Welcome to the official Tony Hancock website

Saturday, 29 October 2011 20:55

Exciting New Upgrade for our Website

We have some exciting news that our website is about to undergo some significant changes to provide additional access / resources to Society members and also to provide an easier way to join the Society. Full content will take some time to arrive but in the coming months you’ll see:

– A complete new modern website design – all of the existing content will be moved into the new design with full news coverage continuing;

– Ability to join the Society or renew your membership on line using PayPal (on-line payment solution);

– A ‘Members Only’ section including access to back issues of the magazine, details of up coming Events, a merchandise section and details of the audio and DVD library. PayPal will be available here to pay for Events, purchase merchandise or borrow CDs or DVDs from the library.

Over time, we’ll be adding:

– A full episode guide, including film and theatre appearances;

– More detailed archive pages, including additional details of commercial releases, theatre programmes etc;

– Biographies of cast and writers.

We are currently working with the website designer to upgrade the existing website before adding the new content but we expect to be up and running early in 2012.  In preparation, we will be moving all of the news just to the News page; please see above for details as to when the news page was last updated..

BUT DON'T WAIT FOR THE NEW WEBSITE!! You can still Join the Society TODAY!!

The Society has a large archive of programmes from both TV and radio, which are available for members to
hire and there’s merchandise available for members to purchase: CDs, DVDs and other memorabilia. The
Society also produces Newsletters and old copies are available to purchase.

So what do you get by being a member? For just £12.50 a year, you’ll receive 4 Newsletters packed with information on Tony, his shows, archive material and much, much more. Membership also provides a great chance to meet stars and writers etc at the Annual Reunion Event and there are other local events that you can attend.

So what’s stopping you? Join today by contacting the membership secretary with your name, address and e-mail address (if you have one)....oh, and of course, a cheque for £12.50!

Thanks very much for enquiring about the Society, dedicated to Tony Hancock. In the next few paragraphs, it will be our honour to speak to you through our website.

The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society was formed by a group of idiots in 1976, when someone from the darts team mentioned Hancock's name and how it seemed he wasn't around anymore. Typical! They never miss you until your'e gone. Anyway, due to Hancock's popularity with the masses, the Society grew to over 1,000 members, and is quite unique.

The basic aims of The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society are:

• To promote and publicise the works of Tony Hancock for the continued awareness and enjoyment of the general public;
• To collect and classify all the recorded works of Tony Hancock for the benefit of its membership.

We produce four magazines a year entitled THE MISSING PAGE. It is packed with:

• In-depth and light articles by members;
• interviews and cuttings;
• and everything you wanted to know about "the lad himself".

The Society is non-profit making and no active individual receives any payment for service to the Society.

As a fully paid up member you will be able to borrow, for a small charge, from the huge collection of audio and video items which has built up over the years into the largest single collection of Hancock's works anywhere. There is some nice merchandise you can get your hands on, with pictures and posters, mugs and badges and much more, all with Hancock's lovely image splashed over everything. Well, you can't buy this stuff in the shops you know!

The Society has a convention in Birmingham each year, and we hold our "annual reunion dinner" in Bournemouth, usually in the Spring, at the hotel Tony grew up in, The Quality Hotel, formerly The Durlston Court Hotel, which now boasts a Hancock Bar.

Guest speakers at these events have included, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Ray Alan, Liz Fraser, Patricia Hayes, Hugh Lloyd, Graham Stark, Kenneth Griffith, Paul Merton, June Whitfield, Richard Carpenter, Annabelle Lee, Authors John Fisher and Andi Merriman and many more!

We have also been instrumental in arranging plaques for Hancock in Birmingham, Bournemouth and London, as well as a statue of Hancock in his place of birth, Birmingham.

So you ask what do I do? Well, it's up to you really. If you join, you can sit back and get your magazines, use the libraries and leave the others to get on with everything. Or you can become actively involved, writing articles and helping with the running of this august body. One thing for sure, you'll be amongst celebrated company. Get this fora list of those who have been or are Honorary Members!

Clive Dunn, Bill Kerr, June Whitfield, Richard Briers, Paul Merton, Graham Stark, Mike Yarwood, Liz Fraser, sir Norman Wisdom, Bill Whyman, Phil Collins, Freddie Ross Hancock, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson and many others.

So don't hang about, click on the Join Now tab!