The Francie and Josie act first appeared on The Five Past Eight Show at the Alhambra Theatre Glasgow during the 1958 season, and was a brainwave of Stanley Baxter, Stan Mars and Rikki Fulton.
In 1962, Scottish Television gave them their own show, The Adventures of Francie and Josie, which also starred Clement Ashby, Glen Michael, and Ethel Scott (the first wife of Rikki Fulton).
Their first shop opening, in Airdrie, caused such mayhem that crowds smashed the store's windows.
In 1970, they released an LP, Francie & Josie, on Pye's Golden Guinea label, recorded at the Ashfield Club in Glasgow and produced by Cyril Stapleton.
[4] Two revival shows were recorded at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, reuniting Fulton and Milroy: Francie and Josie (1989), which was broadcast on BBC Scotland,[6] and The Farewell Performance (1996), which was direct-to-video.