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DOES ANYONE FAMOUS COME FROM YOUR TOWN...

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JustKaz

JustKaz Report 10 May 2008 17:40

I've got loads, sandie shaw, dudley moore, some famous footballers, tooo many to mention.... lol
xxxxx

Mrs. Blue Eyes

Mrs. Blue Eyes Report 10 May 2008 17:39

Roger Black ....... athlete

Nat Gonella ..... jazz musician

James Hargreaves.... first to discover gold in Australia

Mike Hugg...... Manfred Mann

Richard Dawson....actor

Diana Dors visitor to above..

Trevor Jesty..........cricketeer

Peter Flahertey.....of Simon Dupree & the big sound

Dianne Keen.......actress lived and went to school in Gosport

I could go on?? not bad for a small seaside town

Twinklyoceanblue

Twinklyoceanblue Report 10 May 2008 17:32

I don't know about people who "come from" here....Terry Waite is the only one I know but there are many who live here....Corrie cast...footballers apparently!!! lol...and some I probably walk past and don't even know lol xx

Eeyore13

Eeyore13 Report 10 May 2008 17:27

Boycie out of the Green,Green Grass.

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 10 May 2008 17:27

Too many to mention lol

Eeyore13

Eeyore13 Report 10 May 2008 17:22

Richard of Whittington (as in Dick)lol

AjN

AjN Report 10 May 2008 17:19

Does this have to be the place I was born in or the place I live in now?
Also, if it's the place I was born in, does a famous poltergeist count?

Colin

Colin Report 10 May 2008 17:17

Oh yea
Carlas just reminded me, a lot of great names
at loggerheads

But above all these i put Poddie the Poacher
Dereck was a brilliantly educated drop out,who
lived how he wished, a male meg merriles
colin

Eeyore13

Eeyore13 Report 10 May 2008 17:15

Hi Wild how's you :)))
Roy Wood-Wizard lives in Wem.

Colin

Colin Report 10 May 2008 17:12

Apart from me, it depends which town you mean

my town was Shrewsbury,there we find a number
of famous figures. from Darwin to Lord Hill.

Ime not offay with Wrexham, but i know it boasts
a few great chappies.

i lived some years at Market Drayton, now there
was a lot of famous people there-in the writer
Smith,of course clive the pirate of India and
others i dont remember
apart from that have a good nite col' mate
t'other colin.

Wild Cat

Wild Cat Report 10 May 2008 17:11

Nope in front now lol
I lay claim to Elton John (Pinner)
Hi,Carla

Eeyore13

Eeyore13 Report 10 May 2008 17:05

Charles Darwin,William Hill (stamps not bookies!)13 miles north & Pete Postlethwaite lives just up the road-he has taken Harrison Ford & Leonardo Di Caprio shopping in the local supermarket.....& guess who wasn't doing their shopping,me,typical.lol

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 10 May 2008 17:00

behind me again!

Wild Cat

Wild Cat Report 10 May 2008 17:00

Thats greedy lol

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 10 May 2008 16:58

...village, city?

I have Sir Robert Peel, Tony Coton (professional footballer), Colin Grazier (World War 2 hero - he salavaged the enigma machine from the u-boat, not the Americans as in the move), Thomas Guy (founder of Guy's Hospital) and erm thats about it!

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