Tony Capstick & The Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band

Biography & Overview

Good northern man - Peak District / Sheffield (that'll be England then) - radio show - coronation street - very fine singer - really good on Ewan MacColl songs. Will revisit this when I get the full info. More knowledgeable people please do better than this.Well remembered as one of the two lazy policemen in the wonderful BBC comedy "Last Of The Summer Wine".He had a hit with the hilarious "Capstick Comes Home".Very well known on the local radio scene-BBC Radio Sheffield especially. _________________________________________________________________________________ Tony Capstick Born Joseph Anthony 'Tony' Capstick 27 July 1944 Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK Died 23 October 2003 (aged 59) Wentworth, South Yorkshire Years active 1972 - 2004 Joseph Anthony 'Tony' Capstick (27 July 1944 – 23 October 2003) was a British comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster. First son of Joe Capstick, a rear gunner in the RAF, he was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and spent most of his childhood in Mexborough, also in South Yorkshire, England and for over 30 years he was a presenter on BBC Radio Sheffield.