ARCHIVE NO. 051 · Post-war entertainment
Dickie Irwin
Actor and writer
Born in Newcastle in 1914, Dickie Irwin, also credited as Dick Irwin, combined acting with writing about Geordie speech and humour. His later television work included playing Billy in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
He collaborated with Scott Dobson on regional humour books, including The Geordie Joke Book, and appeared alongside him in the 1975 Tyne Tees documentary Scott Dobson in Search of Geordie. Irwin also wrote 100 Geordie Jokes.