Did anyone here realise he was born in Warrington?

I just heard that on BBC North West whilst doing family tree stuff on the laptop and a quick search suggests he was born in South Manchester, not Warrington.

Half expecting him to jump out of the wardrobe with his birth certificate in hand.

Haha! I saw it on Guardian obit, it said he was born in Warrington, 'because his mum happened to be there at that time'

Good old Burt, been in loads of films RIP.

Not now, Cato

I was always told he was born in Salford as his dad was a seaman and was docked at Manchester (Salford) docks. He was registered in South Manchester register office, but that covered a very large area at that time , including Eccles parish, which includes Hope hospital.

He was born in Warrington.
He was born on Sankey Green, near Bank Park, so being born so close to the Town Hall, I guess, that would make him even more Warringtonian than many of us!
Wrongly reported he was from Manchester.
Just poor copy and paste from the BBC and ITV.

He was a world famous actor so he was often asked where he came from, as no one knew where Warrington was he would say Manchester. I heard him tell that story on a radio interview years ago.

I opened my fridge carefully last night in memoriam.

Not that I know either way, but, shirley, Bert would come from where his mother was berthed, not where his dad was docked?

Things are not what they seem in Salford...it's a bit like Widnes.

Whoa there hang on a minute 9, I live in Salford-shire and parts of it aren't half bad, whereas Widnes....

It would be nice to get his name right. It's Burt not Bert

you're not the bloke that corrected me at cas a few years ago, saying his names Bret Hodgson, not Bert hodgson, are you?

Why would I, when his name is Brett Hodgson?

Ouch ha ha