Mad Eyed Screamer said:
His mum wrote a good book about him, detailed his early life in Manchester and the shit his mum got, being an white Irish women with a ''half caste'' baby in the 1950's.
My Boy by Philomena Lynott. Well worth a read if you get a chance.
She used to run a hotel in Whalley Range which was used by various entertainers when they were performing in Manchester.
You have to wonder what Leslie Crowther thought when his daughter brought Phil home and said they were going to get married. Although, from memory, I think Leslie stood by his son in law right up to the end.