Who or What's Your Area Famous For?

[binley100]

the bit the people walk through to get into town. I was on a course, and from B&B into town, I was glad their were two of us to walk through the tunnel thingies

Most people risk life and limb crossing the ring road, but there are now some pedestrian crossings and a new bridge.

[miffy]

The best game in the whole wide world RUGBY was first played and invented here, Tom Brown's school days, Gilbert rugby balls used for all the major matches.

[binley100]

The best game in the whole wide world RUGBY was first played and invented here, Tom Brown's school days, Gilbert rugby balls used for all the major matches.

I'm guessing you live in Rugby then

[selfraising]

Famous people from Farnham include William Cobbett, Mike Hawthorn and Jonny Wilkinson. Charles II is supposed to have hidden out here in one of the pubs whilst in exile. Farnham used to grow hops for many breweries and were transported to London.

[bubblewrap]

Blue Stilton, Pork pies, Loughborough University, Main Line Steam Trust(Great Central Railway) East Midlands Airport.

[Buleste]

The local Steam Railway museum was on Blue Peter when they moved a Signal Box from Derbyshire to the Churnet Valley Railway whole. The Railway was also used for the Jenifer Saunders/Dawn French/Ade Edmunson/Ben Elton (when he was still a comedian and before he sold out to make crappy musicals) BBC series Happy Families. Peter Howitt the original Joey Boswell and writer/Director of Sliding Doors used to live here. The local Flint Mill recently appeared on Industrial Revelations on Quest TV. Eric Bristow the ex world darts champion/wife beater owns a pub in a nearby town.

[Helgalush]

Aah Coventry ...what can I say?
Lady Godiva
The Specials
Chavs
We once had a Football Team that won a Cup
We used to be the home of the Motor Industry
Mary Queen of Scots spent a night incarcerated here
We have two cathedrals (thanks to a certain Austrian/German chap)
Home to James Starley inventor of bicycle industry
We were the city of Warwickshire then they moved us to the West Midlands.........

Was Frank Whittle from Coventry as well? Summat to do with aircraft.

Music-wise there was also King ('Love and Pride' - 80s pop song that takes me straight back to my 80s-tastic childhood), and not forgetting The Enemy.

[sewer rat]

West Drayton? I think Sewer Rat once had a drink here.

Lived there from 1990 til 2002, so had more than one drink - used to drink in the George and Dragon pretty much most nights. Met the OH there, so not all bad. Spent an uncomfortable night in Uxbridge Pig Sty once too. Still think that Ealing has two of the best indian restaurants in West London.

[ginger ninger]

Blue Stilton, Pork pies, Loughborough University, Main Line Steam Trust(Great Central Railway) East Midlands Airport.

Don't forget Donnington Park B.W.

Saxon the heavy rock band came from Barnsley, we also have Arthur Scargill and we even won the F.A Cup...Once.

[binley100]

Was Frank Whittle from Coventry as well? Summat to do with aircraft.

Music-wise there was also King ('Love and Pride' - 80s pop song that takes me straight back to my 80s-tastic childhood), and not forgetting The Enemy.

Aye those as well .....
Gosh it's sounding like a pretty interesting place to be

[kernowyon]

Paul Weller, A town called Malice is about Woking
Sean Locke
Ken Wood (the magimix guy)
H G Wells, the war of the worlds was set around here
McLaren F1 team
Harry Hill
Rick Parfitt
Delia Smith
The UK's first crematorium
The Uk's first purpose built Mosque

and wait for it

The Spice Girls started their careers nearby in Knaphill

[bishop]

Durham castle
Durham cathedral, both about half a mile from me
sir Bobby Robson
And, get carter, the film starring Michael Cain, the indoor swimming pool scenes where filmed in a house 200yds from where i live.

[greengas]

The worlds first suspension bridge, SS Great Britain Steam ship, Wallace and Gromit, Morph, Massive attack, tonights leaders debate was here, Bristol Rovers, Cary Grant, Darth Vader(David Prowse), Banksy, Gary Mabutt, Justin Lee Colins, Lee Evans, Steven Merchant(The office, extras etc) and Robin Cousins.

[organic]

World's first industrial city.
Morrissey (a hundred thousand apologies and if there's anything we can do to make it up to you we'll be more than happy).
Manchester United (and City of course).
Bernard Manning (sorry again).
The Stone Roses.
The Happy Mondays.
Discovery of the electron.
First stored-program computer.
Robert Peel.
Free Trade.
Repeal of the corn laws. (largely came from these parts, though I'm sure not exclusively)
Peterloo Massacre.
Chartism.
Cotton.

So other than the minor blips with some of our less proud moments (Morrissey for one) - quite a lot really.

Not much of that will be news to anyone though.

[organic]

Oh, and since the suffragette movement was mentioned in another thread.

Emmeline Pankhurst. Another local who achieved great fame... this one from Moss Side.