Bernie Lamb began his singing career whilst serving with the British Royal Air Force. He was a leading light in the music and theatre fraternity of Far East Command and worked regularly with British Forces Broadcasting for whom his radio programmes were syndicated worldwide. Writing most of his own material and being very selective with the rest, Bernie quickly established a reputation for perception and gentle satire in his songs that had him in great demand in the social clubs of all three services based in the Far East.
On returning to the UK, Bernie continued entertaining not only his fellow service people, but also the civilian population in whatever region he served. In this period, he established one of the country’s best known Folk Music Clubs at Cosford, near Wolverhampton. The BBC regularly used the club as an outside broadcast venue for its Folk on Two series.
When he was discharged from the RAF, Bernie formed a seven-pie...
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