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."


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)

Actually its the Ashton on Mersey Rugby ground. You can hear the Mersey from one end of the pitch!
 

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