The Bradshaws Family Album

STUFF WE FOUND IN A BOX...

(UNDER UNCLE WALLY ONE-BALL'S BED)

oddment

comic pic

Over the years the Bradshaws family characters have visually altered, probably because quite a few artists have been involved in Bradshaws projects and no two artist styles are the same.

Of course, with the advent of a major animated television series the images will soon be set in stone, or at least in plasticine.

Lots of you fans have applied your artistic talents to drawing the family too and we've included some of the perpetrators with names where possible. We'd love to see more because we're always chuffed when you write to us. Please, if you feel at all moved, scratch a little sketch for fun for the family album.

Meanwhile, for old time's sake, here are lots of drawings and photos that have been generated in the long history of the nation's favourite funny family and collected together here for you in The Bradshaws Family Album...

sent in by Dave Hulson forever ago	from young Billy Bradshaw fan Ms R.Steels
drawn by Ms Alex Shaw, Rochdale	A zedgie made by a Billy fan
an early cartoon strip drawing by Dave "Mossy" Moss	The original logo by Mossy

Easy Peasy Cover

Easy Peasy record cover

Back Cover

Easy Peasy back cover

Billy Telethon Pic

Granada Telethon Poster


An early Billy by Mark Nuttall	Billy's "Aerial Twitters" Hadventure - illustration by Mark Nuttall

Next are several photos of Billy Bradshaw as he developed as an animatronic for the stage shows. Billy Mk1, Mk2 & Mk3 were all built for Buzz by Peter Minister Models. Other Billys were built elsewhere and include the 1994 Granada TV series model (later maliciously destroyed for brain-damaged reasons by its over-paid modeller A.Atkindope - may he rot etc...) You can also visit the Bradslive page for the stage life story of Buzz Hawkins and The Bradshaws.

Billy Mk 1

Billy Mk1 puppet

by Peter Minster

Billy Mk 2

Billy Mk2 on stage

(jumper by Hanty Pamela)

Billy in panto

Billy Mk2 in panto at Guide Bridge Theatre

Billy Mk3

Billy Mk 3 puppet...

Billy Mk3

...made by Peter Minster...

Billy Mk 3

...stills from camcorder...

Billy Mk3

...taken by Graham Bowers

festival filming

The first 'live' Bradshaws filming

(Billy Mk3 + actors Deborah Torr & Rick Hudson)

In view: Debs + film crew

Billy Mk3 at the table

Billy Mk3 on the Festival Film set

festival filming2

Alf (actor Rick Hudson) in a familiar Alf pose under the paper

festival filming3

Billy at the table (Hawkins is wired up behind the scenes)

VHS cover

cover of the Granada TV series video

Bradshaws TV backyard

The TV series Backyard

Billy in pyjamas

Billy waiting for his call

And now some from the "Bradshaws An' All That" comic (which managed two well-selling issues before publisher Maxwell spoiled it all by jumping off his yacht) drawn by the late John Geerings who drew many of the super heroes comic strips for DC Thompsons...

The Bradshaws An' All That comic cover	The Bradshaws An' All That back cover	one of the strips
Winifred Dutton & Billy on his bogey	Alf in his usual pose	Audrey being busy
Billy Bradshaw and Michael Morris	Billy with dad's bike lamp	A puzzled Billy