The man himself
Topic: Personal

 

Born in London in 1932 both mum and dad were in the Pub trade

Died Southport 2005

Blackpool Amateur Standard
Topic: Competition Results

1952 Tie between Jimmy Cullip & Olive Brown

and Eric Lashbrooke & Seila Wilkinson London

1953 Eric Lashbrooke & Seila Wilkinson London

Rivalries
1953 had seen a brief clash in the Amateur between Harry and Irene Lewty and Eric Lashbrooke with Seila Wilkinson who also clashed in a first place tie with Sammy Harris and Pearl Rudd in 1954. 
                                                                                            
by Kit Hallewell

 

The Hammersmith Palais in 1954 was I belive where Eric Lashbrook`s partner Sheila Wikinson did her last competition.

28th May - 1st June 1962: The Blackpool Dance Festival
Topic: Competition Results

BRITISH PROFESSIONAL LATIN-AMERICAN TOURNAMENT
3rd Mr. Eric Lashbrooke - Miss Norma Graves, New Brighton
NORTH OF ENGLAND PROFESSIONAL BALLROOM DANCING CHAMPIONSHIP
4th Mr. Eric Lashbrooke - Miss Norma Graves, New Brighton (Lancashire and Cheshire Champions)

BRITISH PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITION DANCE COMPETITION

SECTION A. EVENING DRESS

3rd Mr. Eric Lashbrooke and Miss Norma Graves - "Concerto in rhythm"

SECTION B. COSTUME

2nd Mr. Eric Lashbrooke and Miss Norma Graves - "Meet th boy friend"

Always up for a laugh
Mood:  don't ask

 

Eric with Norma and then on his own taught many dances

A coach, collegue and great friend for many years.
Eric worked in my studio's in Southport for the last 11 years of his life. He was as good at teaching beginners as he was at compertition work. Always willing to share is vast knowlege, he would spend time when I was teaching and he was waiting for his pupils to arrive (usually from Scotland in the later years) making notes which he would present to me after my couple had left with idears on how to improve them in the next lesson.

When studing with him for my Fellow in Ballroom and Latin American I became awere of his vast technical knowledge he could recite pages of Guy Howards Ballroom technique and compare them with Alex Moores Ballroom Dancing and even earier revised techniques such as Carl Bryant always adding their wrong you know and giving you great swathes of his own tecnique. Usually defacing my books with crossing outs and idears of his own. Sadly he never did see me become a Fellow in Latin American as I took the exam shortly after he died and became an examiner later that year.

As many know in his later years his leg were not what they used to be so I often drove him to compertitions (Sue not realy being intrested in dancing) and we would spend the drive back to Southport analising the couples. I wish I had his great memory as he would discus not only the finalist but numerous couples in the event where they had gone wrong and what figures they had used.