Jasper Carrott OBE

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

 (born Robert Norman Davis on 14 March 1945) is a British comedian, actor, television presenter and personality.
Born in Shaftmoor Lane, Acocks Green

Acocks Green

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 (what he would later describe as sounding like the address for "the home of a professional rapist"), Birmingham

Birmingham

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, Carrott was educated at Acocks Green Primary School and Moseley Grammar School

Moseley School

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. He then worked as a trainee buyer at a city centre department store called the Beehive with schoolfriend Bev Bevan

Bev Bevan

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In February 1969 he started his own folk club, "The Boggery", in nearby Solihull

Solihull

Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre...

 with his friend Les Ward, where Carrott performed folk songs as well as MC.