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"Hilary Devey is from Bolton. "OOOps think you are right ....I have her mixed up as her business "pallex" is in Leicestershire near coalville...  | |||
"Hilary Devey is from Bolton. "I reckon she's from another planet. | |||
"Hilary Devey is from Bolton.
I reckon she's from another planet."she very well may be but she is rich £££££££££ so she must be doing something right  | |||
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"My home town is Liverpool, it would take too long to name everyone x" Ditto Manchester. | |||
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"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . " Saw title of this thread and thought "Great, I can do loads of these!" Imagine my disappointment when I realised you're in Leicester too . . . I'll add
Willie Thorne
Pete Shilton
Dion Dublin
Gary Lineker
Emile Heskey
Mark Morrison (Return Of The Mack)
Cornershop (Brimfull of Asha)
Richard Attenborough
David Attenborough
Una Stubbs
Bill Maynard
David Icke
Thomas Cook (Travel)
And many many more! | |||
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"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . Saw title of this thread and thought "Great, I can do loads of these!" Imagine my disappointment when I realised you're in Leicester too . . . I'll add
Willie Thorne
Pete Shilton
Dion Dublin
Gary Lineker
Emile Heskey
Mark Morrison (Return Of The Mack)
Cornershop (Brimfull of Asha)
Richard Attenborough
David Attenborough
Una Stubbs
Bill Maynard
David Icke
Thomas Cook (Travel)
And many many more! "I tip my hat but !!!! the attenboroughs are from Cambridge but brought up in Leicester.. | |||
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" I tip my hat but !!!! the attenboroughs are from Cambridge but brought up in Leicester.."Adoptive sons of our city count | |||
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" I tip my hat but !!!! the attenboroughs are from Cambridge but brought up in Leicester..
Adoptive sons of our city count "and two very welcome adoptive sons of Leicester embraced by our city | |||
"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . Saw title of this thread and thought "Great, I can do loads of these!" Imagine my disappointment when I realised you're in Leicester too . . . I'll add
Willie Thorne
Pete Shilton
Dion Dublin
Gary Lineker
Emile Heskey
Mark Morrison (Return Of The Mack)
Cornershop (Brimfull of Asha)
Richard Attenborough
David Attenborough
Una Stubbs
Bill Maynard
David Icke
Thomas Cook (Travel)
And many many more! "Una Stubbs.. Hertfordshire. Bill Maynard... Surrey. | |||
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"My home town is Liverpool, it would take too long to name everyone x" Liverpudlians and Londonites are automatically excluded | |||
"Soraya khasshoggi wife of the arms dealer adnan khasshoggi was born and raised in Lansdowne road Leicester her real name is ...Sandra daly " | |||
" Una Stubbs.. Hertfordshire. Bill Maynard... Surrey." See previous post | |||
"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . Saw title of this thread and thought "Great, I can do loads of these!" Imagine my disappointment when I realised you're in Leicester too . . . I'll add
Willie Thorne
Pete Shilton
Dion Dublin
Gary Lineker
Emile Heskey
Mark Morrison (Return Of The Mack)
Cornershop (Brimfull of Asha)
Richard Attenborough
David Attenborough
Una Stubbs
Bill Maynard
David Icke
Thomas Cook (Travel)
And many many more! Una Stubbs.. Hertfordshire. Bill Maynard... Surrey."Bill maynard .....you are correct he is from surrey but lived in Leicester most of his life...... | |||
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"Dickie Bird .. Not that I'm bragging about that one. Michael Parkinson or this one Think I best leave it there, it's not heading in the direction I was hoping! " Not claiming Scargill then? | |||
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"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . " A few more............... Lady jane grey ..ex queen of England Cardinal wolsey.. henry X111 chancellor Daniel lambert.. 52 stone jailer Graham chapman.. ex monty python Dominic keating..actor Kate O'Mara..actress Joe orton..writer Sue townsend..writer | |||
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"John Lord rip....ex deep purple organist born and brought up in averil road Leicester." Wonder if he knew my cousins, they were brought up on that road | |||
"John Lord rip....ex deep purple organist born and brought up in averil road Leicester. Wonder if he knew my cousins, they were brought up on that road "Well, in a house actually... | |||
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"William Shatner That's right baby Captain Kirk
I win!"Another Canuck? | |||
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"im from walsall....and the biggest celebrity is probly me to be fair "No you have jakki degg model Mathew marsden film star And then you lol | |||
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"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . " We are Leicestershire but we will only admit to the wonderful Kasabian as the others are way to rubbish lol xx | |||
"Ermmm .... Paul Nicholas, Andy Bell from Erasure, the really cute short one from JLS, Eric Morecombe ... or did I imagine that one ??? ... and me of course !!! "I think Eric took Morecambe as his name from the place he was born | |||
"im from walsall....and the biggest celebrity is probly me to be fair
No you have jakki degg model
Mathew marsden film star
And then you lol"Jakki is from Stone and grew up in Cannock. | |||
"Mel B (oooh ya bastard ya!) Leigh Francis Chris Moyles John Cravenn Kaiser Chiefs Sisters of Mercy Spacehog Ummm, that's all I can think of. " Kaiser Chiefs Angela Griffin (out of corrie etc) Damian Hirst Nell Mcandrew Chris Moyles Peter o'toole Jeremy paxman Paul and Barry Ryan (60s pop singers) Marco Pierre White Ernie Wise Just a few more for Leeds from top of my head | |||
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"im from walsall....and the biggest celebrity is probly me to be fair
No you have jakki degg model
Mathew marsden film star
And then you lol
Jakki is from Stone and grew up in Cannock. "Oh ok I thought she was from Walsall I know she worked at at a salon in Walsall though | |||
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"im from walsall....and the biggest celebrity is probly me to be fair
No you have jakki degg model
Mathew marsden film star
And then you lol
Jakki is from Stone and grew up in Cannock.
Oh ok I thought she was from Walsall I know she worked at at a salon in Walsall though"He can have Noddy Holder though. | |||
"Tjinder Singh - Singer/song writer in Cornershop Jas Mann - Babylon Zoo Liam Payne - One Direction Beverley Knight - singer Kevin Rowland - Dexy's Midnight Runners " I thought Kevin Rowland was born in Smethwick? | |||
"Spandau Ballet went to school in my town....Gold! "True! | |||
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"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . Saw title of this thread and thought "Great, I can do loads of these!" Imagine my disappointment when I realised you're in Leicester too . . . I'll add
Willie Thorne
Pete Shilton
Dion Dublin
Gary Lineker
Emile Heskey
Mark Morrison (Return Of The Mack)
Cornershop (Brimfull of Asha)
Richard Attenborough
David Attenborough
Una Stubbs
Bill Maynard
David Icke
Thomas Cook (Travel)
And many many more! Una Stubbs.. Hertfordshire. Bill Maynard... Surrey.
Bill maynard .....you are correct he is from surrey but lived in Leicester most of his life......"He used to live next door to my grandparents!! Woohoo! x | |||
"Tjinder Singh - Singer/song writer in Cornershop Jas Mann - Babylon Zoo Liam Payne - One Direction Beverley Knight - singer Kevin Rowland - Dexy's Midnight Runners I thought Kevin Rowland was born in Smethwick?" Nope. Wednesfield, Wolverhampton. He's a massive Wolves fan too. x | |||
"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . Saw title of this thread and thought "Great, I can do loads of these!" Imagine my disappointment when I realised you're in Leicester too . . . I'll add
Willie Thorne
Pete Shilton
Dion Dublin
Gary Lineker
Emile Heskey
Mark Morrison (Return Of The Mack)
Cornershop (Brimfull of Asha)
Richard Attenborough
David Attenborough
Una Stubbs
Bill Maynard
David Icke
Thomas Cook (Travel)
And many many more! Una Stubbs.. Hertfordshire. Bill Maynard... Surrey.
Bill maynard .....you are correct he is from surrey but lived in Leicester most of his life......
He used to live next door to my grandparents!! Woohoo!
x "I think that may have been sapcote in a cottage ....he now lives in burbage near Hinckley. | |||
"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . Saw title of this thread and thought "Great, I can do loads of these!" Imagine my disappointment when I realised you're in Leicester too . . . I'll add
Willie Thorne
Pete Shilton
Dion Dublin
Gary Lineker
Emile Heskey
Mark Morrison (Return Of The Mack)
Cornershop (Brimfull of Asha)
Richard Attenborough
David Attenborough
Una Stubbs
Bill Maynard
David Icke
Thomas Cook (Travel)
And many many more! Una Stubbs.. Hertfordshire. Bill Maynard... Surrey.
Bill maynard .....you are correct he is from surrey but lived in Leicester most of his life......
He used to live next door to my grandparents!! Woohoo!
x I think that may have been sapcote in a cottage ....he now lives in burbage near Hinckley."I thought he was dead | |||
"Mark Owen Professor Brian Cox Sobna Gulati (Corrie) Andy Ritchie Paul Sculthorpe Some girl on Big Brother when I was 18! " ruby you forgot Bernard cribins Sibohan finneran David platt Barclay james harvest Half the cast of most northern based soaps/dramas Micheal atherton Helen shapiro | |||
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"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . " the elephant man also came from Leicester | |||
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"Hmmm, how many of you typed in Google/ Wikipedia "famous people from........" Go on be honest! " Nope | |||
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"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . the elephant man also came from Leicester "Yes he did and lived in the Leicester workhouse in conduit street near the railway station. He was then put on show in a theatre in wharf street incidently building work is going on down there at the moment and you can still see some of the colours on a wall from the old theatre. Not long after he was taken by Frederic trieves and taken to London.....the rest is history. | |||
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"Dickie Bird .. Not that I'm bragging about that one. Michael Parkinson or this one Think I best leave it there, it's not heading in the direction I was hoping! Not claiming Scargill then?" I'm chuffing not... Nor am I getting on my soapbox about that subject .... I am a miners daughter | |||
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"Kevin keegan Tony Christie Arctic monkeys arn't far away (Sheffield) Jeremy clarkson All I can think of" Dont forget Thomas Crapper. The inventor of the flushing loo | |||
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"we're from Black Country and the list of rock hero's is quite extensive but I'll chip in with a few: Robert Plant John Bonham All of Slade Glen Hughes Steve Winwood Ozzie Osborne Then there's Lenny Henry and Frank Skinner The only one I know from Truro is Roger Meddows Taylor " Slade.....now your talkin | |||
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"we're from Black Country and the list of rock hero's is quite extensive but I'll chip in with a few: Robert Plant John Bonham All of Slade Glen Hughes Steve Winwood Ozzie Osborne Then there's Lenny Henry and Frank Skinner The only one I know from Truro is Roger Meddows Taylor Slade.....now your talkin "Ozzy is from Birmingham and not strictly from the Black Country but you can replace him with phill lynot from thin lizzy born in west brom, and Judas Priest it to be fair if its rock your after then if it ain't from the Birmingham Black Country area then it probably ain't worth mentioning lol | |||
"Well...Cornwall..... Roger Taylor, Duran Duran, just had a shout.... Mick Fleetwood, started in Redruth... Up the road a bit, Muse are from Teignmouth, Devon." Duran Duran from Cornwall??? they're 3 brummies and a Londoner | |||
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"Oh and Michelle Marsh! " ha who could forget. Michelle. She once spent the whole of a friendly v rochdale discussing. Hair and makeup with my. 13 yo daughter. Proper Oldham lass | |||
"How could I forget Jethro.... Waaat append waaassss..... "yeah, good call, and Rory Mcgrath's from 'Droof | |||
Robert Fripp - band member of King Crimson, a 60`s/70`s prog rock band and husband of Toyah Wilcox. They lived in a small village nearby until they moved to a house owned by Cecil Beaton. My ex-girlfriend was a relation to Robert Fripp so there`s quite a few of his family around the area.
Billy Burden - local comedian who once appeared on telly in a short lived comedy series. Think it was called "Oh Happy Band and it also starred Harry Worth for those old enough to remember him. | |||
"Al Astewert - sang "Year Of The Cat" amonst others. I haven`t met him but I have met his father and step mother/step father and mother but I can`t remember which it was!
Robert Fripp - band member of King Crimson, a 60`s/70`s prog rock band and husband of Toyah Wilcox. They lived in a small village nearby until they moved to a house owned by Cecil Beaton. My ex-girlfriend was a relation to Robert Fripp so there`s quite a few of his family around the area.
Billy Burden - local comedian who once appeared on telly in a short lived comedy series. Think it was called "Oh Happy Band and it also starred Harry Worth for those old enough to remember him. "Harry Worth of use the window to look as though you are hanging in air fame ....priceless. | |||
"Ermmm .... Paul Nicholas, Andy Bell from Erasure, the really cute short one from JLS, Eric Morecombe ... or did I imagine that one ??? ... and me of course !!! "It was Ernie Wise not Eric Morecombe, he lived just off Thorpe Road, Eric visited alot | |||
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"William Shatner That's right baby Captain Kirk
I win!
Another Canuck?"Yep! We still win this one. They may have the Internet but how many of these so called "famous people" has shagged as many aliens as Capt Kirk | |||
"How could I forget Jethro.... Waaat append waaassss.....
yeah, good call, and Rory Mcgrath's from 'Droof"Yep! But I'm not sure if he's a cock...a couple of people I know have met him and reckon he's verging on 'don't you know who I am?' Cock status.... | |||
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"im from walsall....and the biggest celebrity is probly me to be fair
No you have jakki degg model
Mathew marsden film star
And then you lol"Noddy is first | |||
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"Paul Smith Torvil and Dean Richard Beckinsale Kate Beckinsale Jake Bugg Sue Pollard Andy Cole Samantha Morton Carl Froch Stuart Broad Becky Adlington Leslie Crowther Bruce Dickinson from iron maiden Ian Paice from deep purple Jay from The Wanted (I work his sister in law) William Booth founder of the salvation army Harold Shipman Oh and a heap of premiership footballers " Becky adlington was Mansfield | |||
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"Robbie Williams Slash Bruno Brookes Anthea Turner The bimbo twins from Big Brother Neil Morissey Captain Edward Smith (The Titanic captain) Reginald Mitchell (designed the Spitfire) that's just off the top of my head dont forget lemmy from motorhead lol " | |||
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"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . " Tut tut u would be from where i am from, stole all the good ones first! Although you missed Mark Morrison.... Return.of the mac ha ha ha Mrs B | |||
"Band - Shed Seven Celebs - Richard III, Frankie Howerd, Judie Dench" But Richard 111 was found in my home town Leicester and your not having him back! Nah nah nah nah nah!! | |||
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"Well...Cornwall..... Roger Taylor, Duran Duran, just had a shout.... Mick Fleetwood, started in Redruth... Up the road a bit, Muse are from Teignmouth, Devon. Duran Duran from Cornwall??? they're 3 brummies and a Londoner" john taylor was from Stourbridge just remembered stalking his parents house | |||
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"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) Hillary defay (dragons den) and many more far to many to list so who is from your town/city . A few more............... Lady jane grey ..ex queen of England Cardinal wolsey.. henry X111 chancellor Daniel lambert.. 52 stone jailer Graham chapman.. ex monty python Dominic keating..actor Kate O'Mara..actress Joe orton..writer Sue townsend..writer "The elephant man Kenny baker Me | |||
"I live in Leicester and heres my list Bands.. showaddywaddy kasabian diesel park west family the dallas boys celebrities.. gok kwan david ike engelbert humperdink rosemary connoly bill maynard john deacon(from queen) " Some people would do anything to get out of Molester | |||
