Tommy Fields

[2] As a boy Field enjoyed being with his father on his allotment where Fred Stansfield operated as an illegal bookmaker and 'rat worried'.

In December 1937 the duo appeared in the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk at the Empress Theatre in Brixton in which Fields played Dame Trot.

In 1939 he recorded two songs with his sister Gracie, "Two Sleepy People" and "The Umbrella Man", and in 1948 "Papa, Won't You Dance With Me?".

He continued to perform with his sister Gracie Fields, the last time in 1957 in Hughie Green's Saturday Spectacular.

In 1962 he played the pantomime dame Widow Twanky in Aladdin at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth opposite Adam Faith in the title role.