Remembering Janey Godley and how she made the nation laugh in toughest of times

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Scots comedian Janey Godley will always be remembered for making the nation laugh during one of the toughest times. Janey Godley Currie was born in 1961 in Stirling and grew up up in Shettleston and was the youngest of four children.

She attended Eastbank Academy but left at the age of 16 with no qualifications and a few years later she met Sean Storrie.She married Sean in 1980 when she was just 19-years-old and they welcomed a daughter together, named Ashley Storrie, who followed in her mum's footsteps and is also a comedian.In 1982, when Janey was just 21, her mother Annie was found dead in the River Clyde and the comic claimed that Annie's violent partner Peter Greenshields was to blame for her death.Alongside her husband Sean and his family, Janey ran a pub in the East End of Glasgow called The Weavers Inn for 15 years - it is now known as the Calton Bar.

It was her time behind the bar that went on to inspire some of her comedy sketches and it's where her famous line 'Frank! Get The Door!' originated from.Her stand up career kickstarted in 1994 and used the stage name Janey Godley instead of using her married name Storrie.In 2006, Janey was nominated and was close runner-up for the annual Scotswoman of the Year title as ‘the most inspirational woman in Scotland’.She then went on to scoop the 'Spirit of The Festival Award' at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.Speaking on This Morning in 2020, Janey explained that her initial inspiration came from her time as a landlady, she said: "Frank was a man who used to drink in my pub in the east end of Glasgow in the 80s, and he just used to sit near the door and was always reading a cowboy book and when anybody needed thrown out I would shout 'Frank!