Joseph Askins: The One Legged, No Dummy Ventriloquist
We've only got fragments on the early ventriloquist Joseph Askins (Thomas Haskey, born ca. 1771), Born in the West Midlands town of Walshall (near Birmingham), Haskey was an apprentice bit and bridle maker as a boy, who then served in the army, where he lost his leg. Upon his return he encountered a local vent […]