Laurel’s childhood home to be sold
March 21st, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANSLondon, March 21 (IANS) The childhood home of Stan Laurel - of the legendary Hollywood comedy duo Laurel and Hardy - will be auctioned this month.
Bids for the house in Bishop Auckland in Durham county, where the actor lived with his parents, would start at 40,000 pounds, the Daily Express reported.
Laurel was born in Cumbria but spent much of his childhood in Bishop Auckland and was educated at the town’s King James Grammar School.
Above the front door of the house a commemorative plaque reads: “Stan Laurel (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) of Laurel and Hardy lived in this house with his parents. He was baptised in St Peter’s Church on 21st October 1891.”
A spokeswoman for the estate agents said she hoped the property would attract Laurel and Hardy fans.
Laurel died aged 74 in the US in 1965.
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