Famous folk from your school

[Puggit]

lazy_b said:

Cut 'n' paste from Wikipedia:-
* Paul Atherton, Television/Film Producer
* Ray Bishop, Footballer, (Brighton, Cardiff and Newport County)
* Iwan Davies, aka Strad, journalist with the South Wales Argus
* John Dawes, international Rugby union player
* Bradley Dredge, Professional Golfer, European Tour winner
* Geoff Eales, Jazz musician
* Jonathan Evans, politician
* George Fisher, dramatist, director
* Julian Hodge, financier
* Peter Hubbard-Miles, politician
* Berwyn Jones, Athlete, rugby player
* Neil Kinnock, politician
* Derek Morgan, international rugby player, President of the Rugby Football Union
* Tecwen Morgan, aka Tecwen Whittock, lecturer, quiz cheat
* Victor Erle Nash-Williams Welsh archaeologist
* John O'Shea (rugby player), international Rugby union
* Berwyn Price, athlete
* David Rocyn-Jones Medic, former president of the Welsh Rugby Union
* Richard Vaughan, Badminton Player, 2000 & 2004 Olympian
* Simon Weston, Falklands War Veteran, Charity Worker
* Phil Williams, politician, scientist
* Lloyd Daniels, contestant on The X Factor

OP said:

Famous folk

[Puggit]

kris450 said:

Went to the same school as you

87-92 here!

[LHD]

Famous Graham said:

LHD said:

Famous Graham said:

LHD said:

Gavin Hastings - Ex-Scottish Rugby Captain
Scott Hastings - Ex-Scotland Rugby International

Their brother Euan as well? He's quite well known in charity circles (I worked with him at PoppyScotland)

Probably.

Didn't know there was another brother.

Just looking into it i can add:

Ian Anderson - Singer with Jethro Tull
Mylo - Music type person
Sir David Steel - Former Liberal leader

Edited by LHD on Sunday 14th March 19:34

Two actually There's a Graeme as well.

(And I mispelled Euan - it's Ewan)

I'm still in shock Ian Anderson went to my school.

[kris450]

Puggit said:

kris450 said:

Went to the same school as you

87-92 here!

Oooh, so close.

92-97 for me.

[Lucas CAV]

Sir John Mills.

[Dixie68]

Well after a bit of digging it turns out Keith Allen went to my school for a short time, as did the singer Joe Jackson.

[snowy slopes]

Apparently,
Graham Chapman and Robert Harris are allumni

[Morningside]

No one as far as I can tell and it got knocked down in about 1983 for a housing estate

[schmalex]

Shamelessly nicked from the school's Wiki site...

Military

• Lieutenant Colonel Tom Adlam, Victoria Cross recipient
• Major Anthony Robert Klitz, artist
• Tom Martin
• Brigadier Andrew McLaughlin
• Chris Moon MBE

Sports

• David Egerton, England XV rugby international player
• Richard Hill, England XV rugby international player/captain/winner RWC 2003 (flanker)
• Christopher Jackson, Scotland U18 rugby international player (scrum half)
• John Shaw, England XI hockey captain and Olympian
• Barnaby Sollars, circumnavigating yachtsman
• David Walters, Croquet European Team Championship winner
• Oliver Goss, Doncaster Knights (winger)
• Andrew Henderson, Rotherham Titans (outside centre)
• Eden Ormerod, England Polo international

Business

• Dr David Atterton CBE, industrialist and central banker, President of the Institute of Metals (now the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining) from 1987-8
• Sir Leonard Cooke OBE, Chairman of the Co-op CWS from 1960-66
• Lord of Redlynch, Colin Sharman, Chairman of KPMG International and Chairman of the Aegis Group since 2000
• Dominic Ryalls, Chief Executive Officer of Jefferson Salt

Arts

• Leander Deeny - writer/ actor
• Joseph Fiennes, actor
• Ralph Fiennes, actor
• Tom McDonald, actor
• David Oakes, actor
• Otto Plaschkes, movie producer
• Andy Sheppard, jazz musician
• Nigel Shore, principal oboist with the Komische Oper Berlin

Education

• Dr Robin Baker, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chichester 2007-
• Prof. Andrew Copp, leading neurobiologist
• Prof Andrew Hattersley, Professor of Molecular Medicine, Peninsula Medical School

Legal

• Sir Ken Macdonald, Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales and head of the Crown Prosecution Service

Religion

• Mervyn Alexander, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clifton[6] from 1974-2001

Other

• Sir Cecil Chubb, Last private owner of Stonehenge
• Peter Cooper (journalist)
• Andrew Harvey, BBC Newsreader
• Sir Graham Smith CBE, Chief probation officer of United Kingdom
• Sir Frank Noyce CBE

Edited by schmalex on Sunday 14th March 21:05

[Dixie68]

The Riddler said:

Dixie68 said:

No-one famous, but having read this:

Wiki said:

... is based in the most deprived ward in Gosport, and in 2001 was classed as a failing school with only 19% getting five or more good GCSEs. This rose to 38% in 2004. The school was also identified by the Department for Education and Skills as being among 148 nationwide which were likely to have a "high number of persistent truants".
"... is one of the few UK schools with an on-site police officer".

it's entirely possible a few infamous people went there. Blimey.

Similar for me, no one famous. But was a st hole.

Wiki said:

The proportion of students who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities and those who have a statement of special educational needs exceeds the national average. The small numbers of students from minority ethnic backgrounds are predominately of pakistani heritage (15 - 20 %). The proportion of students entitled to free school meals is slightly above the national average. The school gained specialist status as a sports college in 2004. Artsmark and Sportsmark status are also held by the school and in 2006 they were re-accredited as Investors in People.

Hmmm that rings a bell with my old school:

Wiki said:

... Sports College, formally ...Community School, is a comprehensive 11-16 secondary school in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The school has been awarded specialist Sports College status.

So do they just give up on the education in st schools and rebrand them as 'Sports Colleges'?

[Cock Womble]

I'm sorry, but I think I'm still in the lead with Bradley Walsh.

[The Riddler]

Dixie68 said:

The Riddler said:

Dixie68 said:

No-one famous, but having read this:

Wiki said:

... is based in the most deprived ward in Gosport, and in 2001 was classed as a failing school with only 19% getting five or more good GCSEs. This rose to 38% in 2004. The school was also identified by the Department for Education and Skills as being among 148 nationwide which were likely to have a "high number of persistent truants".
"... is one of the few UK schools with an on-site police officer".

it's entirely possible a few infamous people went there. Blimey.

Similar for me, no one famous. But was a st hole.

Wiki said:

The proportion of students who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities and those who have a statement of special educational needs exceeds the national average. The small numbers of students from minority ethnic backgrounds are predominately of pakistani heritage (15 - 20 %). The proportion of students entitled to free school meals is slightly above the national average. The school gained specialist status as a sports college in 2004. Artsmark and Sportsmark status are also held by the school and in 2006 they were re-accredited as Investors in People.

Hmmm that rings a bell with my old school:

Wiki said:

... Sports College, formally ...Community School, is a comprehensive 11-16 secondary school in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The school has been awarded specialist Sports College status.

So do they just give up on the education in st schools and rebrand them as 'Sports Colleges'?

If the focus more on sports (run monkey run!) they dont need to be academic.

I missed out on a place at the local selective grammer school by living just out of the catchment area. I can't imagine how different my life would be right now if I hadn't of attended a school for retards and being taught by retards.

[Cara Van Man]

Brett Anderson and Mat Osman of Suede went to my college.

[Dixie68]

The Riddler said:

If the focus more on sports (run monkey run!) they dont need to be academic.

True, but along with being thick they're all fat buggers too so that doesn't work either.
Anyway, back on topic, my brother assures me that Amanda Redman also went to my school but I find no evidence of that whatsoever.

[madbadger]

The legend who is David Bowie.

[oilandwater]

Me. I will now take my bow.

[robodonkey2005]

Sir Terry Wogan....legend

[spikeyhead]

I went to school in Luton, so no famous folk from my old place.

[SmartTowelGS401]

poached from wiki and edited:

Arts and Broadcasting

* Kenneth Adam, Controller of the BBC
* Jonathan Charles, BBC Foreign Correspondent
* Leslie Crowther, comedian and quiz show host
* D. H. Lawrence[10], writer and publisher

I was in the year below this next one, vaguely famous i guess:
* Jonny Sweet, comedian and actor

The Armed Forces

* Albert Ball, the first Royal Flying Corps winner of the Victoria Cross
* Theodore Hardy, (former master) non-combatant chaplain during the Great War, awarded the Victoria Cross

Sports

Knew both of these two not that they're desperately famous!!

• Andy Turner, Professional sprint hurdles
• Anthony Douglas Great Britain Short Track Speed Skating Team.

Politics, some big guns in here!!

* Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Labour Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), current Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, former Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
* Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP[5], former Chancellor of the Exchequer,current Shadow Business Secretary and perennial Conservative Party leadership candidate
* Edward Davey MP[12], Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, Liberal Democrat Chief of Staff.
* Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP, Current Transport Secretary and former Minister of State for Europe,Secretary of State for Defence and Leader of the House of Commons
* Piers Merchant former Conservative Member of Parliament, resigned in disgrace in 1997

Civil and Diplomatic Service and some more big guns!

* Sir Peter Gregson KCB, former Permanent Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry
* Sir Richard Lloyd-Jones KCB, former Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Office
* Lord Richardson of Duntisborne KG, sometime Governor of the Bank of England
* Sir Douglas Wass GCB, sometime Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and Head of the Home Civil Service
* G. O. Whittaker OBE, Governor of Anguilla
* Norman Turner CBE, Official Solicitor 1970–1980[13]

Commerce

* Jesse Boot later Lord Trent, founder of the chemist's Boots (now the Boots Group)
* Frank Bowden engineer and businessman, founder of Raleigh Bicycle Company, inventor of the Bowden Cable
* John Player, tobacconist (John Player & Sons)

Science and Technology

* J. P. Knight, inventor of the traffic light

[perdu]

I think I go with Cock Womble as winner

but after Wikipedia (who does all that stuff?) we had

JRR Tolkein (which I knew)

Sqn Ldr Peter Latham (boss of the RAF Black Arrows aerobatic Hunter team, which also knew)

And a few oddities I hadnt known

Field Marshall Slim

and others obscure but well paid no doubt (bitter? Moi? non! just poor...)

and whisper it quietly, I do

Don Maclean (Wiki claims he is a light entertainer, looks about an ordinary weight to me)

Atcherlley Don's dad was in the next bed to me in Selly Oak horsepiddle many years ago (very early seventies)

really, really nice bloke...

Edited by perdu on Sunday 14th March 23:12