SKIPTON choir Rock Up and Sing! - which has just returned from performing in Prague - is holding a fundraising night with much-loved comedian Freddie 'Parrot Face' Davies.

The event will be staged at the town's Black Horse Hotel on Wednesday from 7.30pm and will include laughter, nostalgia and showbusiness anecdotes.

Freddie became famous overnight after a single appearance on TV talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1964. Spectacular success followed and stars such as Judy Garland, The Beatles and even Cary Grant were known fans.

But when it all began to slip in the 1980s, Freddie became a producer and then forged yet another career as a serious actor.

He appeared to great acclaim in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Secret Garden and cult film Funny Bones, based on tales of Freddie’s grandfather, Jack Herbert, who was a music hall comic.

Now he has come full circle, delighting audiences again as Samuel Tweet in theatres up and down the land.

Fifty years on from his TV debut, Freddie has written his autobiography - Funny Bones - revealing for the first time the tragedy behind his early days in Salford and a family secret that rocked his world.

This is a ticket-only event and tickets are priced £25 which allows entry for two people as well as a pie and peas supper and a signed copy of Freddie's autobiography. They are available from 07813 648263.