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Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Ayr, South Ayrshire*

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  • that guy from my parents are alliens lolz thats it i think not that famouse
  • Robert Burns (Poet) John Loudon McAdam (Inventor of Tarmac road surface) Syndney Devine (Crooner), Karen Dunbar (Comedienne, Chewin The Fat!), Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro). Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian),
  • Sidney Devine of Tineeee bubblesss fame. The woman who went "woo wooo woo woo" in Deacon Blue used to stay in Prestick. Glen Micheal, famous kids tv presenter and local alki used to stay here - he did a tour of the local schools, apparently his sidekick talking lamp was stolen at Drongan Primary, put in a bin and set on fire. Paladin on the TV show suddenly did a Sue Ellen from Dallas and became a very diferent looking lamp after this.
  • KIKI BILLY COWAN OF AYR 1954-2005 /AKA
  • KIKI BILLY COWAN OF AYR 1954-2005 /AKA
  • Steven Mellis, was the one that had an affair with Micheal Barrymore, i think he used to live in Hillfoot Road in Ayr. He lives in London now with some guy. It takes all sorts i guess, but i didn't see him as being gay at school
  • I am said ex resident of alleged Barrymore fame below . Just to clarify a point to the sad individual with the hilarious factbook . If you check the time of the Barrymore incident thats actually about the time I was humping yer maw ya baw hummin fan boy !
  • Brian (The Wolf) O Neil - Formerly of Kyle Academy was the founder of "The Bawhum" first performed on a tramp in Blackburn car park .
  • Rabbie Burns
  • Glen Michael (he of the cartoons), Sydney Devine ("Tiny Bubbles") our attempt at Tom Jones, One of the guys out of the Waterboys, Kirsty Wark. Elvis Presley stopped for a wee at Prestwick Airport, does that count?
  • I am the famous ex-resident. You utter the name Pob and equally hear great and horrible things. With friends (Johnno, Ned, Baj, Popper, Glover, Mason, etc, produced the cult motion picture DEMON TOYS SPECIAL EDITION, which is being released on an Internation Website at the start of 2006, to promote the OTHER film by darkEDGEpictures "thePIRATES". Don't expect a spoof or something funny, thePIRATES is a controversial horror thriller which has all ready sparked outrage due to it's content and where they plan to film it.
  • Didn't Mike Scott of the Waterboys go to Belmont?
  • Jason from big brother lives near by.
  • Michael Hastings ( ex Psychedelic Funk Circus) . Now formed The Pendulums in Glasgow.
  • Steven Mellis used to live in Ayr, he was the man that Micheal Barrymore was having a relationship with he came out in the papers. Think he lives in London now.
  • Sidney Devine.....not something to be proud of though. Burns, enough said, anyone that doesn't know this has been hiding under a rock.
  • Karen Dunbar - once worked in the infamous Bonkers as karaoke queen - now chewing the fat star.
  • Think you'll find Stuart Murdoch of B&S fame went to Belmont Academy, which incidentally is the best school in the land!!!
  • Sidney bloody Devine....don't get me started
  • Glen Michael, Ally MacLeod, Sidney Devine, Karen Dunbar(went to Ayr Academy)
  • Karen Dunbar of "Chewing the Fat" fame went to Mainholm Academy.
  • Sidney Devine. Glen Michael. Ally McLeod.
  • UNCLE BILLY kids entertainer at Butlins and Haven Cooper and Lipum; Strathclydes finest pains in the arse.
  • Jan De Fries herbal remedy man from This morning really lives in Monktonhill, The singer from the Waterboys went to school at Belmont and has everyone forgotten Johnnie Beattie?
  • Robert Burns
  • Gwyneth Guthrie who plays Mrs Mack in High Road came from Ayr. Dame Moira Anderson, our most successful international soprano was educated and raised in Ayr.
  • Stuart Murdoch, songwriter with Nick Drake sound-alikes Belle and Sebastian went to Ayr Academy and worked at Butlins (now called Haven).
  • Glen Micheal Kirsty Hume Dr jean dumphris (?)
  • Glen Michael from Cartoon Cavalcade
  • Kirsty Hume, the model, who married Donovan's son used to attend the posh school of Ayr - Wellingtons
  • Home of The Psychedelic Funk Circus. Billed as the Band Who Saved Music, and rightly so.
  • Ally Macinally Stayed in alloway
  • Rabbie Burns (obviously!)
  • Glen Michael (of Glen Michaels's Cavalcade fame)
  • Sidney Devine (of "Tiny Bubbles" fame). Local joke Q: What has 22 legs and no teeth? A: The front row of a Sidney Devine Concert.

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Last updated: 2008-10-14

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