There'll never be another, lady, the great man used to say, as he did a twirl on the stage of the great theatres of the day.

But now his many fans are hoping there might be another, as they set out to raise enough money to fund a permanent statue of Max Miller - to be put in a prominent spot somewhere in the town he was a resident for so long.

To kick start the fund, which they hope will enable them to commission the statue so that Max's name will be forever remembered by his home town, the Max Miller Appreciation Society is holding an evening of nostalgia and fun at the Theatre Royal on Sunday, November 24, at 7.45pm.

Of course, to many of the Third Age, he will bring back all sorts of memories. He was one of the greatest comedians in this country before and just after the Second World War. But the demise of the variety theatres meant there was no place for acts like Max.

He hated television, saying it used up a year's comedy material in one evening. Part of his magic was his interplay with his audience and that, of course, was missing in television. In the theatre, he would come down to the footlights and lean out into the audience, looking to the right and left, pretending to be searching for an irate stage manager and would address his audience in confidence.

He would often pretend that he was being summoned to leave the stage and would say: "Never mind him, he's paid to work here and don't forget, I'm the one who's paying him!"

I wonder what he would make of the programme for the Sunday concert called Let's Make It Stand Up For Max. Topping the bill would be a name I think he would have known, the great George Melly and John Chilton's Feetwarmers. One of Max's greatest fans, Adam Faith, will also be there, as will Des Lynam and the award-winning comedian Terry Garoghan.

There will be a contribution from the Komedia, the top comedy venue in the city and appearances by Don Partridge, Chris Green and Ida Barr, who were one of the top acts at this year's Edinburgh Festival.

Some of the names on the bill - Arthur Brown and Bertie Pearce and Miss Angel Eyes - are new to me but will no doubt be familiar to some of the younger members of the audience and a surprise celebrity from the Walk of Fame is promised. Music will be by the Boundstone College Community Band.

It is nice to see the younger (much younger!) generation contributing to such an evening, for they will probably never have heard of Max, though their grandparents could possibly recall a joke or two by The Cheeky Chappy.

John Henty, well known some years ago for his programmes on Radio Brighton, is the chairman of the Max Miller Appreciation Society and tells me that tickets are going very well. He was a fan of the great man and would love to see the scheme come to fruition.

The society has grown by leaps and bounds since it was started a few years ago and can boast Roy Hudd as its president and Ken Dodd as its patron. Ken Dodd recently unveiled a plaque to Max on a house in Shoreham, where he lived for some time.

If you would like to know more about the society, it has a web site at www.maxmiller.org and there are social evenings throughout the year where members meet to talk about the days of music hall and the players of bygone years.

If you fancy a whiff of true nostalgia, November 24, may be just your bag. Tickets are £20 and £15 from the Theatre Royal Box Office and for many of the Third Age it could be a night to remember.

Max was once called "the pure gold of the music hall" and as he himself said: "There'll never be another".

I don't know if it will be the White Book or the Blue Book, but it should be a great evening.