Rockcutting Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Apart from the obvious (Formby and all ) are there any historically famous Warringtonians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peridot1 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Formby was born in Wigan though buried in Warrington. Other famous people born in the Town include William Norman VC, Chris Evans and Kerry Katona. I remember Chris DJ' ing at the Lion and Carlton. Peridot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Pete Postlethwaite, the actor. He grew up not far from me, more or less just down the road. Ossie Clark, famous fashion designer. Lewis McGibbon, actor. Pete Waterman, impressario. Tim Curry. Sue Johnson, actress -The Royale Family, Brookside, and umpteen other productions. Rebekah Brooks of course. Not forgetting me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Some footballer who played for Wolves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Joseph Priestley, although he was Yorkshire born, could be counted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Pete Waterman, impressario. Wasn't Waterman was born in Coventry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Warrington I stand corrected, Pete Waterman WAS born in Coventry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Bennett Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Not sure about famous but certainly unsung was John Kay, a Warrington watchmaker who was instrumental in the invention of the Spinning Jenny but whom history seems to have ignored http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(spinning_frame) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Thanks Tracey, I had never heard of him. Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 I believe the captain of the Titanic was married at Winwick church. Tim Curry the actor is from these here parts too. Wikipedia has a long list of famous Warringtonians on the Warrington page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Tracey was John Kay the man who invented the waterframe ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Mr Litherland the inventor of the lever watch was a native of the town. John Harrison the maker of the 'timekeeper' commonly called 'Longitude Harrison' although a Yorkshireman lived in Warrington for many years. John Blackburne Esq. the second person in England to cultivate the pineapple and the first person to cultivate the cotton plant to any practical purposes. John Howard the philanthropist penned his report on the welfare of British prisons in Warrington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallard12 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Did you live around Gorsey Lane Cleo? If you used the corner shop at Oakwood Ave and Pinewood Ave, we may have bumped into each other. Pardon the highjack. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 No, Stallard but my late sister lived in Gorsey lane near to Oakwood and Pinewood so I know the shop you talk about and indeed have been in said shop myself on the odd occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Mr Litherland the inventor of the lever watch was a native of the town. didn't Delboy find one of them in his lockup?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Bennett Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Tracey was John Kay the man who invented the waterframe ? I'm not sure what a waterframe is! There were 2 John Kays and, apparently, text books frequently get them mixed up. One invented the flying shuttle but the Warrington one worked on the spinning jenny/spinning frame. He apparently sold out his mate Thomas Highs (whom he worked on the spinning frame with) to Richard Arkwright over a few beers. Arkwright went on to claim the spinning frame as his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Peter Rylands wire-manufacturer and a Liberal politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons for two periods between 1868 and 1887. Den Dover a politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West England region from 1999 to 2009. Doug Hoyle Labour politician and former Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne (1974-79), Warrington (1981-83) and Warrington North (1983-97). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Ian Brown - Stone Roses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Spike Dawbarn from 911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, alias Lewis Carroll, born in Daresbury. Not strictly Warrington but as near as a white rabbit is to a march hare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teessidewire Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Some footballer who played for Wolves There were two of them, Steve Kindon and John Richards. Also England RU player Wade Dooley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Richmal Crompton , author of the Just William Books was at a boarding school in Warrington, before the school moved to Derbyshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 John James Webster (1845–1914) was born in Warrington and was a civil engineer who specialised in building bridges He designed the Liverpool Docks landing stage Did the reconstruction of Conway supension bridge Portsmouth bascule bridge Littlehampton swing bridge Widnes to Runcorn Transporter bridge Warrington Bridge at bridge foot (one of the earliest reinforced concrete bridges) Other things he did were The Shepherds Bush stadium for the 1908 Olympic Games Earls Court Big Wheel and……. The piers at Llandudno, Bangor, Penmaenmawr, Menai Bridge, Minehead, Egremont and Dover. Now whether he counts as actually being famous I don't know as I'd never heard of him until I googled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 I'm not sure what a waterframe is! There were 2 John Kays and, apparently, text books frequently get them mixed up. One invented the flying shuttle but the Warrington one worked on the spinning jenny/spinning frame. He apparently sold out his mate Thomas Highs (whom he worked on the spinning frame with) to Richard Arkwright over a few beers. Arkwright went on to claim the spinning frame as his own. Ok Tracey confused myself now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Barbara Law - singer Edna Savage - singer. My brother-in-laws cousin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.