Famous Salfordians

[ccr]

My Mam.

 

[Fat Chance]

Robert Powell

Sheila Delaney

 

[Manc in London]

Ben Kingsley

His only link to Salford was the Salford Players.

Ones not mentioned:
Sir John Moores
Shaun Ryder
Jason Manford
Mark E Smith
Adrian Morley (Rugby league player and a top bloke)
Russell Watson
Paul Scholes
Bryan Riggs


It appears most of them are nobs.

 

[Manc in London]

Stan Mellor (1st jockey to ride 1000 jumps winners)
Fred Done
Mike Sweeney
Ting Tings
Tony Warren

Ting Tings are not from Salford. The female singer is from the Leigh/Wigan area and the bloke is a southerner. Oh, and they are shite.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Having a discussion with the present wife at work today and we got on the subject of the above....
She says her mum went to school with some of the Hollies and with Elkie Brookes, my mum reckons she went to school with Amanda Barry ex Carry on and Corrie and a mates dad years ago reckons that Salford has, per head of population, more famous people and stars etc than any other city in the country. I'm sure that Robert Powell is from Salford........anyone else

Elkie Brookes - real name Elaine Bookbinder, cousin of Susan Bookbinder and John, who was in City's 1986 youth cup team.
One of Elkie's brothers was in the Dakotas and another ran Bookbinder's club opposite Chorlton Street Bus Station

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

James Prescott Joule (in Eccles)

hes my great great... uncle. Not sure how far back but he is. My great grandmother's maiden name was Joule. Got it all on ancestry.co.uk also got some photos somewhere.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

hes my great great... uncle. Not sure how far back but he is. My great grandmother's maiden name was Joule. Got it all on ancestry.co.uk also got some photos somewhere.

I am not shocked by that :-)

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

hes my great great... uncle. Not sure how far back but he is. My great grandmother's maiden name was Joule. Got it all on ancestry.co.uk also got some photos somewhere.

It's been a while (:

 

[meeesh]

James Nesbitt

Eamon Holmes

Olly Murs

 

[manctheknife]

Quentin Crisp.