Your Towns Claim to fame

No Cities allowed if your playing,only districts of those Cities...

Redcar had the World's First Lifeboat..The Zetland Lifeboat.It saved hundreds of seamen,and is still intact to this day.Sturdy as Fuck

Anything great about your town?

The reason i bring this up is because the Charity life boat (For non Brits.. its a charity box)was nicked out of our works canteen by some lowlife..and the canteen ladies put a notice up saying "To whoever stole the lifeboat,we hope you drown scum"..And they wer'nt messing around!!

Its awful to think its someone I'm working with, so it tends to be the contractors that drift in and out, that get blamed when these sort of things happen..Tho this is probably a new low in our place...:\ohwell:

We have Eddie Irvine. One of the forces for the Battle of the boyne and that bullshit landed in Groomport harbour (we're all one big happy town) And bangor bay/belfast lough was one of the dtagin points for D-Day.

Oddly enough, I donate me fiver a month to the lifeboats, and even when I had no money coming in, I somehow always managed to pay that :)

i figure it's only a matter of time before I need them with all the time I spend by the sea.

fuck knows...but i went to same school as Phil Thompson - Pinokes- and Dennis Motimer (Aston Villa)

We built the Titanic, and we kill each other.

Christopher Owens wrote: We built the Titanic, and we kill each other.

You Forgot Bestie mate. And H+W, in addition to the Titanic, also built rather a lot of stuff that did work :D

Stoke-on-Trent gave us Stan Matthews, Lemmy, Slash and his endless fucking guitar solos, big fat pieman Robbie Williams, Candyflip(!), the captain of the Titanic (no, really) and the finest fucking ceramics known to man.

Market Drayton - small town in North Shropshire where I went to School - was once the home of that Moseley bloke who invented British Fascism. He formulated all his key ideological motifs while living in Drayton, and every village within a 20-mile radius has the story of when Moseley rose in and gave a speech (and invariably prompted a riot).

In family-friendly fashion, the town now claims to be the 'home of gingerbread'.......

You got George Best,we got Paul Daniels I dispute which one was the magician!

Edit:To Chris Owens

i can't remember what Woltmershausen is famous for, but my handball team kicked arse, ah the good old TSW. every year we went up a league. one of our guys liked to intimidate the opposition's goalie, by throwing a ball so hard against the wall that it deflated. that always did the trick.

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Stoke-on-Trent gave us Stan Matthews, Lemmy, Slash and his endless fucking guitar solos, big fat pieman Robbie Williams, Candyflip(!), the captain of the Titanic (no, really) and the finest fucking ceramics known to man.

Market Drayton - small town in North Shropshire where I went to School - was once the home of that Moseley bloke who invented British Fascism. He formulated all his key ideological motifs while living in Drayton, and every village within a 20-mile radius has the story of when Moseley rose in and gave a speech (and invariably prompted a riot).

In family-friendly fashion, the town now claims to be the 'home of gingerbread'.......

Candyflip

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Stoke-on-Trent gave us Stan Matthews, Lemmy, Slash and his endless fucking guitar solos, big fat pieman Robbie Williams, Candyflip(!), the captain of the Titanic (no, really) and the finest fucking ceramics known to man.

Market Drayton - small town in North Shropshire where I went to School - was once the home of that Moseley bloke who invented British Fascism. He formulated all his key ideological motifs while living in Drayton, and every village within a 20-mile radius has the story of when Moseley rose in and gave a speech (and invariably prompted a riot).

In family-friendly fashion, the town now claims to be the 'home of gingerbread'.......

Impressive...Lemmy? Really? :) u know who Oswald Moseley's kid is of course?

EDIT: Ron reminded me. Mentioned it before but it's true. you know that clip you see on all those "greatest retards in sport" shows, of the goalie, playing in this pitifully grotty little ground, pitching the ball, by hand into the back of his own net by accident? guess where guess who's Goalie the shame, the shame

Steve Campbell wrote:

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Stoke-on-Trent gave us Stan Matthews, Lemmy, Slash and his endless fucking guitar solos, big fat pieman Robbie Williams, Candyflip(!), the captain of the Titanic (no, really) and the finest fucking ceramics known to man.

Market Drayton - small town in North Shropshire where I went to School - was once the home of that Moseley bloke who invented British Fascism. He formulated all his key ideological motifs while living in Drayton, and every village within a 20-mile radius has the story of when Moseley rose in and gave a speech (and invariably prompted a riot).

In family-friendly fashion, the town now claims to be the 'home of gingerbread'.......

Impressive...Lemmy? Really? :) u know who Oswald Moseley's kid is of course?

Er, Liam????

:D

Steve Campbell wrote:

Christopher Owens wrote: We built the Titanic, and we kill each other.

You Forgot Bestie mate. And H+W, in addition to the Titanic, also built rather a lot of stuff that did work :D

Oooops.

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Stoke-on-Trent gave us Stan Matthews, Lemmy, Slash and his endless fucking guitar solos, big fat pieman Robbie Williams, Candyflip(!), the captain of the Titanic (no, really) and the finest fucking ceramics known to man.

Also add Nick Hancock, TV footballing pundits Garth Crooks, Robbie Earle and Mark Bright, ex radio one DJ, Bruno Brookes, RJ Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire.

In locality terms, TV presenters, Anthea and Wendy Turner grew up half a mile away from me. What happened to them after their 15 minutes of fame?

Samantha Chapman wrote:

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Stoke-on-Trent gave us Stan Matthews, Lemmy, Slash and his endless fucking guitar solos, big fat pieman Robbie Williams, Candyflip(!), the captain of the Titanic (no, really) and the finest fucking ceramics known to man.

Also add Nick Hancock, TV footballing pundits Garth Crooks, Robbie Earle and Mark Bright, ex radio one DJ, Bruno Brookes.

In locality terms, TV presenters, Anthea and Wendy Turner grew up half a mile away from me. Where happened to them after their 15 minutes of fame?

ok ok get the drift...stop showin off

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote:

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Stoke-on-Trent gave us Stan Matthews, Lemmy, Slash and his endless fucking guitar solos, big fat pieman Robbie Williams, Candyflip(!), the captain of the Titanic (no, really) and the finest fucking ceramics known to man.

Market Drayton - small town in North Shropshire where I went to School - was once the home of that Moseley bloke who invented British Fascism. He formulated all his key ideological motifs while living in Drayton, and every village within a 20-mile radius has the story of when Moseley rose in and gave a speech (and invariably prompted a riot).

In family-friendly fashion, the town now claims to be the 'home of gingerbread'.......

Impressive...Lemmy? Really? :) u know who Oswald Moseley's kid is of course?

Er, Liam????

:D

Max...pres of the FIA.

u live and learn eh?

Samantha Chapman wrote:

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Stoke-on-Trent gave us Stan Matthews, Lemmy, Slash and his endless fucking guitar solos, big fat pieman Robbie Williams, Candyflip(!), the captain of the Titanic (no, really) and the finest fucking ceramics known to man.

Also add Nick Hancock, TV footballing pundits Garth Crooks, Robbie Earle and Mark Bright, ex radio one DJ, Bruno Brookes, RJ Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire.

In locality terms, TV presenters, Anthea and Wendy Turner grew up half a mile away from me. Where happened to them after their 15 minutes of fame?

Sam, I like you just fine and everything....but if you EVER put Bruno FUCKING Brookes name beside RJ Mitchell's I will fall out with you :D

Steve Campbell wrote:

Samantha Chapman wrote:

(The Good Doctor) Martin Fradley wrote: Stoke-on-Trent gave us Stan Matthews, Lemmy, Slash and his endless fucking guitar solos, big fat pieman Robbie Williams, Candyflip(!), the captain of the Titanic (no, really) and the finest fucking ceramics known to man.

Also add Nick Hancock, TV footballing pundits Garth Crooks, Robbie Earle and Mark Bright, ex radio one DJ, Bruno Brookes, RJ Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire.

In locality terms, TV presenters, Anthea and Wendy Turner grew up half a mile away from me. Where happened to them after their 15 minutes of fame?

Sam, I like you just fine and everything....but if you EVER put Bruno FUCKING Brookes name beside RJ Mitchell's I will fall out with you :D

We don't tend to boast about Bruno, to be honest RJ should have received a posthumous Knighthood.

EDIT: forgot Arnold Bennett, the writer.

Warrington:

An NO gig.

Chris Evans (oh dear).

Blown up by the IRA (oh dear again).

Mr. Smiths nightclub of the 'Hitman and Her' fame; opened around the same time as the Hac; but with a lot more white bloated thread veined legs.

Home of Pete Waterman.

Close to the home of Rick Astley (oh dear again).

Lots of people from Warrington seem to get lost up mountains and appear on TV quiz's out of all proportion to the size of the population.

It has RAF Burtonwood which became the largest US airbase in Europe in WW2. It played a key role during World War ll and then again for the Berlin airlift.

Warrington Museum has a Mummy in it.

Straddles the Mersey.

Lewis Carrol was born there.

And most importantly; very close to Salford.

accrington stanley nori red bricks

Bolton was the birthplace of the Spinning mule which revolutionised the textile industry.

Famous sons and daughters:

Peter Kay Vernon Kay Sara Cox Stu Francis

...And me

Sale.

JP Joule - Invented energy...err, well the SI unit for it. Andy Rourke - Invented NO's next gig (: A pretty decent Rugby team and athletics club. Absolutely rubbish pubs.

Oh, and f**k all City fans

Barney Army wrote: Sale.

JP Joule - Invented energy...err, well the SI unit for it. Andy Rourke - Invented NO's next gig (: A pretty decent Rugby team and athletics club. Absolutely rubbish pubs.

Oh, and f**k all City fans

i'm sure thats kenny Dalglish wheeling away after scoring the winner against Bruges at Wembley in 78. :) :) :)

Drug Capital of Northern Ireland Bible Belt Ian Paisley Liam Neeson

well apart from me obviously,

Halifax's claim to fames are:

Ted Hughes john ketely paradise lost (not too sure about this one, i always thought they we're shit) Brian turner cats eyes in the road were invented in halifax by a guy from halifax Halifax town FC the only team to be relegated from the football league twice.

Ilkeston

Ken Barlow of Corrie fame and Arch Druid comes from Ilkeston - Beat that !

Well, Harold Shipman was from the next town over. On the other hand, Denton: Well, some of Cracker was filmed at the resovoirs, and i went to the same schools that Paul Lake went to.

digital mike binoche wrote: Ilkeston

Ken Barlow of Corrie fame and Arch Druid comes from Ilkeston - Beat that !

And Nigel Jemson even though he was born in Preston.

estes park, colorado's claims to fame:

1. in 1977 stephen king wrote 'the shining' in the stanley hotel, inspired by the hotel, its haunted history and its surroundings (they didn't film the movie there as the stanley isn't isolated enough and there wasn't enough snow, but the mini-series was filmed there).

2. the stanley brothers--inventors of the stanley steamer in 1897, one of the first motorcars and the 1906 winner of the world land speed record. apparently jay leno drives a stanley steamer to work every day. the brothers also built the stanley hotel (see above), and f.o. stanley supposedly still haunts the hotel (the inspiration for stephen king's novel).

3. the birthplace of the american credit union movement (hurrah! as i belong to a credit union and not a bank).

4. estes park serves as the eastern entrance point for rocky mountain national park, through which runs trail ridge road, the world's highest contiguous highway--reaching altitudes of over 12,000 ft.

5. unfortunately, estes park is also known as the place where the racist christian identity militia movement organized itself. in 1992 a group of over 150 klansmen, posse comitatus members, neo-nazis and others met in estes to organize and unite against the government. out of this came the oklahoma city bombing in april, 1995. joy!

6. estes park is home to the world's largest YMCA: the YMCA of the rockies. it covers thousands of acres and has a bowling alley, ice skating rink, a hotel, cabins, hiking trails, and so forth. you can get yourself clean, have many good meals and do whatever you feel when you stay at the YMCA of the rockies.

My hometown Bay City Michigan is the birthplace of Madonna. No statues there that I know of.

Apparently we were baptised in the same church. A pair of good Catholic girls!