Yorkshire is a hub of entrepreneurialism. From Yorkshire brothers Joseph and Edward Tetley starting a business selling tea in 1837 and the Fox family baking biscuits since 1853, to our very own winner of The Apprentice last year - Harpreet Kaur, the region’s entrepreneurial spirit runs deep and is still alive and well.
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Batley Variety Club opened on Easter Sunday in 1967, predating the release of the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper album and the Summer of Love by a matter of weeks.
Seven year-old Enrico Tomasso serenades Louis Armstrong as he arrives in Yorkshire for a residency at Batley Variety Club. (YPN).
Whether or not psychedelia reached as far as Batley is a moot point, but over the next few years people flocked from far and wide to this 1,600-seater club, that sold beer at 3s 6d a pint, and scampi and chips in a basket for 7s 6d, to see some of the biggest names in showbiz.