Wigan on BBC2 Monday 9pm

Vinny Cadman from the whitehouses on Norley is featured in a BBC2 Wonderland special.
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Never heard of him.

You have never heard of Vinnie Cadman?
Me neither.

I will give that a watch

I can't remember him either

What was he a singist?

It says he was a comedian ...

Was he that big lad wot left?

Wot big lad wot left ?

Dunno, no one's sure. 'Some people' keep asking for him though.

Rick Waller

Shirley Crabtree left too. Easy, Easy!

Cadmans lived in last white house on left going up Lamberhead Rd. Vinnie is eldest of 3 brothers , Vinnie , Alan and Albert.(there might have been a sister as well ?) I´m sure he used to run a lot of marathons for charity.
Albert was always a bit of a rum lad, anyone know where he is up to these days ?

You've been out with her, her and that Marion thingy.

Expect complaints.

"You've been out with her, her and that Marion thingy."

Morrison?

Just looked on Facebook. Seems he is living in Bedford, Steve.

Bedford, Leigh?

The Shire, apparently.

He's a hobbit?

Full of questions tonight me.

He's a legend according to Facebook :S

Oh.

he's a legend ?never heard of him.whats he doing in the shire ,small legend?

lol...Dunno, BB. That's what he put about himself.

Done time, lived in a bin, not fussy about their legends up Norley are they.

Won new faces in the 70s and an ex landlord of the griffin on Standishgate

vinny is a friend of mine, he lives in wigan. had a really horrid life after new faces, but has emerged a better man. he is lovely. he won new faces in 1986 under the name walker and cadman, (a comedy duo)

Albert was in my year (not my class) at St. Cuthberts.

last time I saw vinny he was in a trio called Vinny, Mick and Chic.
Vinny left and Mick and Chic became the Fund da mentals.
That was about ten years ago

Vinnie used to be the landlord of the now demolished Running Horses in Aspull he also was Marias partner running the White Lion in Whelley he was the guy robbers locked in the cellar at gunpoint a few years ago.

I have seen this Gentleman in Wigan this morning, if circumstances would have allowed I would have introduced myself and said hello to him

Couldn't you have shouted Yo ho ho at him and doffed your Santa hat, Stoo?

Well spotted Mac.....Bert Cadman describes himself as a legend on Facebook !!
I could think of quite a few words to describe what he used to be like but "legend" didn´t spring to mind.
Maybe he is a reformed character, if so, fair play to him.

lol, Wrong un eh. As regards Vinny...Don't know him, but hope the lad gets sorted. He has already done something I could never do, get up on stage, so well done him.

Wot big lad wot left


You must have known him........never off here and thought he owned the site

He was also on talking telephone numbers a good few years ago now in a double act Cadman and Willis. I know the family well and Vinny was well known for his comedy and tried to re invent himself a few times.... This show will be worth a watch

No one has mentioned the best partner he had and that was Cliff Barnes (went under name of Tony Drew) they called themselves Sense & Humour and were brilliant. Sadly Cliff died quite a few years ago but was a really good friend of ours

Sense & Humour? Was that not Vinny and Alan Dunn

No it was Cliff Barnes

it was his brother that used to run not vinny he as a sister Susan as well .used to live around the corner from me always was a comic great sense of humour ..had it rough over the years seems to have pulled himself back ..from the brink he was sleeping in bins at one time and he was alcoholic as well good on you vinny keep going lad ..

I could see his sister in my mind...dark straight hair and fringe, always a smile, but couldn´t put a name to her. Thanks rbilly

yes steve that was susan .

Interesting programme, interesting man.

Like I said before, I saw Vinny in Wigan today, walking past Morrisons and the Market Hall actually and he was wearing that hat he wore in the program

I enjoyed that program because it was original and different

There was nothing original or different about him a typical looser needs to get a life and shrug that chip of his shoulder and grow up. A bit of work would have done him good.

Albert does not describe himself as a legend.
It is a 'page' that he has 'liked' called ... "i am from Wigan, therefore i am alegend"

mavis

The program wasn't only about Vinny, in fact I don't think most of those performers have done very well from their brief bit of fame, but I liked the quirky way the documentry was made, it was very English and it was a typical BBC2 Arty type of program

On about New Faces back then I never watched it because it was (DIRE} what a load of crap,,,, contrast that New Faces Final to the final of the X Factor last weekend at the Wembley Arena and I don't think there is any comparison at all ....

I remember watching New Faces in the 1970's when Tony Hatch and Micky Most were on the panel ....

It was crap then too

I don't 'like' the page. I am not a legend.
Are you 'Albert'?

Hi,
This is a couple of pictures of Cliff Barnes when he was in partnership with Vinny, in "sense and Humour"



http://www3.snapfish.co.uk/snapfishuk/slideshow/AlbumID=1824042029/PictureID=61202560029/a=3112667029_3112667029/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfishuk/

http://www3.snapfish.co.uk/snapfishuk/slideshow/AlbumID=1824042029/PictureID=61202561029/a=3112667029_3112667029/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfishuk/

wonder how many remember another cliff barnes

JR

No, that was his nemesis.

Very sad to read this thread. Vinny Cadman and his family had a hard life. He was talented in many ways and like a lot of comedians, was complex. He still has family who love and miss him. He may not have quite hit the big time but he came very close and would have but for his health. People from 'the white houses' and surrounding areas, Norley Hall, Worsley Hall, Marsh Green etc have long been looked down on, especially his age group when times were very, very different. My hubby grew up in the White Houses. We should celebrate people like Vinny who dealt with many challenges to get as far as he did. I remember him meeting Oliver Reed, Freddie Starr and others... RIP Vinny, you talented lad. xx

a lot of people on Norley and the white houses had an hard life

Vinny was the Landlord in the Running Horses in Aspull a few years ago I did a couple of nights for him and Maria. R.I.P. Vinny.