Sell Your Home Town

[littlereddevil]

Aberdeen.....cold,windy,expensive...famous for it's granite and there has been the occasional famous name come out of here. Mostly white oh and we did have Alex Ferguson for a while.Prefer Fethiye any day.
Oh yea and the Barron Knights played here a few times.

[pookie]

Cambridge
Scenic and majestic.  Attracting over 3 million tourists a year () and home to the worlds most pretigious colleges (stuff you Oxford  ).  Stunning architecture, from gothic to modern and the centre for intellectual excellence.  Picture it,  riverside scenes, green pastures, punts, may balls, beautiful english pubs.  Home to the Scott Polar Research institute, imperial War museum, and the FitzWilliam (voted one of the best smallest museums in Europe).  Where would we be without the annual  'Caroles from Kings' christmas service ?.  famous names = Sir Isaac Newton, Stephen hawking, Richard Attenborough, Charles Darwin ......oh and Olivia Newton John !!  I love it, and I'd only ever swap it for Uzumlu  

[nuttybird]

Harlow, Essex - or 'arlow' as most people seem to say!  
Famous for the following residents or ex residents -
Jade Goody
Jeff Brazier
Victoria & David Beckham
Rupert Grint, actor from Harry Potter films
Warren Furman (he went out with Jordan) and was Ace from Gladiators
Kevin Adams, choreographer from Fame Academy
Darren Ambrose, footballer (Charlton Athletic)
John Baine - poet
Michael Barrymore
Jackie Brambles, former Radio 1 DJ
Graham Cole, actor, currently in ITV's The Bill
Dominic Colenso actor, starred in the 2004 Thunderbirds film
Peter Cousins, 2008 Olympian (and also a good friend of mine as is his twin Tom)
John Mann, Comedian,Writer and Columnist
Michael French, actor
Steve Harcourt, musician
Anthony Chapman, musician
Steve Harris, bass guitarist from Iron Maiden
Glenn Hoddle, ex-footballer and former Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and England manager
Nick Kamen, Levi's model and singer
Richard Keogh, footballer ([Carlisle])
Linda Lusardi, actress and former Page Three Girl
Shaun Murphy, professional snooker player
DJ Nihal, DJ and radio presenter
Eddie Piller, DJ and record label entrepreneur, co-founder of Acid Jazz Records
Matthew Richards, footballer (Ipswich Town)
Trevor Sorbie, famous hairdresser
Noel Thatcher MBE, Paralympic gold medallist
John Urbanek, former Sunday Times "Diary of a Day Trader" columnist
Jessie Wallace, actress
Luke Young, footballer (Aston Villa)
Neil Young, footballer (Bournemouth)
Acer Nethercott, Rowing Cox (Olympian)
Stephanie de Sykes (formerly Lewis) Singer/actress
Ian Culverhouse (footballer) Spurs, Norwich, Swindon, Brighton, now asst manager of Colchester FC and infamous on Soccer AM
James Huckle, Athlete, British Shooting Champion (10 Metre Rifle)
Frederick and Elizabeth Gibberd
Plus the usual eastenders characters and wannabe wags! ha ha

Harlow is famous for its sculptures and the Gibberd Garden. Harlow was the New town built after World War II and people where shipped out of Dagneham/east-end way (my dad, uncle and grandad included) to live in the New town.
 

[stoop]

Almost 2 years and still I have kept a dignified silence

Fact is I prefer York to Leeds anyway - apart from the footy team, the beer(Tetley's was always better in Leeds than York) and the river (Wharfe has more trout is much nicer than the Ouse and is near enough to Leeds to forget about the Aire).

Not sure I'm qualified to discuss Manchester as I've only been on one training course there and use their airport once or twice a year - where most of the workers appear to be Polish anyway.

MOT:D

[Scunner]

We're selling our home towns here Stoop, why are you comparing Leeds and York?

[stoop]

'cause I've lived in York over 30 years now and cannot really 'sell' Leeds any more as I do not have the local knowlege I used to have - save the footy team, the beer and the rivers  

[Highlander]

quote:Originally posted by littlereddevil

Aberdeen.....and there has been the occasional famous name come out of here.

Brenda and I came out of there

[fletch]

Boston has a big church and lots of Polish folk, Oh! it's very flat as well.

Famous People:

Mr Beeson - makes the best Lincolnshire Sausages.
Roy Nash - Builds nice houses.
Vern - Has been a football referee for 60 years (blind for 59 of them)

[thebillet]

Sell my home town? You couldn't give it away...The Irwell (they said you don't drown you just go through the motions), Morrissey and Hazel Blears!! Salford of course.

[Sleuth]

CHELTENHAM !!   I am very lucky to have been born and bred and live in ` the jewel of the cotswolds`
noted for the picturesque surrounding countryside, and several times  winner of `Britain in bloom` competition,its fine`regency` buildings, the promenade, the famous spa`,lovely Imperial gardens area,  the `montpelier` quarter, Ladies finishing colleges, GCHQ , and of course our famous race course hosting the ultimate race meeting the `CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP `
Famous people ...... Gustav Holst, Brian Jones from the `rolling stones`.
It really is a lovely town, and one of the reasons why we wont live permanently in Turkey, enjoying whilst we can the best of both worlds ( areas) :-)
It seems that most of you on here are from the north... take a visit south to Cheltenham sometime folks, I guarantee you will not be disappointed  :-)