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Modley is well known for his catch phrase "Eeeeeeehh! Isn't it grand when you're daft?!" He made appearances on BBC TV's long running Old Time Music Hall series, The Good Old Days, often poking friendly fun at his home town
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competitions as a youth, but did not follow his father's profession as a physical trainer. Instead, he began work as a delivery boy and then as a
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and trumpet. From 1940 he toured with his own show, "On with the Modley". From 1949, he became successful on
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