Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Geoffrey Bridge - oboist (hautboist). Born Accrington.

Winchester Summer Music: Geoff

Recent soloists

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Brig. Alexander Birtwistle CBE.

Born Accrington, 1948.

Best known for his role in the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak.


Alexander Birtwistle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Breakfast with Frost | Control of foot-and-mouth

Brigadier maps out a way to contain 'the enemy' - Telegraph

Naked brigadier takes a walk on the wild side - Telegraph

BBC News | UK | Brigadier retires from disease front line

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Remember Simon at the Grammar School. Left at the end of the 5th form to go to Art College rather than stay on and do his A levels if I remember right.

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Thanks.

It's great when people remember some of these people we're uncovering.

:)

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

I bring to notice Gordon Birtwistle, MP for Burnley (LibDem) who attended Hyndburn Park School 1954-58. Before becoming MP he was a recent Mayor of Burnley.

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Ian Rushton - Musican/producer. Born Accrington, Lancs. 1960.


A New Zealand based producer, audio-engineer, pianist and guitarist, offering anything from neo-classical and pop/rock instrumentals through to adult-contemporary pop and rock songs. Rushton regularly collaborates with artists from around the world to create an exciting and varied mix of adult contemporary music.

Bingma Yong - Ian Rushton - YouTube

A Little Shake Up! - Ian Rushton - YouTube

Echoes Through The Streets - Ian Rushton - YouTube

Ian Rushton | CD Baby

Ian Rushton - Biography

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

David Parsons - Cricketer, born Accrington, 1954.


David Parsons (cricketer, born 1954) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


David Parsons | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

David was captain of the Accrington team back in the early 80's when i was a member of the Tennis club there and a regular at the Cricket Club. Nice guy.

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Dr Ann Chippindale - Chemist. Born Accrington.

Dr Ann Chippindale - University of Reading

http://wap.rdg.ac.uk/web/FILES/chemi...hippindale.pdf

Pusey House : Greater Chapter

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Freda Lightfoot -romantic novelist, has written over 30 best-sellers. I believe she was originally from Oswaldtwistle -she certainly lived there in her youth as my mother used to go to Sunday School with her.
She and my mother have been in touch via e-mail over the last year -she now lives for most of the year in Spain.

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

:d

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Hadn't seen you'd already posted about her:o...link not working though.

She is a good friend of my Aunty Anne and they meet up once in a while when she's over doing signings for her latest books.

Tried reading one last time I was over at mum's but they are not my scene..

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Burnley born, but educated at Accrington Grammar School.

Albert Hunt - Theatre director/lecturer.

175 Heroes at Bradford College

Cuban Missile Crisis - Google Books

Accrington Grammar School gets a good write up in this interview.

Albert Hunt Topics List | Unfinished Histories

http://www.unfinishedhistories.com/i...s/albert-hunt/

http://www.newleftreview.org/?view=707

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Theatre_Troupe

http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/13497

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Gordon live in Ossy all through his youth, worked for an Engineering company in Ossy for years (can't remember the name) In his early years he was a very active member of the Labour Party, but left when the SDP was formed in the early 80s

Re: Noted living Accringtonians.
 

Percy, he's a regular in the Griffins Head pub