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

[Winnershsaint]

Winchester does quite well in the fame stakes, but for infamy look no further than Twyford Down

Yeah but Hockley Lights on a Bank Holiday! Used to be able to see the queues from Olly B's.

 

[matiz]

Wolves famous for Slade,Suzie Perry,Hugh porter ,Sunbeam and villiers motorcycles

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Christopher Marlowe got topped in Deptford.

 

[slowmotion]

View attachment 99180 First steam powered mill in Britain built in 1790, also one man's shock redundancy earlier this year!

Straight out of a Hovis ad!

 

[Saluki]

Mustard
Tom Smith Crackers
Where Will Kemp came Morris Dancing to on his 9 day wonder dance from London
Neil Innes went to Thorpe Grammar School in Norwich
The sainted Delia
Stephen Fry
Albert Cooper

Infamous for
Birth place of Ed Balls (we try and hush that one up a bit though)
That pratt Tim Westwood

 

[slowmotion]

Winchester does quite well in the fame stakes, but for infamy look no further than Twyford Down

My home town. I just remembered the Dongas Tribe!

 

[psmiffy]

There was a wonderful documentary years ago about how an ailing manufacturer found success by branching out into manufacturing high-heeled shoes/boots for overweight German cross-dressers.

Actually Earls Barton which is to the west

and a whole sea of speeding cams.

which I understand that the county ones are still turned off

 

[jhawk]

Famous for...

Jill Dando and John Cleese.

Infamous for...

Our Grand Pier, which burned down a few years ago, but to my understanding has been rebuilt.

 

[slowmotion]

Actually Earls Barton which is to the west

Thanks for the clue. Here's a bit more about the story.
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/the-real-story-behind-those-kinky-boots-1-881352

 

[MichaelW2]

Northampton: so good they named it.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Famous for Accrington Stanley Football Club and infamous? for the Accrington Pals.regiment who suffered heavy losses at the battle of the Somme.

Mrs Accy says i have to mention her town Blackburn being famous for "4000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire", from the Beatles Sgt Pepper's album

 

[classic33]

Famous for Accrington Stanley Football Club and infamous? for the Accrington Pals.regiment who suffered heavy losses at the battle of the Somme.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTpjOfEgPGk

 

[Globalti]

Blackburn, Lancashire: Four thousand holes in it.....

(Oh.... just spotted the post above!)

Bury, where I work: Black pudding and Lusso cycle clothing, actually manufactured 100 yards from my office.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Deal, Kent

Julius Cesar landed here in 54BC.

Mentioned numerous times in the Doomsday book.

It's got 3 castles one being the last remaining Tudor Rose castle.

The actor Charles Hawtry from the Carry on Films lived here until he died as did Norman Wisdom.

Numerous authors live here such as Francis Fyfeild, William Horwood, Mark Billingham and author and TV political correspondant Gavin Esler.

Being 22 miles from France allowed the town to become one of the biggest smugglers havens along the British coastline ( probably still is ) and many of the houses in the town retain tunnels built under them used by the smugglers in the 17th and 18th century.The smugglers kept the pubs of the town, of which there were in the region of 150, in business. There are still around 70 pubs in the area today.

In September 1989 the IRA bombed part of the Royal Marines barracks here and 11 marines were murdered.

 

[biggs682]

My town was founded in the early 6th century by a Saxon leader named Waendel and was named 'Wendelingburgh', now known as Wellingborough.[4] The town is surrounded by five wells: Red Well, Hemming Well, Witche's Well, Lady's Well and Whyte Well, which appear on its coat of arms .