DUGGIE Chapman has loved the cheeky humour and timeless songs of the music hall since he was 13-years-old and dutifully accompanying his grandmother.

That dazzled teenager may have grown into a successful actor, singer and comedian – and ever popular pantomime Dame.

But Mr Chapman – who received an MBE for his services to music and light entertainment earlier this year – has never forgotten his first love.

He was happy to lead an audience of devoted music hall fans through a collection of his clips to mark 100 years of that famously golden era.

He reminded the crowd at St George’s Hall on Saturday how both Liverpool and Wirral put their stamp on the culture.

He said: “Most of the people who came to the show were of an age to remember the heyday of variety acts in the 1930s and 1940s.

“The Argyle Theatre in Birkenhead was one of the places in the centre of it all, although that was bombed in the war.

“Liverpool’s Empire Theatre was extremely popular for pure variety and many people will remember the success of the city’s Shakespeare Theatre and also the old Pavilion Theatre in Lodge Lane, Toxteth.

“It’s all very much about the nostalgia. People often ask me if I have footage of the places they went. I hear so many memories and get so many requests.

“To be honest, I’ve so many clips I could come back and do the whole show again completely differently.”