whats your area famous for

dannybcity said:
Statto and the Stone Roses.

BTW wasn't the Lancaster bomber desgined in Urmston?

Edit* oh and who could forget "Bill Speakman received the Victoria Cross for valour in 1951 in the Korean War.[85] Sir Michael Pollock, an officer in the Royal Navy who rose to the position of First Sea Lord, was born in Altrincham."
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You forgot Frank Sidebottom!
 
ashton-under-lyne

geoff hurst - hat trick hero
arthur brooke - brooke bond tea
gordon taylor - pfa
simone perrota - world cup winner with italy 2006
brian wilde - foggy in last of the summer wine
 
scall1 said:
Hat makers being so poisoned with lead that they turned mad. Nice one.

Oh, and the River Mersey starts in Stockport too - cue the old question, which ground is nearest the River Mersey? Anfield? Goodison Park? Tranmere? No, Edgely Park

Mad hat makers
River Mersey
Largest brick structure in Europe (Viaduct)
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Actually its the Ashton on Mersey Rugby ground. You can hear the Mersey from one end of the pitch!
 
Wythenshawe-
Caroline Aherne
Eddie Large
Nick Cochrane-Coronation St-Steve Macdonalds twin
Harry H Corbett- Went to my old school-Sharston
Jamie Draven-actor-Billy Elliot-Ultimate force
Lewis Mckenzie-actor-Theres only one Jimmy Grimble
Lorraine Cheshire-actress-Early Doors-Life on Mars
Melissa Porter-presenter-To buy or not to buy-escape to the country
Simon Gregson-coronation St
Johnny Marr
Jason Orange
Lyn Paul-singer-the new seekers
Paul Young-sad cafe
Vini Reilly-singer-duritti column
Kirsty Howard-founder of Kirsty appeal
Andrew LP Ellis-actor-This is England-Heartbeat.
Paul Power, Shaleum Logan, Carlos Logan and a load of other Footy players.
Kevin Kennedy(I think)-Curly Watts
Slaughter and the Dogs
 
Chorlton

Badly Drawn Boy - not from there but lives there

I also believe Bruce Jones aka Les Battersby found one of Peter Sutcliffes victims in the allotments along the side of Chorlton park
 
blusmiff said:
charliebigspuds said:
middleton. Steve Coogan, The Chameleons, Paul Scholes, one of the monkees, hippo's the nightclub (it was good, honest), David May, David Gedge (lead singer of the wedding present), The Archers (as the blokes with bows and arrows from the civil war), Edgar Wood (archietect). Lees beer, .................................................................................im struggling now
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david fkn may , now thats real fame. hippos was cool.
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believe it or not David fkn May is a big blue
 
Simister.

From Wikipedia -

Simister is a backwater village in the Metropolitan Aresehole of Bury, Greater Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located between the shitholes of Prestwich, Rhodes and Langley. The 'village' is located near to a motorway junction often called "Simister Island" which links the M62, M66 and M60 motorways. Thousands of vehicles a day use this motorway intersection, the drivers ignore the human rights stain unfolding just a hundred yards away as they trundle past, the hum from the traffic is often regarded as a welcome respite from moans of despair and wails of forgotten hope which eminate from behind every twitching curtain.

Even though the village's proximity to Manchester means the residential population is mainly made up of six fingered mutants borne of their fathers trysts with their aunty, the village keeps a rural feel with a steady number of sexual assaults on animals, and a weekly burning at the stake for any resident to express a desire to leave the godforsaken wasteland. The main thoroughfare, Simister Lane, is often used as an escape route for the enlightened before they are discovered and slain for any number of acts ranging from refusing to fornicate with close relations to using petrol fuelled vehicles and eating with anything other than their hands and feet.
 
dancingsilverback said:
Simister.

From Wikipedia -

Simister is a backwater village in the Metropolitan Aresehole of Bury, Greater Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located between the shitholes of Prestwich, Rhodes and Langley. The 'village' is located near to a motorway junction often called "Simister Island" which links the M62, M66 and M60 motorways. Thousands of vehicles a day use this motorway intersection, the drivers ignore the human rights stain unfolding just a hundred yards away as they trundle past, the hum from the traffic is often regarded as a welcome respite from moans of despair and wails of forgotten hope which eminate from behind every twitching curtain.

Even though the village's proximity to Manchester means the residential population is mainly made up of six fingered mutants borne of their fathers trysts with their aunty, the village keeps a rural feel with a steady number of sexual assaults on animals, and a weekly burning at the stake for any resident to express a desire to leave the godforsaken wasteland. The main thoroughfare, Simister Lane, is often used as an escape route for the enlightened before they are discovered and slain for any number of acts ranging from refusing to fornicate with close relations to using petrol fuelled vehicles and eating with anything other than their hands and feet.
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But does it have a post office?
 
charliebigspuds said:
blusmiff said:
charliebigspuds said:
middleton. Steve Coogan, The Chameleons, Paul Scholes, one of the monkees, hippo's the nightclub (it was good, honest), David May, David Gedge (lead singer of the wedding present), The Archers (as the blokes with bows and arrows from the civil war), Edgar Wood (archietect). Lees beer, .................................................................................im struggling now
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david fkn may , now thats real fame. hippos was cool.
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believe it or not David fkn May is a big blue
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How could you miss out the Mock Turtles and more importantly Tommy Booth and Kenny Clements?
 
dancingsilverback said:
Simister.

From Wikipedia -

Simister is a backwater village in the Metropolitan Aresehole of Bury, Greater Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located between the shitholes of Prestwich, Rhodes and Langley. The 'village' is located near to a motorway junction often called "Simister Island" which links the M62, M66 and M60 motorways. Thousands of vehicles a day use this motorway intersection, the drivers ignore the human rights stain unfolding just a hundred yards away as they trundle past, the hum from the traffic is often regarded as a welcome respite from moans of despair and wails of forgotten hope which eminate from behind every twitching curtain.

Even though the village's proximity to Manchester means the residential population is mainly made up of six fingered mutants borne of their fathers trysts with their aunty, the village keeps a rural feel with a steady number of sexual assaults on animals, and a weekly burning at the stake for any resident to express a desire to leave the godforsaken wasteland. The main thoroughfare, Simister Lane, is often used as an escape route for the enlightened before they are discovered and slain for any number of acts ranging from refusing to fornicate with close relations to using petrol fuelled vehicles and eating with anything other than their hands and feet.
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Sounds like its twinned with Oldham.......
 
From Langley but I now live in Simi Valley in California, famous for..

The Ronald Reagan Library
The Rodney King trial that triggered the LA riots took place here.
Patrick Swayzee's mum has a dance studio in Simi
The Big Lebowski and Joe Dirt had scenes set here
Little House on the Prairie was filmed here
Jean Claude Van Damme lives here
Baseball players Jeff and Jared Weaver and Scott Radsinsky.
Don McLean the basketball player (Not the American Pie bloke)
Baseball legend Lenny Dykstra own a local car wash.
Simi has 3 McDonald's, 4 Carl's Jr's and only one KFC.

Errrr.... Simi Valley is obviously a bit shit.
 
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