Old Photograph George Spence Melvin Scotland

Old photograph of George Spence Melvin who was born in Old Machar in Aberdeen, Scotland. Known as G.S. Melvin, he was born 20 February 1886, and died 2 December 1946. He was a famous Scottish pantomime dame and comedian. He became famous for his song " I'm Happy When I'm Hiking " which in the 1930s was adopted as the hikers' anthem. He drowned in the river Thames at Datchet in Buckinghamshire, now Berkshire, England, whilst appearing at the Drury Lane Theatre



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