My town is (in)famous for....

[roadrash]

wigan pier

wigan casino

uncle joes mint balls

 

[hopless500]

That's very infamous, this is famous.

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I do miss his programmes

 

[stephec]

Very nice, but by including John Prescott, you have just landed on 'Go to jail', so get to the back of the que!

Add that Steps bloke as well.

 

[cuberider]

Born in Stoke on Trent, so take your pick from J.Wedgwood, R.Williams and Lemmy.

Live in Buxton so I guess the bottled water is the most known thing.

Work in Macclesfield but dont have a clue im afraid.

 

[marknotgeorge]

One of the very first factories in the world, apparently, as well as Rolls-Royce, trains and Lara Croft.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

My now home town

Dora Bryan, Eric Sykes, Bernard Cribbins, Philip Schofield, Mike Atherton, David Platt, Paul Scholes, any number of Coronation Street people, a smattering of Emmerdale types, place of birth of Louise Brown, first test tube baby, former constituency of Winston Churchill, but all of that pales into insignificance compared to this.................

Iconic landmark that sadly is no longer there, the coming of the metrolink put paid to needing the rail bridge.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Serial Killers, Black Panther, Yorkshire Ripper, Crossbow Cannibal................

I think Hyde & Hattersley denizens might have something to say about that as a claim to fame. Brady, Hindley, Shipman, Dale Cregan. They've got Stuart Hall on the subs bench & Timmy Mallet went to school there.

 

[Haitch]

Ian Brady, Myra Hindley, Harold Shipman and Timmy Mallett.

 

[Vickivix]

Martin Johnson the rugby player is from the same town I grew up in and his mum was my PE teacher.

Some of Showaddywaddy lived in the town I now live in.

Some old king is buried in the city I was born.

 

[ianrauk]

Gary Rhodes.... eeerr... that's it.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Gary Rhodes.... eeerr... that's it.

Lovely man.
When i lived in West Kent and used to get the early train in he used to get on at your stop. I remember the morning it was announced in the papers that he had be awarded a Michelin star, our carraige stood up and clapped when he got on. Really friendly guy.

 

[ianrauk]

Lovely man.
When i lived in West Kent and used to get the early train in he used to get on at your stop. I remember the morning it was announced in the papers that he had be awarded a Michelin star, our carraige stood up and clapped when he got on. Really friendly guy.

Still see him get the train now and then ..

 

[classic33]

Serial Killers, Black Panther, Yorkshire Ripper, Crossbow Cannibal................

Black Panther, Dewsbury. Yorkshire Ripper, Bingley. Crossbow Killer, Thornton.

 

[winjim]

Final resting place of Napolean III.
Famous for aviation history and a sodding great big airshow every two years.

 

[mjr]

Downham Market, famous for being famous for absolutely nothing.

Yes, it's so dull that Charles I tried to hide there...