TYLDESLEY Probus Club members were enthralled by Jack Pendlebury's story of the life of Wigan-born Thirties' star George Formby.
They heard how the singer-actor, previously a jockey, was completely dominated by his wife, Beryl, and died in 1961 leaving a hotly-contested will.
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