Victoria Wood is without doubt one of the most loved and most popular people to come out of Bury and the Prestwich-born comedian will forever be immortalised with a statue in the centre of Bury.
Eventually becoming a BAFTA-winning TV star, it was her stand-up material that originally set her apart in the 1980s. Her first solo stand-up show Lucky Bag originally had a five-week run at the King's Head Theatre in Islington.
Due to its success, it transferred to the Ambassadors Theatre for a twelve night run in February 1984, and later went on a short UK tour.
The rest is history. To celebrate what would have been her 67th birthday, here are some of Victoria Wood's funniest one-liners: Like our new Facebook page - My Bury - to keep up with
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