Stainless Stephen

Stainless Stephen - radio and variety comedian. Arthur Clifford Bayne, a schoolteacher at Crookes Endowed School, made his first stage appearance as "Stainless Stephen" at the Palace, Luton, in September 1921. His London debut was at the Victoria Palace in July 1930. During his act he wore a bowler hat, white tie and a stainless steel waistcoat made in his home town of Sheffield.