Hi there Roach-readers! How lovely it is to see so many more of you after Matthew Ross kindly let us write about the wonderful Charles Rogers in his amazing The Lost Laugh Magazine...if you haven't read it, here's the link ! Matthew's blog and e-magazine is incredible. Thanks again Matthew! Today, I'll be delving into the childhood, family, and early life of Laurel and Hardy's director, writer, and close-friend Charles (Charley/Charlie) Rogers. Whilst sadly Rogers was never interviewed regarding his childhood, and whilst there are no pictures that I've come across yet, I have been able to scour through Ancestry and the British Newspaper Archive to find some general and specific stories about his (very) early life. From records on Ancestry, I discovered that Rogers lived with his aunt and uncle and attended school in Stafford Road, London as a child. There aren't any specific Rogers records from this time, but there are newspaper articles regarding the school...