Your home town is famous because...

[burner1]

I was born in Famagusta, Cyprus and was only small when I left there. I consider Plymouth, where I've lived for 30 years or so as my 'hometown'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth

[doughboy]

I was born in Famagusta, Cyprus and was only small when I left there.

We have a flat up the road in Iskele - I've yet to go there lol.

Apparently these people are famous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...from_Beckenham

Obviously heard of David Haye, and a few of the others.

And we have Bethlem which is interesting

[{{909}}]

My Current home, Luoyang is famous for being the home of the flower of China: the Peony and also the birthplace of Chinese Buddhism. More recent history is the Christmas day fire where over 300 people died in a nightclub and a weirdo that built a sex dungeon under his house , kept upto 8 women locked up in there and made them fight to the death.

[bub]

Im from Elstree which is famous for Star Wars II, III, IV, V, VI. Also crappy Eastenders studios very near my house. Big Brother studio down the road amongst other TV stuff.

[pratman]

I'm from Coventry.

Some bird rode a horse through the City with her norks out.
Our Cathedral was Game-Overed by the Luftwaffe in 1940.
We won a football match in 1985.

lol no we wont the fa cup in 1987...........yeah but a bird did have her baps out and rode through the city

we did have the biggest tesco in europe at one point

we have a cathedral that got bombed in WW2

we probably have more pound shops than any other city in the UK

[crazyal]

lol no we wont the fa cup in 1987...........yeah but a bird did have her baps out and rode through the city

we did have the biggest tesco in europe at one point

we have a cathedral that got bombed in WW2

we probably have more pound shops than any other city in the UK

Pfft, 1987. Whatever, no-one cares.

You just re-posted all of mine just worded differently. You could of mentioned Two-Tone or the Car Industry.Twat.

[Ashley]

We have a flat up the road in Iskele - I've yet to go there lol.

Apparently these people are famous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...from_Beckenham

Obviously heard of David Haye, and a few of the others.

And we have Bethlem which is interesting

Didn't Nigel Ben used to have a shop in Beckenham? And remember flat foot sams and langtrys [emoji12]


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[GTI]

London - I wish I had something quaint to say about it

[pratman]

Pfft, 1987. Whatever, no-one cares.

You just re-posted all of mine just worded differently. You could of mentioned Two-Tone or the Car Industry.Twat.

lol this may be true........

oh yeah, first ring road in the country 40 odd years ago

jimmy hill was our manager who basically changed the world of football by introducing the 3 point system (but that was after managing cov), started off all seater stadiums, introduced the first colour match day programme and showed the first live match via cctv

[cyprus]

Difficult one to answer really. I've lived in these towns...

Liverpool, Merseyside
Derby, Derbyshire
Coalville, Leicestershire
Countesthorpe, Leicestershire
Larnaca, Cyprus
Southport, Merseyside

Now back in Larnaca so I will go for that!

Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport

On 19 February 1978, Egyptian forces raided Larnaca International Airport near Larnaca, Cyprus in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking. Earlier, two assassins had killed prominent Egyptian newspaper editor Youssef Sebai and then rounded up several Arabs who were attending a convention in Nicosia as hostages.^[3] As Cypriot forces were trying to negotiate with the hostage-takers at the airport, Egyptian troops decided to launch their own assault without authorization from the Cypriots. The unauthorized raid led to the Egyptians and the Cypriots exchanging gunfire, killing or injuring more than 20 of the Egyptian commandos.^[3] As a result, Egypt and Cyprus severed political ties for several years after the incident.

Full Wiki Here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptia...tional_Airport

[beansontoast]

...of a murderer known as Palmer the Poisoner, a woman called Christina Collins who was raped & murdered on what are known as "the bloody steps", and the donkey jacket. It is also right next to a forest which people visit from miles around because of the mountain bike trails, and to catch Stan Collymore dogging. The town is called Rugeley although I grew up a few miles from there in a village called Armitage. Most of you will have laid a cable into or peed into an Armitage Shanks toilet or "the pot bank" as it was known. A lot of people worked at the pot bank or the pit, the latter was closed down about twenty years ago.

[prezzy]

Nothing, third longest town name in the UK with non repeating letters .... had some witches hanged a bit up the road on or around Pendle Hill, thats all

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnoldswick

[Warno]

For those that follow motorcycle racing I live in the home town of Joey and Robert Dunlop. One of Roberts sons William lives in the same avenue although he isn't as good a rider as his father or uncle.

[Tattooed Freak]

Jimmy Saville
Leeds United
Leeds Rhinos

[piggzy]

Sums up where I am from.

Used to love the band too :

[piggzy]

To add and go slightly ( a lot ) off topic the KLF were fucking legends.

What the fuck is modern music missing? band names used to be awesome.. Faith No More, The Smashing Pumpkins, ACDC, and so on!!!

Now it's all Justin Bieber, Rhianna, Beyonce .... Pretentious cunts

[big3card]

Couldn't find much good to say on my town so I wiki'd it and was shocked !


Robert Plant - born in West Bromwich but he came to live in Walsall for a while at number 7 Bloxwich Road and could often be found in the New World coffee bar in Bradford Place usually writing something illegible on an A4 pad whilst making a Coke last all day
Francis Asbury – one of two founders of the Methodist movement in the United States was born in Handsworth, Birmingham and lived for a large part of his life close to the Sandwell/Walsall border.
Fred Bakewell – The 1930s Northamptonshire batsman.
Tom Major-Ball – Music hall performer and father of John Major (British prime minister from 1990 to 1997), born in Walsall in 1879 but lived in London at the time of his death in 1962.
David Brown – Warwickshire and England fast bowler. Went to Queen Mary's Grammar School
John Byrne – Comic book creator, born in Walsall but grew up in Canada.^[47]
John Henry Carless VC, sailor
Colin Charvis – British and Irish Lion and Welsh (of which he was captain) International rugby union player studied at Queen Mary's Grammar School and played for Walsall RUFC and QMGS 1st XV
Rob Collins – Musician, keyboard player with the Charlatans born in Willenhall, lived in Leamore
Peter Corey – Author of the Coping with... and television actor.
Martin Davies – ITV Weatherman born in Bloxwich and attended T P Riley Comprehensive School in Bloxwich
Zoe Dawson, English actress, born and brought up in Walsall.
Martin Degville – From Beechdale, lived with Boy George and later went on to form Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Martin Fowler – Author on software development, born in Walsall, educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School
Frederick Gibbs - World War I Flying Ace (11) Received VC. Born in Walsall London Gazette, 11 January 1917
Don Gilet – Actor, born in the Caldmore area of Walsall.
Nick Gillingham – Olympic swimmer.
Goldie – Drum 'n' Bass musician. Born in Walsall. Lived in the Stroud Avenue orphanage in Willenhall and attended St. Francis of Assisi RC Secondary School in Aldridge.
Rob Halford – Singer of heavy metal band Judas Priest, was born in Walsall on 25 August 1951.
Sir Francis Harry Hinsley OBE (26 November 1918 – 16 February 1998) was an English historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. Born in and lived in Birchills.
Noddy Holder – Lead singer of 1970s rock band, Slade, born in Caldmore in Walsall and then later moved to Beechdale.^[48] Also attended T.P. Riley Comprehensive School in Bloxwich. Noddy became a Freeman of the borough of Walsall in 2014.
Jeffrey Holland – Actor, whose real name is Jeffrey Parkes, attended Queen Mary's Grammar School.
Terry Holbrook – Former England Referee
Jerome K. Jerome – Author of Three Men in a Boat.
Alex Lester – Presenter for BBC Radio 2.
Mark Lewis-Francis – 100 metres sprinter and a member of the gold medal winning 4x100 metres relay team at the 2004 Olympics, was born in Darlaston and attended Darlaston Comprehensive School. He is nicknamed the Darlaston Dart.
Paul McDonald – Comic novelist and academic was born in Walsall in 1961.^[49]
Matthew Marsden – Actor, started his career in the British soap Brookside, now working in America, and has starred in such films as Black Hawk Down and Helen of Troy.
Peter McEnery – English actor of stage and screen, born 21 February 1940 in Walsall. He was reported to have given actress Hayley Mills her first ever kiss, while filming The Moon-Spinners (1964.) He has also acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Tony Mills – Lead singer of Norwegian rock band TNT (and previously Brummie rockers Shy) lives in the town.
Raymond Morris convicted of the Cannock Chase Murders in the late 1960s
Frank Mullings – Operatic tenor and the first to sing Parsifal in English
Sir Henry Newbolt – Poet, and old boy of Queen Mary's Grammar School
Sue Nicholls – Actress in Coronation Street and previously Crossroads
Mark Oakley – Playwright and screenwriter. Born in Pleck.
Erin O'Connor – Model, born 9 February 1978 – Model and Actress. Attended Brownhills Community School - Appeared in Absolutely Fabulous.
Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison (Sister Dora) – Born in Yorkshire but lived locally 1865–77. She is honoured, for her compassion and her medical work, by a statue in the centre of town, thought to be the first to a non-royal woman in England. She is now buried in The Sister Dora Gardens/Queen Street Cemetery, which is a short walk from the town centre.
Andrew Peach – BBC Radio 2 broadcaster
Nick Redfern – Cryptozoologist.
Mark Rhodes – Runner-up of Pop Idol, also born in Darlaston.
Eleanor Simmonds – Swimmer. Lived in Aldridge and attended Aldridge School. Won gold in the 100m and 400m freestyle events in the Beijing 2008 paralympic games. Winner of gold medals in the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Meera Syal – Comedienne, actor and author, attended Queen Mary's High School for Girls.
Connie Talbot- English child singer from Streetly, Aldridge. She rose to fame in 2007 when she reached the final of the first series of Britain's Got Talent.
Baroness Jenny Tonge – Liberal Democrat politician and doctor of medicine.
Professor Sir James Underwood – Leading international pathologist
Rachel Unitt – England Women's football star. Born in Bentley.
Bob Warman – Central ITV news anchorman. Attended Chuckery School.
Leila Williams – Beauty Queen and Blue Peter presenter. Born in Walsall 1937
Frank Windsor – Actor. Attended Queen Mary's Grammar School.

[wadgey]

Rugby - need I elaborate?

We also have a famous school.

Guy Fawkes hid out here for a while.

A few famous authors/poets were born here too.

[Mr 250]

Originally from Stockton-On-Tees. Famous for Benefit Street 2.

[Over Carl]

I'm from Heston. Famous for the motorway services?