Louis Tussaud's House Of Wax: Gone, But Never Forgotten
It's 86 years today since Madame Tussauds' waxwork exhibition opened in London. Here are the terrible masterpieces of her less talented great grandson...
Louis Tussaud’s House Of Wax: Gone, But Never Forgotten
As is often the case, it started with a tweet. “Sad to hear Louis Tussaud’s, Gt Yarmouth is set to close. Meanwhile, here are some of its terrible masterpieces.” As a fan of the bad waxwork, I was on it like Obama at a national disaster, and pissed myself for the next 10 minutes.
For the uninitiated, Louis Tussaud was the Great-Grandson of Madame Tussaud and despite inheriting the family love of the macabre, he didn’t seem to get any of her talent. The only waxworks I’ve seen worse than these are at the Hop Farm in Kent, but seeing as I lost my phone and pictures a few weeks ago you’ll have to take my word for it until I go again.
Reckon you can name any?
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COMMENTS
Anita Dobson looks more like Mark Gattis than he does.
Number 6 looks like an Amsterdam prostitute, one of those girls that ply their trade behind glass doors in the red light district. Or so I've been told...
Why can I not see images in my iPhone?
These are great, they miss the boat by just enough to make them kitsch but recognisable. Well, almost in some cases.
OK, here goes- 1 No idea 2 Jason and Kylie 3 Looks like Charles Manson more than Eichmann but ... 4 Sutcliffe 5 Eddie, Daley and Keegan is it? Definitely a seagull though 6 Could be anyone, Sam Fox? 7 Den & Ange, Cannon & Ball 8 Got all these except the bloke between Carter and Kinnock, Julian Clary possibly 9 Kojak, The Fonz and Cliff Richard - a bizarre mix 10 Boy George and some generic, indistinguishable Beatles 11 Bazza and Ant, easily to most recognisable, must have borrowed them from somewhere else 12 Starsky and Hutch, but only because of the cardy 13 Fiona Bruce and Becks
Grew up in Great Yarmouth and my parents had a guest house. We would receive free tickets in return for hanging an advert in our hallway. The building itself was quite spectacular, a warren of dimly-lit corridors opening out to a fantastic display for a young lad who would have only seen the likes of such celebrity on the TV in the late 70s. Barry Sheen was a favourite. I recall the Chamber Of Horrors being a bit gruesome but the building itself scared me the most especially when you would be likely to be the only one in there. The amusements at the end of the "tour" were 10-20 years out of date even then.
I'm surprised there was no Jason Statham in there being that he lived further down Regent Road during his secondary school days. That's one hair style that would be hard to get wrong.