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margaret you have to tell the story of the monkey in hartlepool!

I live in Darlington famous for the birth of Darlington to Stockton Railway in 1825,and The Locomotion was the first locomotive engine to pull a passenger train,she is now in Darlington's first railway station in North Road,also we are a Quaker town.

Well not a town, just a small village! A Castle-- a real one with a moat--Bodiam

Was born in Reading where Oscar Wilde famously wrote ' The Ballad of Reading Gaol'

Hi Dee I was born in Bradford Yorkshire I knew some of these that were born in Bradford Yorkshire but did not realise there was so many famous people until I looked it up. What an interesting thread this is Regards Jackie list of people born in Bradford Notable Bradfordians Mohammed Ajeeb CBE* — the first Asian Lord Mayor in the United Kingdom Private Eric Anderson, VC* — Bradford's only winner of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War Sir Edward Appleton* — discoverer of the ionosphere and Nobel Prize winner Bob Appleyard* — Yorkshire and England cricketer Tasmin Archer* — Singer-songwriter Inspector Martin Baines, race relations officer West Yorkshire Police (Bradford's best citizen 2000 (service sector)). David Bairstow* — Yorkshire and England cricketer Rodney Bewes* — Actor John Braine* Writer The Brontë sisters, Anne*, Emily*, and Charlotte* were born in Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford, but later lived in Haworth. Ian Clough* — mountaineer Phil Dean musician Frederick Delius* — Composer Joolz Denby (also known as Joolz) — poet and writer Richard Dunn — Boxer. Adrian Edmondson* — actor and comedian, most notably Young Ones and Bottom W.E. Forster* Politician — commemorated by statue, and is the namesake of Forster Square. Edward Garvey — Garda Commissioner Gareth Gates* — Pop Idol runner up Robert Hardy — bassist of Franz Ferdinand David Hockney* — Artist Allan Holdsworth — Guitarist Alice Jones — the child-actress who played Katie Rowan in ITV's Heartbeat (1992-present) born 4 March 1993 Ken Kitson — Bradford born actor in Last of the Summer Wine Samuel Lister* — Industrialist & inventor, commemorated by a statue. Brian Noble — Great Britain Rugby League coach The Black Panther — career kidnapper and murderer Albert Pierrepoint — executioner from Clayton — put to death Ruth Ellis- the last woman executed in England, and many others. J. B. Priestley* — Writer, commemorated by a statue. Simon Rouse, plays DCI Jack Meadows in The Bill Lord John Sewel, a Labour Party member of the House of Lords Harry Corbett* — Sooty glove puppet Justin Sullivan — Musician and songwriter in New Model Army Peter Sutcliffe — The Yorkshire Ripper, serial killer Kimberley Walsh — Member of pop group Girls Aloud Richard Whiteley* — Television Presenter Sir Walter Womersley, World War II minister representing Grimsby Wm Morrison Supermarkets originated in Bradford. Bradford is the birthplace of rock bands New Model Army, Anti System, Smokie, Southern Death Cult/The Cult, The Scene, Terrorvision, Morbid Humour, Asian hip hop group Fun-Da-Mental, Violation,and new Hip-Hop record label DMB Records, also known as Defying Musical Boundaries.

Hi Dee I was born in Bradford Yorkshire I knew some of these that were born in Bradford Yorkshire but did not realise there was so many famous people until I looked it up. What an interesting thread this is Regards Jackie list of people born in Bradford Notable Bradfordians Mohammed Ajeeb CBE* — the first Asian Lord Mayor in the United Kingdom Private Eric Anderson, VC* — Bradford's only winner of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War Sir Edward Appleton* — discoverer of the ionosphere and Nobel Prize winner Bob Appleyard* — Yorkshire and England cricketer Tasmin Archer* — Singer-songwriter Inspector Martin Baines, race relations officer West Yorkshire Police (Bradford's best citizen 2000 (service sector)). David Bairstow* — Yorkshire and England cricketer Rodney Bewes* — Actor John Braine* Writer The Brontë sisters, Anne*, Emily*, and Charlotte* were born in Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford, but later lived in Haworth. Ian Clough* — mountaineer Phil Dean musician Frederick Delius* — Composer Joolz Denby (also known as Joolz) — poet and writer Richard Dunn — Boxer. Adrian Edmondson* — actor and comedian, most notably Young Ones and Bottom W.E. Forster* Politician — commemorated by statue, and is the namesake of Forster Square. Edward Garvey — Garda Commissioner Gareth Gates* — Pop Idol runner up Robert Hardy — bassist of Franz Ferdinand David Hockney* — Artist Allan Holdsworth — Guitarist Alice Jones — the child-actress who played Katie Rowan in ITV's Heartbeat (1992-present) born 4 March 1993 Ken Kitson — Bradford born actor in Last of the Summer Wine Samuel Lister* — Industrialist & inventor, commemorated by a statue. Brian Noble — Great Britain Rugby League coach The Black Panther — career kidnapper and murderer Albert Pierrepoint — executioner from Clayton — put to death Ruth Ellis- the last woman executed in England, and many others. J. B. Priestley* — Writer, commemorated by a statue. Simon Rouse, plays DCI Jack Meadows in The Bill Lord John Sewel, a Labour Party member of the House of Lords Harry Corbett* — Sooty glove puppet Justin Sullivan — Musician and songwriter in New Model Army Peter Sutcliffe — The Yorkshire Ripper, serial killer Kimberley Walsh — Member of pop group Girls Aloud Richard Whiteley* — Television Presenter Sir Walter Womersley, World War II minister representing Grimsby Wm Morrison Supermarkets originated in Bradford. Bradford is the birthplace of rock bands New Model Army, Anti System, Smokie, Southern Death Cult/The Cult, The Scene, Terrorvision, Morbid Humour, Asian hip hop group Fun-Da-Mental, Violation,and new Hip-Hop record label DMB Records, also known as Defying Musical Boundaries

Margaret, You were born in Hartlepool!! So was I. Here's the story:- During the Napoleonic Wars at the beginning of the 1800s, when England was at war with France, there was a particularly vicious storm off the North East Coast. During this the Hartlepool fishermen could see a French vessel struggling against the heavy seas, and eventually sinking. Wreckage was washed ashore and clinging for dear life to a piece of this was the ship's pet monkey dressed in a soldier's uniform. The ignorant fishermen did not quite know what to make of it - after all they had never seen a monkey before and neither had they seen a Frenchman - so could this be one of their French enemies? It was decided to immediately hold a trial on the beach, and the conclusion that was reached was that the monkey was a French spy. It was promptly sentenced to death by hanging and this was duly carried out using the mast of a fishing boat as the gallows. Kath. x

Well some of you certainly seem to have been born in interesting towns, Jackie I hadn't realised so many famous people had been born in Bradford David, I have a vague feeling I know where you mean ;-)))) He is one of my favourite poets ;-)))

hi Dee & all Kevin Keegan and Ian Botham played footie for my town. ?? ;-) ps Dee, I put a thread up, hee hee hee!

Princess Diana was born just outside of town, in Sandringham, and went to school in town. The school she went to is quite posh, but the area it's in, isn't!

In the town, where I was born........they have a well known regatta every year. I grew up and married in the tiny rural parish in England where William Penn, founder of Pensilvania, died.

Hi Jen, I will have to set my spies to work ;-))))))

Does anyone else come from somewhere famous?? ;-)))

Lady Godiva rode through the streets of the town on her horse stark naked - where was I born... Coventry. and Little Lynn - I now live in your home town !!

I live in a town where your town may have bought 1 or 2 of our famous buses or seen one of our trucks