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Billy traveled the world with his mother, who resumed her acting career, until she remarried and left for Canada in Billy spent several years in Bristol before his mother and stepfather invited him to Toronto, Canada.

Life in Canada was not easy for Billy, as he disliked the local school, and his classmates constantly teased him for his British accent. At the age of 14, Billy left school. He eventually found work as a messenger at Toronto's largest retail store, "Eatons. During World War I, Butlin voluntarily joined the Canadian army, although he did not see any active combat.

After the war, he returned to England and initially worked at a fairground attraction owned by his mother's family. It soon became clear that Butlin had a natural talent for entertaining the public. Public only; Accessibility statement v3. Skip to main content. Discover Our Archives.

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The Holiday Camp Mystery. The Mystery of Gallows Cliff. The Clue of the Phantom Car. Holidaytime in Butlinland. The Toff at Butlin's. Free to marry, we talked it over again. Norah promised to stop drinking and for the sake of our three children Bobby, Cherry and Sandra we decided to make a fresh start in marriage. All wedding days are memorable, and mine and Norah's proved to be even more memorable than I could possibly have imagined.

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For as we left Caxton Hall, I was handed a message saying that an emergency meeting of the Crew Committee of the Variety Club of Great Britain was being held early that evening. But we were not going away on honeymoon and as that year I was Chief Barker President and head fund raiser of the Club I felt it was important I should attend.

So while Norah went home to write thank you letters, I returned to the office and later attended the Variety Club meeting which was being held in the offices of Associated British Pictures. Everybody was very sorry that my wedding day had been interrupted, but they said: 'Never mind, it gives us a chance to have a celebratory drink before the meeting.

We were having that drink when the door opened, and in walked Eamonn Andrews with his famous red book.

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Knowing my friends in the Variety Club I still thought it was some kind of joke. I kept saying to Eamonn, 'You really do mean this, do you? She had been in the secret all along. It was a moving experience meeting old friends — my first girl friend, Joan Coombes, now Mrs Rose, was flown in from Canada — but though I am a showman at heart I found the public display of sentiment a bit embarrassing.