People Open DS/UK/2083 The Western Brothers (fl c1930s-c1950s) The Western Brothers fl c1930s-c1950s Group (Male) Kenneth and George Western English music hall and radio act The Western Brothers were an English music hall and radio act, who were popular from the 1930s to the late 1950s, performing self-written songs which lampooned the upper classes. Kenneth Alfred Western (10 September 1899 - 24 January 1963) and (Ernest) George Western (23 July 1895 - 16 August 1969) were, in reality, second cousins rather than brothers. They first broadcast as the Perfectly Polite Pair in the 1920s, and there was then a long break before they returned as the Western Brothers. Their songs included "We're Frightfully BBC" and "Keeping Up the Old Traditions". International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RAHSkeyte 9/28/2012 RAHAKirkbride 5/22/2023 2250217e-e61d-42c4-95ec-62b68321fef8