Local Heroes

fridgey wrote:

Tgwu wrote:

The First two not Plymouth born

Lawrence of Arabia station at Mount Batten,
his girl friend (Local press at the time)
Lady Astor MP first Women to take her seat in the Commons

What about this list from our history these was born in our City Boundary

Guy Burgess Devonport
Alfred Wallis Devonport
Beryl Cook Plymouth
John Hawkins Plymouth
Michael Foot Plymouth
R.S. Hawker Devonport
Robert Falcon Scott (Stoke Damerel, near Devonport)
Samuel Phelps Devonport
Sir Joshua Reynolds Plympton
William Bligh Plymouth

By the way I was born in Devonport

Would that be Soviet spy Guy Burgess???

Yes


Keep the red flying here

Gus Honeybun ought to be on that list.

knecht wrote:

Gus Honeybun ought to be on that list.

Absolutely agreed

knecht wrote:

Gus Honeybun ought to be on that list.

and anyone else whoes had judie spires hand up there arse,he allways seemed such a happy rabbit

tcm wrote:

knecht wrote:

Gus Honeybun ought to be on that list.

and anyone else whoes had judie spires hand up there arse,he allways seemed such a happy rabbit

I wouldn't touch anyone who's had Ian Stirlings hand up there tho

(Ron?) Goodwin composer many film scores 633 Squadron the Plymouth Suite etc

How about that tosser Trevor Francis? Being British footballs first £1m player ought to get him more of a shout than the f*cking Vicar of Dibley?

Greenjock wrote:

tcm wrote:

knecht wrote:

Gus Honeybun ought to be on that list.

and anyone else whoes had judie spires hand up there arse,he allways seemed such a happy rabbit

I wouldn't touch anyone who's had Ian Stirlings hand up there tho

I heard story about a man who put his hands up a rabbit, he liked young ones but that another story.

This list is pretty much anyone who visited plymouth once or twice in their lifetime. So i'll conduct a list of famous folk that might have stayed in plymouth once

The Beatles (had Saturday jobs at marks and spencer)
Freddie Mercury (regular at zero's im told)
shane richie (slept on a bench once waiting for a bus)
kelly brook (regularly down the fish market)

feel free to add to the list

Elvis (worked in pirellis chip shop)

Stalin (Dockyard Apprentice)

Mao Tse Tung (worked in a take away)

Marilyn Monroe (worked in Woolworths)

There's already far too many silly bollards on the Hoe.
How about a benchful of people who really irritated Plymouth Celebs:-

Fletcher Christian
Petra Schneider
George Riley

This is going to be sent to about 1,600 people (I presume in the local area) for them to vote on a ballot paper.

I've got a few more suggestions.

William Friese-Greene (once had a place of work in the now Two Trees pub on Union Street) - he was a cinema pioneer and created a type of celluloid to enable cinema to actually happen. There's a heritage plaque up on the wall by the pub.

Wayne Sleep (born in Percy Terrace in Lipson and is the cousin of my mate Keith)

George Passmore (won the Turner Prize in 1986)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_%26_George

Me (famous piss artist)

Michael Foot anyone? Was a signed on player for Argyle as well.

I cannot believe that Classix Nouveaux haven't had a mention yet. Is it a dream?

Sensiblegreeny wrote:

Michael Foot anyone? Was a signed on player for Argyle as well.

yeah but he was a diabolical mp

I think we need something more Statue of Liberty style, a giant Old Mother Hubbard statue over on McCauley Island.

Diabolical?

A man of principle who represented the country's Labour movement.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7972645.stm

Mock Cuncher wrote:

Diabolical?

A man of principle who represented the country's Labour movement.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7972645.stm

And the man whose drive in the post-war years contributed a huge amount to the rebuilding of Plymouth.

This is well worth a watch if you haven't already, with a very young Micheal Foot in parts. Excuse the public school educated Janners, I never knew that dock workers could afford to send their kids to public schools!

Mock Cuncher wrote:

Diabolical?

A man of principle who represented the country's Labour movement.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7972645.stm

he was a terrible leader and wrote the longest suicide note in history with his manifesto

But worth ten of any of the current bunch of nondescripts.

His biggest let down was his attachment to CND, for a large majority of the public it was a non starter. It didn't help having that raving loony from Liverpool forcing his hand either.

Angry of Mayfair wrote:

Sensiblegreeny wrote:

Michael Foot anyone? Was a signed on player for Argyle as well.

yeah but he was a diabolical mp

I never agreed with some of his policies but met him a number of times at Reading matches. A lovely man to talk too.

Robert Falcon Scott was born in a house that used to stand on Outland Road. Yes, that's right, Scott of the Antarctic was born in the shadow of Home Park.

And took that stench of failure with him wherever he went.