Jimmy Clitheroe (1993), aka The Clitheroe Kid, was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, but raised in Blacko, near Nelson. His career spanned five decades.

He started out in Variety and Theatre, but moved into records, films and then pantomime and radio, and finally television. Many people today who remember him do so from his long-running radio programme on the BBC, The Clitheroe Kid.

The modern day act 'The Krankies' is based on Jimmy Clitheroe's schoolboy character, and the catchphrase 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em', used by Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice for their sitcom in the 1990s, was also originally coined by Jimmy.

Stephen Poppitt and Sandra Skuse are currently writing a biography of Jimmy Clitheroe for publication in 2008.