Born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Cumbria, on 16th June 1890, the ‘thin one’ of the world famous Hollywood comedy team of Laurel and Hardy lived at No 8 Dockwray Square between 1897-1901. He died in Santa Monica, California on 23rd February 1965, aged 74 years. 1990.
Stan Laurel
Dockwray Square, North Shields