He said: "Ormskirk is quite interesting because you get the Lancashire accent at one end where it curls up. But then across the other side of town, you've got the Liverpool twang. "Growing up in ...

A traveller who met Jungly Barry in Goa claimed that he spoke with a Lancashire accent. And the date Barry claimed to have been born, March 11 1938, tallies with the birth of a Barry T.

With an American visa, James often works four months at a time in the States, where he finds his Lancashire accent gives him an authentic edge in British roles. He’s also signed to London-based ...