The Krankies were assuredly one of the best acts in Clubland.
I agree. It is frankly quite ridiculous to keep insisting that Elgar stole his moustache from a poor Mexican farmer he found asleep in the Malvern Hills rather than bothering to grow his own. It is a theory that has had its day and should no longer sully the ether of Elgarian thinking.
Modern theorists are now directing their focus to the possibility that Elgar's earlier, and to this point unknown plans for the 3rd Symphony may have been significantly derailed when the speed-obsessed Elgar, touting round for a bit of extra cash to buy a bicycle with more gears, agreed to stand in for Lord Kitchener as the face on the posters of the 'Your Country Needs You' campaign.