their parts as silent comedians Chester Conklin and Mabel Normand. In 1950, Laurel and Hardy were invited to France to make a feature film. She visited with her gran Stans only daughter, Lois, who passed away in 2017 when she was a child. Stan was only the second honoree to receive a Screen Actors Guild Award for their contribution to entertainment. Although he wasn't the headline attraction (a high wire act took that honor) Stan's sketch was greeted favourably. His parents were very active in the theatre. In his teens her became an understudy to Charlie Chaplin with the Fred Karno Comedy Company in London, In 1910 the company sailed from Liverpool to America for an engagement .after which Stan stayed in America and 10 years later he met Oliver Hardy when they were cast in a 2 reel film, becoming a well known partnership that was loved all round the world and continues even now (2021} with branches of the 'Sons of the Desert' (their fan club) pretty much all round the world. His comedic devices included nonsensical . Away from work, Laurel admitted to not having many interests due to lack of time to enjoy them. This wasn't a new technique for it had been discovered in 1896 by Georges Melies. . Stan was always big on treating people equally. It helped him accent his already humorous walk. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Flying Deuces (1984, GOODTIMES) VHS Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy ~ Black and White at the best online prices at eBay! Laurel was introduced by Bob Hope, and the award was accepted by Danny Kaye. Laurel next signed with the Hal Roach studio, where he began directing films, including a 1926 production called Yes, Yes, Nanette (in which Oliver Hardy had a part under the name "Babe" Hardy). [2][3] Karno was a pioneer of slapstick, and in his biography Laurel stated, "Fred Karno didn't teach Charlie [Chaplin] and me all we know about comedy. Arthur Stanley Jefferson was born in his grandparents' house on 16 June 1890 in Argyle Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, [a] to Arthur J. Jefferson, an actor and theatre manager from Bishop Auckland, and Margaret (ne Metcalfe), an actress from Ulverston. Daughter of Hollywood comic star Stan Laurel (1890-1965), one half of the famed 'Laurel & Hardy' comedy team, and Silent Film actress Lois Nelson (1895-1990). Stan Laurel. When asked why he had his name and number in the telephone directory he's reputed to have said that "How would people find me if I didn't?" On February 23, 1965, Laurel told his nurse he wouldn't mind going skiing right at that very moment. As he was a sickly baby she left him there and returned to Bishop to help her husband run his theatres. I didnt know at first if we were really big fans or if this was actually our family! Stan and Ollie were involved with cars in Perfect Day, Two Tars, Leave 'Em Laughing, Hog Wild, Stolen Jewels ,One Good Turn, County Hospital, Blockheads, Hoosegow, Big Business and Saps at Sea. In 1926 they began appearing together but not yet as a team. The trick of Stan lighting his thumb was done by him wearing a false thumb. The plans were delayed after Laurel suffered a stroke on 25 April 1955, from which he recovered. Laurel and Hardy were ranked top among best double acts and seventh overall in a 2005 UK poll to find the Comedians' Comedian. When Stan wiggled his ears in films, he would be filmed with his ears as normal, then they would be held forward with putty or similar material and the camera restarted. Stan Laurel was a Lancashire lad who along with Charlie Chaplin went to American vaudeville on the same boat and struck it big. A special thank you to Wayne Yorke (Ollie) and B. Arthur Mulligan (Stan) for sharing their natural . At the time of his death he survived by his large extended friends and family. Many sources say Stan was born in Ulverston, Cumbria. Regretted not having more of a formal education, as the comedian felt that that would have made him a better comedian later on. He was the second child of five children whose parents were both in the performing arts. Laurel & Hardy had appeared as funny as they could be in Putting Pants on Philip (1927) which led them to stardom. Stan Laurel was born on the 16th of June, 1890. I plan to turn it around quickly. Working relations between Stan Laurel and Hal Roach began to sour after the mid 1930s. Revisiting his music hall days, Laurel returned to England in 1947 when he and Hardy went on a six-week tour of the United Kingdom performing in variety shows. It was only when I went to a convention in Denmark and chatted with the thousands of attendees who didnt know I was connected to Stan that I realised how cherished his movies were and what joy he had brought to so many.. When flushed, the toilet sank into the floor. Unlike his on screen comedy partner, Laurel insisted upon answering his own fan mail personally. Eighty years after their heyday, Laurel and Hardy remain icons of comedy. | If any of you cry at my funeral, I'll never speak to you again! Laurel's future partner Hardy, however, did appear in three of the shorts directed by Laurel: Yes, Yes, Nanette! He appeared with his comic partner Oliver Hardy in the film short The Lucky Dog in 1921, although they did not become an official team until late 1927. During his retirement years, Stan Laurel was visited at his home in Santa Monica by two fellow comedians and fans. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Their films during this period, suffered accordingly. This wasn't a new technique for it had been discovered in 1896 by Georges Melies. Jerry Lewis was among the comedians to visit Laurel, and Lewis received suggestions from him for the production of The Bellboy (1960). I don't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with. [12][13] He joined Fred Karno's troupe of actors in 1910 with the stage name of "Stan Jefferson"; the troupe also included a young Charlie Chaplin. It's shocking of course. One of the directors at the Hal Roach studio known around the world as director of such great movies The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) and Going My Way (1944), Leo McCarey joined these comic geniuses and an immediate partnership unfolded. Also present was Bart Williams, who brought Stan Laurel's 1947 Chrysler for all to see. Way Out West (1937) was the first film to be produced by Stan Laurel. Our house was like a museum, with pictures and statues everywhere. Jerry Lewis and Dick Van Dyke offered to hire a personal secretary at no cost to him to handle the load. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Olga Healey Skip Ancestry main . 8 Dockwray Square, North Shields, which was where Stan and and his family lived for a time, was demolished in the 60's and replaced by flats which were also demolished. [7] In 2009, a bronze statue of the duo was unveiled in Laurel's hometown of Ulverston. The playlet centred on the plight of a burglar who breaks into an apartment only to find it's occupant, a lovely young woman with a toothache, who mistakes him for the dentist she'd sent for earlier. Stan's father was a skilled actor, make-up artist, and theatre manager, and his mother was a dramatic actor. A plaque on 66 Princes Street in Bishop Auckland put up by the Civic Society a good few years ago states that Stan lived there but since then research has proved that to be wrong as it's now known that while his parents lived there his mother went back to her parents in Ulverston to give birth to him. Grew to despair working at "20th Century Fox" after having left the "Hal Roach" studios. Laurel was one of several popular British actors in Hollywood who never became a naturalised US citizen. He was a heavy smoker until he suddenly gave up when he was about 70. I came to Scotland when I was 12 and we spent three weeks going to different theatres where he performed, to his home, and I remember visiting a pub where his sister worked. The contract was soon cancelled during a reorganisation at the studio. As Laurel's career as a solo comedian hadn't been very successful, he was focusing more on being a gag writer and director. Laurel's brother died under anesthesia while at the dentist; Hardy's brother drowned in a swimming mishap. He didn't find out until he met actor Alan Young late in life that their families lived near each other in North Shields, Tynemouth. Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, in Foundry Cottages, Ulverston, on 16 June 1890. Stan joined with two other former Karno performers, Edgar Hurley and his wife Ethel (known as "Wren") to form "The Three Comiques". Comedian best known for his 107 films with acting partner Oliver Hardy. Now Cassidy hopes the film starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, which was released on Friday, will introduce Laurel and Hardy to new generations. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. Cassidy who was told about the graves condition by Ross Owen, a Laurel and Hardy expert who was a consultant on the new movie said: At one time I believe there was a headstone I have paperwork which suggests there was, but maybe over time its been destroyed or stolen. Everything I did was tops with him. [14] Chaplin and Laurel arrived in the United States on the same ship from Britain with the Karno troupe and toured the country. Stan Laurel spent much of his childhood in Glasgow and his mum, Margaret Jefferson, is buried in Cathcart cemetery on the southside of the city. His mum suffered from ill health and died aged 48, while his dad, AJ Jefferson, who managed the Metropole theatre in Glasgow, moved back down south and married again. [52] Developed by BBC Films, the film is set in the twilight of their careers, and focuses on their farewell tour of Britain and Ireland's variety halls in 1953. On the advice of booking agent Gordon Bostock, they called themselves "the Keystone Trio". ", "Laurel proves Hardy after disaster delays: Statue of Laurel arrives in Bishop Auckland. The two became friends and their comic chemistry soon became obvious. Few performing acts successfully transitioned from the Silent Era into the age of sound, but Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel used a combination of visual contrast the rotund and imposing Hardy standing next to the thin, angular Laurel peerless physical comedy, and sharp comic timing to become one of the most popular . They played successfully from February through October 1915, until the Hurleys and Stan parted ways. [38] Minutes before his death, he told his nurse that he would not mind going skiing, and she replied that she was not aware that he was a skier. Occupying a featured position on the bill the sketch, according to reviews, was a variety show in itself for into the basic scenario the pair somehow managed to weave comedy, music and dance. This led onto more short comedies with such greats as Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, and Hal Roach. Stan's famous hairstyle was created by accident. It's thought that actor Douglas Gordon came up with the gag of Stan Laurel lighting his thumb in the film Way Out West. At the time of his death, he was -1965 years old. The studio discussed a series of films co-starring Hardy with Patsy Kelly to be called "The Hardy Family". [37] He died on 23 February 1965, aged 74, four days after suffering a heart attack. This error message is only visible to WordPress admins, William to take his children to visit homeless charity just like mother Diana, Mother takes on marathon in memory of son who died before his first birthday, Duke of Sussex believes he is right in his legal claims against the press, Harry describes guilt following his mothers death in 1997, Kate Forbes: Scots are not ready for another independence referendum, The race to Bute House: I know who they are but Im just not interested. 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