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Jackie Toaduff, the son of a coal miner, was born in County Durham in the 1930's. He became a coal miner and worked down the pit for nearly 12 years. At the same time he was making a name for himself as a tap and clog dancer and became the British Clog Dancing Champion eventually making 17 solo appearances at the Royal Albert Hall, his dancing admired by the Prima Ballerina, Margot Fontain and he danced with the likes of Hollywood star, Ginger Rogers and Princess Margaret (and then back to work down the pit the next day).
He won a talent competition, which eventually enabled him to leave the pit and become part of a double act, entertaining in theatres and clubs worldwide. The War Office asked them to headline several shows abroad for the Combined Services and they made twenty seven trips round the world headlining shows in theatres and cabaret. They spent twenty years entertaining with their own shows on the QE2 and other prestigious liners.
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