Famous people at your school

[bitterblue78]

ian watkins the nonce

 

[blueish swede]

Gosh, there are some rough oiks on here.
GDM will shit kittens when he realises how working class his forum is.

I think it's fair to say I worked that out a while ago.

I was thinking the exact opposite - gentrification of City this. I don't think any one from my school has ever become famous. We had one lass who became a stripper in a club in Oldham ("done well for herself") and a lad who allegedly shagged Roy Barraclough for a while.

 

[BlueBearBoots]

Can't believe no one at all from my old school posts on here, mind you most of them prob left being unable to read and write

 

[DelToro]

Brierley Ave/ Partington st. Failsworth
Simon Wright - Drummer in AC/DC, Dio, UFO etc.
Darren Wharton - Keyboard player in Thin Lizzy.

Having said that, I was sure that Mani went to the same scool until somebody on here set me straight.

That was me.

Mani went to Xaverian 1974 - 1979.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

Can't believe no one at all from school posts on here, mind you most of them prob left being unable to read and write

I'm not sure Meadowbrook have a computer hour.

 

[danebanksheik]

Which years were you there?

87 to 94 - hated every single second

91-98, we were Blighted by the same curse.

73 to 80 - how fucking old do I feel!

Add to the list, the ones I have heard of
Andrew Bennett, Labour MP, Gorton
Peter Butterworth, actor
John Doyle, drummer with Magazine
Derek Leckenby (1943–1994), lead guitarist of Herman's Hermits
Sir Robert Mark, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police

 

[OB1]

Mike Atherton
John Crawley
Martin Sixsmith
Ben Kingsley
Robert Powell
Sir Howard Davies (spoke to him at Blackburn)
Sir Nick Hytner (just stood down as Director of the National Theatre)
Chris Addison
Life President of City Sidney Rose
Ivan Gazidis (Arsenal CEO)
Michael Crick
Jim White (of The Telegraph not Sky Sports)
John Leech MP
Mark Chapman of 5 Live
James H Reeve.

Same for me. We could add the author Alan Garner, 19th century essayist Thomas de Quincey, various other county cricketers (David Green in the sixties, Mark Chilton, Gary Yates and Mark Crawley more recently), late businessman Israel Sieff, historian and TV presenter Michael Wood, and the late one-time cabinet minister Baron Harold Lever if we're talking about notable Old Mancunians, I guess.

The only ones I knew in my time (I started there in 1980) were Atherton, the Crawley brothers and Yates.

Didn't know you two were amongst the pansies at MGS.

 

[softlad]

Archibald Leach, aka Cary Grant. Apparently got expelled for peeking in the girls bogs!

 

[OB1]

The Macc Lads

Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris of the rock band Joy Division

Steve Smith, England, Sale and British Lions scrum-half who won 28 England caps, five as captain

Peter Kenyon, former Chelsea FC Chief Executive

Oliver Holt, former Chief Sports Correspondent for The Times and currently Chief Sports Writer for The Daily Mirror

Andy Bird CBE, Chair of Walt Disney International

Sir Peter Ellwood, former CEO of LLoyds TSB Group

Guy Laurence, CEO of Vodafone UK

Peter Moores, Former England Cricket Coach and current coach for Lancashire Cricket Club

Michael Jackson, former Channel 4 Chief Executive

Sir Eric Malcolm Jones, Previous Director of GCHQ

Jonny Woodward, one of the world’s greatest rock climbers

Jonny Marsden, current Derbyshire County Cricket Club player

Rick Pool-Jones, Sporting Director of French professional rugby club Stade Francais

Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP, politician

Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent of Sky News (attended Junior School)

Christian Blackshaw, classical pianist

Andrew Wilson, Rugby and Cricket Correspondent at The Guardian

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

The Macc Lads

Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris of the rock band Joy Division

Steve Smith, England, Sale and British Lions scrum-half who won 28 England caps, five as captain

Peter Kenyon, former Chelsea FC Chief Executive

Oliver Holt, former Chief Sports Correspondent for The Times and currently Chief Sports Writer for The Daily Mirror

Andy Bird CBE, Chair of Walt Disney International

Sir Peter Ellwood, former CEO of LLoyds TSB Group

Guy Laurence, CEO of Vodafone UK

Peter Moores, Former England Cricket Coach and current coach for Lancashire Cricket Club

Michael Jackson, former Channel 4 Chief Executive

Sir Eric Malcolm Jones, Previous Director of GCHQ

Jonny Woodward, one of the world’s greatest rock climbers

Jonny Marsden, current Derbyshire County Cricket Club player

Rick Pool-Jones, Sporting Director of French professional rugby club Stade Francais

Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP, politician

Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent of Sky News (attended Junior School)

Christian Blackshaw, classical pianist

Andrew Wilson, Rugby and Cricket Correspondent at The Guardian

Kings, Macc eh? You failed the MGS entrance exam then.