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Not content with poaching Diana Vickers as a Blackburn Lass
( though many on this forum would dispute that !) Blackburn can lay claim to the famous Alfred Wainwright who moved to the Lake District and became very famous ! |
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What on earth as Wainwright got to do with Accy Web's Hall of fame? |
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Theres still a lot of rivalry between Accy and Blackburn,
Alfred has achieved world fame for his brilliant books on the Lake District, can Accy come up with anyone of equal status ? |
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I'm sure Blackburn Web would love you to start a Hall of Fame thread. You can start with me. As I was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn. As for Accrington's literary progeny, there are numerous authors mentioned in these threads. http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ans-51415.html http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ans-51573.html I suppose the greatest living writer would have to be Jeanette Winterson. Someone who'd be known in literary salons worldwide...unlike Wainwright, who's really just a national figure, popular amongst thick booted weirdy beardies. Jeanette Winterson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Of course, Jeanette, she was always on telly at one time
and became famous very young. Born in Manchester, but with that accent, definitely a Lancashire Lass ! |
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She's a regular guest critic on the Culture Show, as well as being a panelist on Question Time, and has been a guest on many radio programmes. She was adopted and was brought up in Accrington aged ten days old. |
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