Sell Your Home Town

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Some of the best weather in the UK is found on the South Coast at PORTSMOUTH.
Originally only an island connected by three bridges. Home of the Royal Navy as the Premier Dockyard.
And the following list for such a small city is outstanding huh.

Famous people of Portsmouth
Many famous people have been born here in Portsmouth, or have lived here during their lives. Some of them are shown below.
Famous people who have been born in Portsmouth
Henry Ayers (1821 - 1897), Premier of the colony of South Australia and had Ayers Rock named after him
Walter Besant (1836 - 1901), novelist and historian
Denise Black (b 1959), actress
Roger Black (b 1966), Olympic medlist and TV presenter
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859), engineer and creator of the Great Western Railway
James Callaghan (1912 - 2005), former Prime Minister
Jeremiah Chubb (1793 - 1870), inventor of the Chubb lock - his brother Charles imporved it and founded the Chubb company
Marilyn Cole (b 1949), former Playboy Playmate and married Hugh Heffner in 1984
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), novelist
Murray Gold (b 1969), composer - provides the music for the current series of 'Doctor Who'
Brian Howe, vocalist with Bad Company
Paul Jones (b 1942), vocalist with Manfred Mann, solo singer and radio presenter
Roger Kitter (b1950), actor
Thomas Ellis Owen (1805 - 1862), architect and developer responsible for many of the buildings in Southsea
Alan Pascoe (b 1947), Olympic medallist
Michael Ripper (1913 - 2000), actor best know for supporting roles in Hammer films
Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980), actor and comedian
Famous people who have lived in Portsmouth
Admiral George Anson (1697 - 1762), noted for his circumnavigation of the globe
Sir Francis Austen (1774 - 1865), Admiral of the Fleet and brother of Jane Austen
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), novelist and creator of Sherlock Holmes
Helen Duncan (1897 - 1956), last woman to be tried and charged with witchcraft in the UK
Joe Jackson (b 1954), singer/songwriter
John Fredrick Thomas Jane, known as Fred T Jane (1865- 1916), founding editor of "Jane's Fighting Ships"
Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), novelist
Neville Shute Norway (1899 - 1960), novelist under the name of Neville Shute and aviation engineer
H G Wells (1866 - 1946), novelist

[crazychick]

My home town is County durham but i never paid much attention as to what it was famous for except the statue of a horse with its tongue missing!!

I now live in nottingham and of course thats famous for Robin hood!

[mike A]

The Elephant & castle and Kennington. London.

Thomas Faraday, hope thats not to much of a shock.

Charlie Chaplin, seen but seldom heard.

Liz Frazer, shall I carry on.

Michael Caine, not a lot of people know that.

Peak Freans biscuits, the Marmite Factory and it is where Al Bowley met his untimely end thanks to a German flying bomb.

For the last 25 years, Heathfield, East Sussex. The first town in the country to be lit by Natural gas.
Local noteworthy's, Jane Torvil, Roger Daltry, Garry Moore and Kieth Emmerson.

[Jukebox]

quote:Originally posted by Scunner

Does anyone want to point out the merits of their home town, as the title suggests, or just to bore us all to death about whether Leeds or Manchester is better?

I hoped I put that to bed with my post and I personally was comparing them favourably and listed plus and minus's for both.

With regards to selling ones own city, Leeds is famous for it's once succesful soccer club, Jimmy Saville (yeah I know) , Marco Piere White, Ernie Wise, Peter O'toole, The Kaiser Chiefs, Angela Griffin, Mel B, Gaynor Faye, Kay Mellor, Corrine Bailey Rae, Patrick Stewart, Malcolm Mcdowell, Gabby Logan, Alan Bennett , the Earl Of Harewood and Maria Warner. I'm sure there are many others, maybe Stoop will know.

It was also the centre of the clothing industry in the 50's and 60's and had the famous Montague Burton tailoring factory which gave jobs to 100's of mostly women. The many buildings still stand but have now been converted into offices but legend has it that many of the old sewing machinists still haunt the building and occasionally the sound of sewing machines can he heard! Spooky or what. As a kid, I remember seeing hundreds of women exiting the building , most of them with headscarves and hair in rollers, puffing away on fags! We often asked them for a ciggie, only to be told in no uncertain terms to ..ss off you little gets!
Leeds is the home of Roundhay Park which is up the road from us and has held open air concerts by people such as Maddonna, Micheal Jackson and Robbie Williams. Leeds is the home of the famous St James's hospital , made famous in the series, Jimmy's.Thats about two minutes from where Stoop and I were brought up. Also,the Queens cousin the Earl of Harewood lives in Harewood House in the outskirts of the city.

Mostly , it's home to me and I love it

 

[Crabbit]

Southend (Sarfend)
Has the longest iron pleasure pier in the world.
The Kursaal was one of the earliest theme parks, built at the start of the 20th century. (I had some great times in there)
Dr Feelgood, Seventies pub-rock band.
Lee Evans
Phill Jupitus
John Lloyd  (crap tennis player)
Helen Mirren
Peter Taylor
Robin Trower and Gary Brooker,of Procol Harum fame.
And last but not least, Crabbit.  

[Scunner]

I had no idea that the two least funny comedians in the UK both came from Southend

[cef]

Quote: from Scunner:

"Sell Your Home Town"

How much are you offering me Scunner? :

[Scunner]

For a glove town?  £4-50

Sand towns, that's where the smart money is

[miss pentyouth]

Birmingham - Black Sabbath
             Duran Duran
             Slade
             Julie Walters
             Jasper Carrot
             Lenny Henry
             J R Tolkein
             Matthew Boutlton
             James Watt
             Jewellry Quarter
             More canals/waterways than venice
             New Street Station - busiest railway interchange
             in Europe
             Spagetti Junction

and many more that i can't remember at this time.....

[laffa]

 :)Our list is endless, and priceless,