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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 !
 
starofwonder said:
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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And your point is:confused:
 
starofwonder said:
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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When Diana was on X-Factor, her home was in Huncoat, where she lived with her mother.

What on earth as Wainwright got to do with Accy Web's Hall of fame?
 
garinda said:
When Diana was on X-Factor, her home was in Huncoat, where she lived with her mother.

What on earth as Wainwright got to do with Accy Web's Hall of fame?
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Looks like we've got another Star who'll make us Wonder G:D
 
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 ?
 
starofwonder said:
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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This isn't a competition.

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/f120/obituaries-of-noted-accringtonians-51415.html

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f120/noted-living-accringtonians-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
 
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 !
 
starofwonder said:
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 still often on television.

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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