Complex sentence: Skelton's lifestyle on the road meant having very little baggage, so he had few props to perform with, and as such he devised routines that required only a hat, which Skelton would fashion into appropriate shapes to suit his characters.
Split into simpler sentences: Skelton's lifestyle on the road meant having very little baggage, so he had few props to perform with. He devised routines that required only a hat, which Skelton would fashion into appropriate shapes to suit his characters.