Accrington Claim to fame
 

Can we name all the famous people/things that have come from Accrington or the surrounding area???

For example Tiffany glass or julie hesmonhalgh

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Tiffany glass and julie hesmonhalgh ? ::)

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nori bricks, jon anderson ( lead singer in YES ) and the most famous gal in accy ME.  ;D

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J.ames Hargreaves – Spinning Jenny
Jeanette Winterson – Oranges are not the only fruit
Polly J.ames – Liver Birds (Ossy)
Jim Bowen – Bulls eye
Dominic Brunt – Emmerdale
David Lloyd – cricketer
Barbara Fielding – champion archer
Ron Hill - Athlete
Vicky Entwistle - Corrie
Ewbank - carpet sweepers
E.J riley - snooker tables

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;D  Mina Anwar  - actress, thin blue line, birthday girls etc.

  Ashley Hoskin  - footballer, played for Burnley

  David Dunn  -  footie, plays for Rovers  from great harwood I think.

 My mum reckons the woman who is now Mystic Meg lived in Hyndburn, but always denies it.  Mum says that she knew her as a kid. ???

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your right lettie i think it was steiner street, many years ago.

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Terylene
Karrimor

Ossie Clark - fashion designer

Alice Liddell, the inspiration behind Lewis Carroll's Alice books, lived at Oakhill.

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Terylene, discovered at Broad Oak Printworks during the Second World War
Khaki colour - discovered by Gatty (the park along Hyndburn Road being named after him)
Sorry, but Alice Liddle did NOT live at Oak Hill Mansion, it was the man who eventually became her husband i.e. Reginald Hargreaves
Mystic Meg was indeed BORN just off Blackburn Road, but her family only lived there a couple of years

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this town has talent that has been fogotton  ;D

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Oops, sorry. I've been misinformed there!  :-[

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The marvellous collection of Tiffany Glass, which is in Haworth Art Gallery, is all thanks to an Accrington man, Mr JOSEPH BRIGGS, who was born at No. 1 Milnshaw Lane, Accrington. He went to "seek his fortune" in America and ended up staying there. After eventually gaining work at the famous Tiffany Studio, he in time became Manager.  When Tiffany glass went out of famous in the 1930's he had the sense to ship some home, to his native town.  It is today a unique collection.

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[quote author=lettie link=board=qanda;num=1064939674;start=0#4 date=09/30/03 at 22:12:58]
Ashley Hoskin - footballer, played for Burnley
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More famous in Accy playing for Accrington Stanley though!

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Atarrah - yes the collection at howarth is amazing I hope everyone knows about tiffany

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There is also a Darts Player in there somewhere.But i forgot his name.Alex Higgins, the snooker player.Mik Duxbury who i believe played for Manchester Utd

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Alex Higgins came form Accy? I didn't know that! How come he's got such a strong Scottish accent then?

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I thought he was irish, but yes he did live in accrington many years ago remember seeing him in the pickwick pub in town.

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Alex Higgins was Irish, of course isn't there now a younger player of the same name mius fag and pint? he used to play up the Elite but I don't remember him actually living in Accy. I went to school with the guy that was the Drummer in black grape. Is now doing some stuff with Peter Gabriel. Then theres me! When I came out here I was a nanny for a famous canadian singer's brother!

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Alex did live in Hyndburn for a while, back around the early 70s if I remember correctly. Wasn't he a resident player at one of the snooker halls before he became well known?

Remember seeing him regularly around pubs in the area anyway.

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Well I'll be blown! you learn something new everyday.
What about famous people you've met? Anyone any tales?  

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Higgins lived in Blacburn and used to catch the 46 from the boulevard most afternoons around 3 in the afternoon to Accy

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;D >:( ;D
Are you not thinking of Dennis Taylor who used to live in Wilpshire? He used to play regularly around the area.
::)

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No...Taylor lived in Blackburn as well but there was no snooker club in Blacburn as there was in Accy (Alwsays above a Burtons shop..)

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Well,me dear,OF COURSE John Roy Anderson aka JON ANDERSON of Yes fame!

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Mik, the darts player you are thinking about is Ronnie "Rocket" Baxter, currently No.4 in the World, but has now based himself in the South. No one has mentioned Hollands Pies neither, I know its in baxenden but its still Accrington

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Go on then i will ask.. How is Bexenden, Accy ?

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It is Accrington really, just like Church is in Accy and Fern Gore etc

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Boll*cks! Church is not in Accy & never has been - it's documented history precedes that of Accy.......we had our own form of local goverment (i.e. the parish) when Accy was merely a spot on the map, so insignificant that no one could even agree on how to spell it.

Anyway, Church has reached the quarter final of the FA cup, which is further than Stanley has ever been.

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Last night there was a documentary on Austrian TV (ORF) which talked about England, and in particular about how much and how often it reains there.
There was a couple on from ACCY - I couldn't believe it!!  :o
Apparently one night there was a big storm in Accy and the guy heard really big rain drops, when he looked out, his yard was full of apples. They thought it had been raining apples. Acutally the apples had been carried from the trees during by the storm into his yard.
According to the documentary, the whole of Accy was covered in apples.
Is this a true story? Anybody know whio the couple in the documentary were? Is the story famous back home too?

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Apple trees in Accy? I think ORF have just been conned.....

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November 1984

A garden in East Crescent, Laneside.

It was in the local papers and on the local news.

Been included in a few docs and science programmes since.

Apparently about 300 apples fell in the garden.

Accy being covered in apples is an exaggeration.
:)

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Wow, thanks Cazzer, so it was true then? Any idea who the couple were?

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No idea!
Try emailing the Telegraph. They probably have it archived somewhere. The website archive doesn't go that far back, I don't think.
:)

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cazzer mentioned dominic brunt(aka paddy in emmerdale) earlier in the thread......he came from blackburn and was on the same performing arts course as me.we spent our time between blackburn road college and rossendale college in rawtenstall,between 1989-1991.

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Dominic Brunt went to Moorhead High School Accrington. He was mates with my step brother at school and lived in Accy at that time. ;D

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[quote author=Jo link=board=qanda;num=1064939674;start=0#14 date=10/01/03 at 11:28:49]Alex Higgins came form Accy? I didn't know that! How come he's got such a strong Scottish accent then?[/quote]
Jo he is irish but he lived up Oswaldtwistle.On Fielding lane to be precise.He used to go in the Elite a lot.Actually he extracted the urine out of me but we are going back 31 years here.me dad used to take me in there for a game of snooker

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Dominic's dad lived in Burnley Rd Acc, and Dominic used to visit regularly whilst on Emmerdale.

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[quote author=Mik_Dickinson link=board=qanda;num=1064939674;start=0#34 date=10/05/03 at 20:07:40]
Jo he is irish but he lived up Oswaldtwistle.On Fielding lane to be precise.He used to go in the Elite a lot.Actually he extracted the urine out of me but we are going back 31 years here.me dad used to take me in there for a game of snooker
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Thanks for that Mik. Thought he did at one stage, but didn't want to come back on it till someone else agreed. :)

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[quote author=cazzer link=board=qanda;num=1064939674;start=0#35 date=10/05/03 at 20:52:47]Dominic's dad lived in Burnley Rd Acc, and Dominic used to visit regularly whilst on Emmerdale.

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did you know his girlfriend when he was at college as well?........anne marie

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No I don't, but my daughter-in-law's mum worked with his dad, and worked at home there with him on several occasions.

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o rite ::)

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Why the rolling eyes Jason?

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just thought you knew everything about him with the way you talk about him......you got a fixation with him? [smiley=poke2.gif]?......lol

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What because I made a post about his Accy connection, as did Lettie?

Now my eyes are rolling!  ::)

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im only joking with you............lol
so we all know him.....wow big deal(not).
cheers for the boo!

next famous person you know??

damon hill is my cousin................but he isnt from lancashire!

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i know paul barrett,he lived in ossy and was in prime suspect and other tv programmes.

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What about Jo Allessi, he's been on a few things hasn't he? did he have a bit part in Bridget Jone's diary?

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Never heard he was from Accy.......I once heard a story that Butch Cassidy's dad was from Accy and that Butch had a good Accy accent.....any one else hear that?

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Just read on net somewhere that butch was taken over there as a baby, strangely enough!

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So if he was taken over as a baby, then was he born in Accy? And if so, whereabouts?

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Re: Gatty

Somewhat ironic, is it not, that Gatty - the guy who developed the Khaki dye - the standard colour of the British Army battledress - was a German (although settled in Church)

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Would be interesting to know that's for sure! :)

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Did Butch were Khaki when he robbed the banks and trains with Sundance?

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:D   Littlemo,

Joe Alessi went to Moorhead also, I was in the same year as his brother, and his dad has the little taylors shop at the bottom of my street. Can't remember if he was in Bridget Jones, though I think he may have been (will have to watch it again) he has definately had small parts in the Bill and some other t.v. shows, but I can't remember which ones. Funnily enough, snooker player Dennis Taylor used to have his suits made at Joe's dad's shop. When I first bought this house, I used to see him on our street regularly ;D

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It was Mark that told me that but when I watched it I couldn't find him!

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Just for the record, Bill Beaumont the ex-England rugby captain is a stuck-up, fat, ugly, arrogant, creep.
My brother deals with him regularly in Spain where he lives and where Bill has his yacht.
As*h**e!

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What was that last remark? You insult that fine Lancastrian, Sir William Blackledge Beaumont? How dare you?

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Butch Cassidy was born Robert LeRoy Parker on April 13th, 1866 in Beaver, Utah. His parents were Mormons and his grandfather was one of the first Mormon settlers in Utah. I've heard the Butch Cassidy is from Accy myth before, but I think it's just that...a myth.

One famous Accringtonian who hasn't been mentioned here is Sir Harrison Birtwistle, the UK's foremost living classical music composer.

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Yeah....you ever been to a Birtwhistle concert or listened to his stuff.....talk about wacky...10 minutes is enough to do your head in

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bill Beaumont alias creep face has a habit of going into pubs and restaurants, eating and drinking as much as he wants and leaving without paying. If he is questioned he says in a very loud vioce "do you know who the f**k I am?" Get out my pi**ing way or I'll knock you're stinking head off."
Nice guy eh?

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And anyway, I always supported Emly hughes.

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Oh dear....so he's not as nice as he looks then.....he always used to come across as a decent bloke...who's Emly Huges? What's she do?

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Sorry meant Emlyn Hughes the football player - it's a typing error! He was Bill's opponent on a Question of Sport - did you never watch it?

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Only rarely.....I prefer to stick my head into the pages of a good book rather than watch telly...and I'm not that much into sport anyway. I won't be watching the England - Turkey game this saturday, thats for sure...

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Well that put an end to that!

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[quote author=Tealeaf link=board=qanda;num=1064939674;start=0#49 date=10/06/03 at 13:52:06]Re: Gatty

Somewhat ironic, is it not, that Gatty - the guy who developed the Khaki dye - the standard colour of the British Army battledress - was a German

Apparently the guy who developed cats eyes for the roads was German and his stipulation on the patent was that they are not allowed to be used in that country

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Hey Mik,
I thought the guy who developed Cats Eyes in the 1930's was called Percy Shaw and came from somewhere in Derbyshire.....died about 10 years back...went completely wacko with his royalties, never left his house and used to sit around watching 3 different telly's at the same time....

German, eh......and did Messersmidt invent the jet engine before Whittle? I think it all depends where you love...

I see us Brits got a share in this  years Nobel in Medicine & in Physics. No Germans, though. Shame that...

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Re: above...
Love s/b live......or possibly not

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Freudian slip there Tealeaf, have love on your subconscience do ya?
Believe Freud was German come to think of it, too.....  :D

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Austrian - but is there a difference?

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Thought he might have been.
Is there a difference between Brits adn Americans? If so teh same applies to Germans and Austrians..... !! ;D
(ps Austrians are more laid back and have a better sense of humour than Germans)

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The Germans speak the same language as the Austrians, unlike the British & the Americans......

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Not true.  :(
more words differ between "hoch deutsch", which is spoken in Germany, predominantly in the North, and "Österreicherisch" spoken in Austrian than between English and America.
Example:
Gibst Du mir bitte zwei Eier, um einen Pfannenkuchen zu kochen?
Gibst mir zwo coccele, um ein omlett zu bocken?

Can I have two eggs to make a pancake please?
Think it would be the same in US English, big diff though in German and Austrian. ;D

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I'll remember that in World War III

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What about Steve Pinder ex of Brookside? And some other geezer who is in Emmerdale? THen there is ... Harrison Birtwistle.

http://www.braunarts.com/birtwistle/

P.S. wasn't Jon Anderson called the singing milkman?

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[quote author=Tealeaf link=board=qanda;num=1064939674;start=40#65 date=10/09/03 at 17:41:15]Hey Mik,

......and did Messersmidt invent the jet engine before Whittle?
Would not know about that i thought he was called
Messerschmidt witch translates as knife smith, just another piece of useless info.

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Does anyone remember the two guys that won the star search trails at the Jenny(it was the show that had Tony Blackburn on it). The funniest thing is that one guy had his zipper down most of the show and that got more votes than their singing.
Oh what a claim to fame