Famous folk from your school

Famous folk from your school

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Jimski

275 posts

173 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Rebecca Adlington - gold medal winner was only 2 years beneath me at school

Freddie328

685 posts

207 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Dennis Quilley - Actor
Michael Lynch - Co founder Autonomy
Alan Davies - Actor/comedian
Sam Spiro - Actress
Sam Smith - Former British no. 1 ladies tennis player
Lee Sparke - Grange Hill's Jonah

Jem0911

4,415 posts

207 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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E36GUY said:
From mine - I have deleted those that I feel whilst of note, not really current.

Some people
What house Guy?

mywifeshusband

595 posts

204 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Two from my old school

Bampfylde Moore Carew, rogue and imposter
Jack Russell, Victorian hunting parson, dog breeder

Lots of others people but these two inprire me!

Lefty

16,576 posts

208 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Hugh74 said:
Lefty said:
SlipStream77 said:
Lefty said:
Jim Clark.
We have a winner.
bow
You missed out Norman Lamont! Andrew Marr as well I think.
I didn't go to Loretto wink

Jim Clark went to Primary School in Chirnside.

clonmult

10,529 posts

215 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Secondary school :
John Inman

Thats it, pretty poor showing. And its disturbing that he attended an all-boys school.

Uni fares little better.
Jim Bamber, autosport illustrator
John Stapleton

mr_spock

3,365 posts

221 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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clonmult said:
Secondary school :
John Inman
Was it an "I'm free!" school?

Hugh74

83 posts

170 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Lefty said:
Hugh74 said:
Lefty said:
SlipStream77 said:
Lefty said:
Jim Clark.
We have a winner.
bow
You missed out Norman Lamont! Andrew Marr as well I think.
I didn't go to Loretto wink

Jim Clark went to Primary School in Chirnside.
smile Apparently he hated Loretto. We also had Alistair Darling along with Norman Lamont. 2 terrible chancellors of the exchequer!

captainzep

13,305 posts

198 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Don't have the alumnus to hand but from memory:

Hugo Blimpton-McChimp -Politician
Quentin Trumpton-Gitt -England Rugger player
Harry Quaffingham-Pant -Editor -Daily Telegraph
The 5th Earl of Skelmersdale

Amongst many others.

Actually Dominic Dale (snooker player) and a man who made the local papers for being caught having sex with a dog are the only famous people from my small Welsh comprehensive school.


clonmult

10,529 posts

215 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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mr_spock said:
clonmult said:
Secondary school :
John Inman
Was it an "I'm free!" school?
Thankfully not, or at least not when I was there in the early 80s. As far as I can recall, there was only one obvious gayer in the whole school.

MikeyMike

580 posts

207 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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A few athletes, Sir Roger Bannister, Jason Gardner and Amy Williams was in my year during the 6th Form. Arnold Ridley (played Godfrey in Dad's Army) and Nobel Lauereate Dr Richard Roberts.

MikeyMike

580 posts

207 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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davepoth said:
Amy Williams, Gold Medallist in the Skeleton at the winter Olympics, was in my Sixth Form for some classes.

Roger Bannister, first man to run a mile under 4 minutes was a student.

Adam Campbell (was Jones at School), star of "Date Movie" was in the year above.

Jason Gardner, the sprinter.

Richard Roberts, Nobel Laureate.

There are a few more I think, but those are pretty good ones.
Damn it, should read the whole thread before I posted smile

spitfire-ian

3,889 posts

234 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Tim McInnerny




Mark_Karting

899 posts

188 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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According to Wikipedia:
"the economist (Sir) Alexander Cairncross, the politician Margo MacDonald, the novelist Robin Jenkins, author and motoring writer James Currie, the product designer Philip Ross (SafeHinge), pioneer photographer James Craig Annan, doctor and chemist William Cullen and Ali Richardson, the drummer of the rising Death Metal band Bleed From Within."

I've met the safehinge designer at the local Uni and i have a mutual friend with Ali (death metal drummer) who was only a few years above me at school.

Jasper3.0

652 posts

206 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Lee Sharpe.

Captain Cadillac

2,974 posts

193 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Mira Sorvino comes to mind

WreckedGecko

1,191 posts

207 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Wiki says:

Piers Adams 'Reigning recorder virtuoso in the world today' according to The Washington Post
Matt Allwright, presenter of BBC's Rogue Traders (television)
Paul Burnell - 53 Scotland rugby caps 1989 - 1999 and 1 Lions Cap 1993 v New Zealand 1st test (thats cool)
Jon Courtney, Musician, Guitarist, Vocalist, and songwriter of the band Pure Reason Revolution (never heard of him)
Natalie Dormer, actress, works including Casanova (2005 TV serial) and The Tudors (stunning, year above me)
Robert Gaines-Cooper, contributed to the old science block yet became infamous as the subject of a huge tax ruling in February 2010[1]
Mike Golding, round-the-world yachtsman and OBE
Richard Josey engraver, works include Whistler's Mother after James McNeill Whistler
Jeremy Kyle, broadcaster (for shame)
Tom Rowlands of the Chemical Brothers
Tom Rosenthal, stand-up comedian and actor in Friday Night Dinner
Fraser T Smith - music producer / writer / guitarist ( James Morrison, Cee Lo Green,Tinchy Stryder, Craig David, Taio Cruz)
Luke Williams , Creator of hit TV show "Charly Chalk". Ventriloquist known for his use of the child-friendly puppet "VINCENT"
Alok Sharma - Member of Parliament for Reading West. Elected on May 6th 2010 for the Conservative Party

mostly unknowns...

thatone1967

4,193 posts

197 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Maria Whittaker...


She was fit then as well..

biggrin



(could not find any others with clothes on!)

wink

Edited by thatone1967 on Thursday 6th January 21:05

E31Shrew

5,940 posts

198 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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Not sure if I've contributed to this one before

Ben Elton

Gabrielle Glaister....Bob in Blackadder and that Liverpool soap from the 80's

Rocksteadyeddie

7,971 posts

233 months

Thursday 6th January 2011
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thatone1967 said:
Maria Whittaker...


She was fit then as well..

biggrin



(could not find any others with clothes on!)

wink

Edited by thatone1967 on Thursday 6th January 21:05
CW7 will be along... any....... second........... now.