Laurel and Hardy

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy leaning on a lamppost outside the Coronation Hall in Ulverston, Cumbria, with their film dog Laughing Gravy at their feet. Graham Ibbeson sculpted the bronze, a little larger than life, and comedian Ken Dodd unveiled it in April 2009. Ulverston is where Stan Laurel was born in 1890, and the Sons of the Desert, the duo's fan club, paid for the tribute to bring him home.