Dame Elaine Paige
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864 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 24 Jul
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And what was he called, her dad?
Eric Edgar Bickerstaff.
Yes, that's my real name, Bickerstaff.
A dad was, he was about five foot ten and, well, I used to think he was tall, dark and handsome, which he was.
What did he do for a living?
He was, well, when the war came along, part of the war, when he came out of the war, my mum and dad got married.
They knew each other from childhood because they were both born and brought up in High Barnet, literally practically one street away from each other.
So they knew each other as children.
Were they the same sort of age?
Yes, exactly the same age.
I mean, a matter of months between them.
And so they knew each other through their childhood.
And dad was, he was an estate agent, but really his love was music.
And he was a drummer, an amateur drummer, and he had his own band called the Arcadians.
And he and his friend from the war days, from the army days, Joe Passi was the bass player.
And I think there were about five of them in this band.
And every Friday and Saturday night, he would be out gigging.
No, I have an elder sister, Marion.
She's three years older than me.
After the war, we know war, he wanted to become a professional musician.
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