Editing Lonnie Donegan (section)

== Early life ==
Donegan was born in [[Bridgeton, Glasgow]], Scotland, on 29 April 1931.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=387}}</ref> He was the son of an Irish mother (Mary Josephine Deighan) and a Scots father (Peter John Donegan), a professional violinist who had played with the [[Scottish National Orchestra]]. In 1933, when Donegan was aged 2, the family moved to [[East Ham]] in [[Essex]].<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p8434/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography by Bruce Eder |publisher=Allmusic.com |access-date=23 June 2009}}</ref> Donegan was evacuated to [[Cheshire]] to escape [[the Blitz]] in the [[World War II|Second World War]] and attended [[St Ambrose College]] in [[Hale Barns]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/10121043.did-you-go-to-school-with-lonnie-king-of-skiffles-altrincham-link/|last=Bowen|first=Rick|date=27 December 2012|title=Did you go to school with Lonnie? - king of skiffle's Altrincham link|website=Messenger|access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> He lived for a while on [[Chiswick Mall]] in [[Middlesex]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock Legend to Share Memories of Growing Up in Chiswick |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=evgeorgeiv2211.htm |publisher=Chiswick W4 |access-date=14 November 2022 |date=13 November 2022}}</ref>