Jack is mentioned on this site. This was my reply in 2008.. I remember Jack Howe very well. My mum and dad used to take my brothers Graham, Roy and me to watch the kids in the talent shows that Jack had been putting on for the Brighton kids for 25 years. I remember my brother Roy going on stage and becoming very shy and rubbing his eyes, Jack still gave him a lollypop. Jack died in 1977; only last year 2007, Brighton and Hove Bus Company dedicated a bus to him, his name is on the front.

Thanks for corrcting me on the year of Jack's death Maralyn. I miscalculated, but knew my son was 6 when Jack died. I wonder what happened to the seat that was dedicated to Jack in Peter Pan's Playground. We were invited to the unveiling by the mayor at the time, Alfred Feld, and we have photos of my son Steve on Mrs Feld's lap whilst she was seated on Jack's seat.

Thanks June for posting the article and photo of Uncle Jack; it brought back many happy memories of what seemed long hot summers of the 60s. As I lived in Kemp Town, Peter Pan's Playground was a 10 minute walk for us kids. Playing on the swings, slides, roundabouts and listening to the kids on Uncle Jack’s stage was our summer, Life was so uncomplicated then for children. Peer pressure, what was that? Great times.

Thank you so much, June! I was really pleased to see that I'm not the only person who remembers Jack Howe with fondness, and on the photo he looks just as I remember him. I was one of the children who regularly went up on his stage to sing a song, starting in 1953 at the age of 3 with a rendition of that big hit of the day,"How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?"! Being a Kemp Town kid (from Crescent Place) I spent a lot of time at Peter Pan's playground and continued singing pop songs there for several more summers - probably not very well, but always word-perfect as far as I remember. Jack used to sing quite a few songs himself - old-fashioned ones like Al Jolson's "Mammy" and one called "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On Farm?" - with considerable gusto. As Michael Brittain said: that was a great time to be a child!

I remember Uncle Jack well. My Mum and I used to go to see his show quite often as we lived on the seafront in Hove (Adelaide Crescent). I went on a stag eonce and sang tiddly winky winky woo tiddly winky woo, I love you  (anybody remember it?). Uncle Jack was very kind and I had a nice lollypop, was there somebody playing the piano on stage? or am I dreaming it? 

I also remember Uncle Jack. I remember singing Goosy Goosy Gander on the stage. I believe it was his wife who used to play the piano. I wonder if the lady from Kemp Town would know my cousins who used to live in Hereford Street. They were Linda and Jean Simpson. Jean still lives in Kemp Town.

His wife, Edna, didn't play the piano, she always sat with the audience. It was another lady played the piano but I don't know who she was.

I also remember Jack, I spent many happy days at Peter Pan playground with my brother, Billy Borrill. Our Mum worked at the playground during one summer. We both still live in Brighton and we attended Queens Park Secondary Modern School in Park Street. Would love to hear from anyone who remembers us.

Sandie, I have this week attended Grandparents Day at my youngest grand-daughter's school here in Oz, at the end of which the beautiful little choir of 4-6 year olds gave us their kiss-blowing rendition of your song "Tiddly widdly winky woo, I love you". I wondered where I had heard it before!!

Well I'm of the Bennett family, Jack was my Grandad's brother-in-law. Uncle to my father Bruce. I'm quite emotional to see a picture for the fist time of Jack and to learn all the lovely things said about him. I'm visiting Brighton next week and thought I would do some home work on the family connections. And I have to say completey proud to be a Bennett, and of Uncle Jack!

Oh we all love to linger round the lido at jolly old Peter Pan's beside the sea. Oh we all love to linger round the lido, the lido is the place for you and me. The lasses and the lads, the mothers and the dads are all just as happy as can be because we all love to linger round the lido At jolly old Peter Pan's beside the sea. Wasn't that the song Uncle Jack began every session with? Or something close to that?

I grew up in Brooklyn, NY from the 1940s on. When we were teenagers, one of our group party songs was "Tiddly Winky"." I just looked it up and was so surprised to see that the song came from England. I never heard of Uncle Jack Howe before and was delighted to read about him. "Tiddy Winky" became our parting "mantra" at party's end before we drifted home. We have our grandchildren singing it now. I really don't know the whole song and lyrics and would love to find out about its inception. How did it get to Brooklyn in the 40s. Was it brought back from WWII?

I remember Jack, I spent most of the summer in the playground, and took to the stage nearly every day! (1954-1957). Geoff was his first pianist followed by Mrs White, who was the wife of the owner. I used to sing with Carol White, who went on to star in films, while Hayley Mills and her family were also visitors. Pamala Wilcox-Brown made a film of Brighton, called the Brighton Story which featured the playground stage. Jack was a great all- round entertainer and a wonderful person. I have a signed picture of Jack, as featured at the top of the page.

I remember Uncle Jack. I must have been about 8 years old rehearsing and learning my lines with my mates to go on stage and get my sherbert lolly. I remember a boy used to sing on stage who had a really good voice i think he sang an Elvis song or something like that and one term he wont the big prize- a big stick of Brighton rock. Does anybody remember him? God knows how I remember that

I used to live in Princes Crescent and Uncle Jack used to live in Sylvan Hall estate. I used to go to his flat and remember Madeline, a very pretty girl with blonde curly hair. I do think every mum in those days took their kids to see him at Peter Pan's. Great fun .

I remember Uncle Jack and his wife Edna with fondness as we used to go to Peter Pan's everyday in the summer from 1972 to the year before he died. I will always remember his Lido song with him banging his elbow on the back wall. He was someone that made a great impression on me. I often take my kids to Briighton and took them to the playground and tell them the story which is sadly marked by an empty space and wish they could have experienced something so special. Oh the good old days!

I was talking about Uncle Jack last night with my brother Laurence and, wow, seeing that picture of Uncle Jack brought it all back. He looks a lot younger than I remember. But it was great that stage. I never had the guts to go up. But looking back now surely Jack was the first X Factor. Peter Pan's was great in those days. Why why has our council let it all go to pot?! I feel so sorry for kids today. They never had Uncle Jack.

I remember you Mick Penfold - best boy singer at Peter Pan's Playgound with Uncle Jack singing "He's got the whole world in his hands".  You were also one of the choir boys along with Victor Falkner and we all went around together and to St Marks Hall. We had a girls' and boys' club there every Friday night and my dad Mr Cushing used to get the old record player going for us all to dance to. Those were the days. Uncle Jack was a great and kind man; will never forget him.

Does "Uncle Jack's Back" ring a bell with anyone? Was his show called that maybe? I used to love my mother taking me to sit and watch Uncle Jack and all the children singing on the stage. I remember a boy singing Cliff Richard's Bachelor Boy was my favourite.

I also remember 'Uncle Jack' he was one of Brighton's great characters. Was he also involved with Queens Park School and school boy boxing?

I have just come onto this page about Uncle Jack. It is 2 years since I was on. Iread that the tidley winky song was sang in Oz! And one lady called Rosemary wondered how it went. As far as I remember it went something like: tiddley winkey winkey woo tiddley winky woo, I love you, tiddley winkey winkey woo tiddley winkey woo, love Mr too, I love you in the morning and I love you in the night , I love you in the evening when the stars are shining bright, tiddley winkey winkey woo tiddley winkey woo, I love you. That earned me a lolly pop from Uncle Jack. Funnily enough my given name at birth was Edna, the same as his wife.