kate moss
dane bowers

there are more but cant remembaaaaaa

Elizabeth Barratt Browning
St Bede
Andy Capp

Rab C Nesbit!

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Originally posted by kattymieoww:
Rab C Nesbit!

YAAAAY BIG respec for the Rabbster

Rab C and Alex Ferguson.

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Originally posted by old hippy guy:

quote:

Originally posted by mary_bee:
Arthur C. Clarke
H from Steps
Steven Mulhern
Coleridge
Gordon Ramsay's family live around here too

WOOHOO Arthur c Clarke love his books 2001 a space oddity, the sentinel, etc etc AND he invented th comunication satelite as well,

erm well I just moved up to t north east,
but my home town Stoke on Trent,
has a few famous peeps,
theres that Williams bloke (of course, )
but also, Reginald Mitchell, (bloke wot designed the Spitfire that helped save our buts in WW2)

AND the captain of the Titanic was a "stokie"
also Bruno Brookes

Anthea turner

AND the TWINS from BB8

I live in the NE very near a Harley garage..They had a funeral one day with the coffin on a side-car..
But to get back to the subject..
'cos I lived in Cumberland for a while
Melvyn Bragg
'Cos I was born in Manchester.. M.U.(Grandad was born at Trafford)
'cos I now live in the N.E.
Ant and Dec
Robson Green (?)
Most of the cast of Aufedersain Pet(spelling)German not my strong language..
Sting
Mark Knopfler
and I'm sure a lot more

joseph priestly
patrick stewart
greg ruzetski
alfred austin
kathryn whiteley
alan bennett
john craven
barry cryer
frazer hines
gabby logan
malcom mcdowel
chris moyles
peter o'tool
jeremy paxman
james saville
john simm
ernest wiseman
david batty
alan bolton
brian close
ray illingworth
paul madeley
jamie peacock
thomas chippendale
sue ryder
titus salt
jane tomlinson
marco pierre white

Don't want you all getting jellus, but I think the Wurzels are from these parts.

Boab the Busker

Tim Healey and his wife Denise Welch
Hairy Bikers
Rowan Atkinson

Jack Vettriano
Alexander Selkirk (the real Robinson Crusoe)
K T Tunstall
Gordon Brown (but don't tell anyone)
Ian Rankin
Edith Bowman

Oh and I should add Karly Ashworth.... just in case she IS going in and she DOES become famous.

My daughter saw Heather from Eastenders int he High street the week before last.

Christian from EE lives behind the local Co-op (in a house not a bin or something). Staceys mum (Jean) lives quite near too.

Sally wotsit that used to be Shelley in Corrie lives opposite my kids secondary school.

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Originally posted by lightfoot:

quote:

Originally posted by old hippy guy:

quote:

Originally posted by mary_bee:
Arthur C. Clarke
H from Steps
Steven Mulhern
Coleridge
Gordon Ramsay's family live around here too

WOOHOO Arthur c Clarke love his books 2001 a space oddity, the sentinel, etc etc AND he invented th comunication satelite as well,

erm well I just moved up to t north east,
but my home town Stoke on Trent,
has a few famous peeps,
theres that Williams bloke (of course, )
but also, Reginald Mitchell, (bloke wot designed the Spitfire that helped save our buts in WW2)

AND the captain of the Titanic was a "stokie"
also Bruno Brookes

Anthea turner

AND the TWINS from BB8

I live in the NE very near a Harley garage..They had a funeral one day with the coffin on a side-car..
But to get back to the subject..
'cos I lived in Cumberland for a while
Melvyn Bragg
'Cos I was born in Manchester.. M.U.(Grandad was born at Trafford)
'cos I now live in the N.E.
Ant and Dec
Robson Green (?)
Most of the cast of Aufedersain Pet(spelling)German not my strong language..
Sting
Mark Knopfler
and I'm sure a lot more

ooops only just seen this,
yeah there are a few places now who specialise in "biker funerals" I remember thinking of it my self years ago....another IDEA I had n someone nicked hehe,
but as a biker myself I always thought it kinda sad that the last journey I would ever take would HAVE to be inside a car...
still, dont suppose I would notice one way or the other....at least I HOPE I wouldnt notice

not very famous but i live near jason cowan

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Originally posted by madamski:
not very famous but i live near jason cowan

shhhhhhh.... I would never admit to that!!!!

From my old school...Sheila Hancock, Diana Quick and Maggie O'Neill (she was in my year) and Mick Jagger from the boys school over the road...from the school round the corner from here Jude Law.

Glenda Jackson used to live nearby too but I think she moved.

Malinda messager
Billie Piper
Diana Dors

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Originally posted by FGG Aka Crocodile Rock:


Christian from EE lives behind the local Co-op (in a house not a bin or something). Staceys mum (Jean) lives quite near too.

Kevin Whately (him with John Thaw thingie and Auf Weidersein)

His mum used to be my English Teacher at school

ummmmm *thinks*

oh... Annie lennox...

quote:

Originally posted by old hippy guy:

quote:

Originally posted by lightfoot:

quote:

Originally posted by old hippy guy:

quote:

Originally posted by mary_bee:
Arthur C. Clarke
H from Steps
Steven Mulhern
Coleridge
Gordon Ramsay's family live around here too

WOOHOO Arthur c Clarke love his books 2001 a space oddity, the sentinel, etc etc AND he invented th comunication satelite as well,

erm well I just moved up to t north east,
but my home town Stoke on Trent,
has a few famous peeps,
theres that Williams bloke (of course, )
but also, Reginald Mitchell, (bloke wot designed the Spitfire that helped save our buts in WW2)

AND the captain of the Titanic was a "stokie"
also Bruno Brookes

Anthea turner

AND the TWINS from BB8

I live in the NE very near a Harley garage..They had a funeral one day with the coffin on a side-car..
But to get back to the subject..
'cos I lived in Cumberland for a while
Melvyn Bragg
'Cos I was born in Manchester.. M.U.(Grandad was born at Trafford)
'cos I now live in the N.E.
Ant and Dec
Robson Green (?)
Most of the cast of Aufedersain Pet(spelling)German not my strong language..
Sting
Mark Knopfler
and I'm sure a lot more

ooops only just seen this,
yeah there are a few places now who specialise in "biker funerals" I remember thinking of it my self years ago....another IDEA I had n someone nicked hehe,
but as a biker myself I always thought it kinda sad that the last journey I would ever take would HAVE to be inside a car...
still, dont suppose I would notice one way or the other....at least I HOPE I wouldnt notice

Judging by the masses of bikes at the funeral it was indeed a very big event, one I am sure a biker would have been proud of..

oh aggie from kim and aggie is from up this way too (have googled and haven't heard of half the famous folk )

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
oh aggie from kim and aggie is from up this way too (have googled and haven't heard of half the famous folk )

aviemore... not close enough to say she is from here

cool... harry hill was born here

JOHN NOAKES (get down shep)

I can also claim Bob Hope and Edith Nesbitt (The Railway Children) and Frankie Howerd

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
cool... harry hill was born here

wrong harry hill... this one died in 2005

ok annie lennox and that is it

So many people from West Lothian these days on X factor and stuff. Leon Jackson, the girl in the wheelchair, Lorna from the BBC version ( I only remember her name cos Mr Veg taught her how to drive ) Susan Boyle, errmm, the guy who got in the top 10 last year in BGT. Hmmm, none of these are famous as such but I believe David Tennant was born or brought up in Bathgate, so he's the best one. I love hearing him speak in his "normal" voice

Ronnie Corbett went to my school, but I'm not really proud of that!

Geena Mckee
Jack London
Edward Mellanby
Wayne Sleep
SIR William Gray
Wincey Willis
Chic Henderson.

oh yeah one of the Skids went to my school.

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Originally posted by pepsi:
Kevin Whately (him with John Thaw thingie and Auf Weidersein)

His mum used to be my English Teacher at school

He came from Humshaugh I believe,

quote:

Originally posted by lightfoot:

quote:

Originally posted by pepsi:
Kevin Whately (him with John Thaw thingie and Auf Weidersein)

His mum used to be my English Teacher at school

He came from Humshaugh I believe,

He DID! Hello

Nobody

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Originally posted by Koala Brother:
Countess Godgifu once owned my town - does that count?

maybe should have clarified she was Lady Godiva - naked lady on a horse. Now I get my area

Oooh but I'm from Argyll and Emma Thompson has a house really close by where I lived. My SIL saw her in the post office.

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Originally posted by Koala Brother:

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Originally posted by Koala Brother:
Countess Godgifu once owned my town - does that count?

maybe should have clarified she was Lady Godiva - naked lady on a horse. Now I get my area

Billy MC Neil
Late Jimmy Johnstone