Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria*

Famous residents and ex-residents.

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• greame lee ..greeny..paul smithers gangster haha caryl drinkall proper bike but good blow jobber haha kerry nutter mallet and her crazy sister
• mr blobby busted mcfly joe mcelldry atomic kitten hearsay lloyd daniels jls cheryl cole paris hilton pink avenged sevenfold
• Are the pissy Myers's still going? Fook me, they used to be going around (four of them) when I was a kid and that was 30 years ago. Do they still wear those brown duffel coats?
• Denis Horan-former Abbey fm presenter and solo artist/lead singer of Mystical Experience (top guy)
• Dont mention Emlyn Hughes he was arrogant and contributed little to Barrow!
• Willie Horne - excellent rugby player, he captained England in 1955...ish. William Eccles, born in Barrow. Invented the word diode and did some important work on all to do with Radios. David Jordan music producer for The Specials and The Pogues. Barrow bus station. It was once on a Chewits advert.
• Emlyn Hughes one of the best footballers ever R.I.P
• Mad Russ, Mad Charlie, Kev Cotter in his overalls (complete with gluebag stuck to ass) and Bri Stilling.
• emlyn hughes thank god he's an x
• www.freewebs.com/sweatydogdick A prank on royce haslam Send it to you're mates Thank's enjoy
• Rick Hucknall (the guy from simple red). i think his gran lives here so he visits sometimes. ad willie horne, and either laurel or hardy are from ulverston so thats nearby
• well obviously apart from mystical experience, there's emlyn hughes, emlyn hughes, oh shit and did i forget to mention EMLYN HUGHES!!!!!!!!!!!
• The fat bloke from Harry Enfield and Emlyn Hughes.
• SWIFTY 10 BANDS
• Abigail Fisher - Emmerdale actress
• Dom Goodings, one of the greatest Drummers ever and the rest of gear, they are band from the local area move to london there not doing too bad been on mtv and xfm radio on sky
• Smokey Fallon from the Weatcheef
• emlyln hughes
• MICK HUCKNALL IS A BARROW LAD
• Eric Gorden should be famous for having the best taste in women, mmmmm, happy days
• The Pissy Myers are from Dalton not B.I.F! But u can have em in Barrow if u want! They Stink!
• My grandfather, born in Barrow, said he went to school with Stan Laurel from 'Laurel and Hardy'.
• Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas used to share a flat together here.
• Lee Millard, apparently he is quite a celebrity in Tokyo.He speaks Japanese and has been in quite a few dramas over there. I heard he also does a kind of English talk show program ?.
• Danielle from Pop Idol, who finished 13TH out of 20,000. Mark Owen moved up somewhere round here. We think.
• Richard H. Keay - Nicest fella ever lived and brought up a family in Barrow. Responsible for the Penny Farting Club in Ulverston, and the amazing bands that came to Barrow in 60s & 70s (Chemist, Entertainments organiser and nightclub owner)
• Emlyn Hughes. then he disowned us. fat prick still cant queue-jump the 99 though, lazy horse.
• no-one ever lived here interesting, we had some mountain biker though, and i think jesus got his crac up here
• The whole of the band that were "Blizzard of Ozz" except Ozzy Osbourne of course were from Barrow!
• AIM (aka Mr. Turner) - from Grand Central Records, is the only decent person from Barrow-in-Furness worth even a mention on this site.
• Tony Wilson, used to be lead vocalist with Lakes Blues Band and Good Old Boys. Now resident in Thailand and 'big' in Bangkok. Lead vocalist with 'The Groove Junkies' and now known as "Chainsaw Wilson'
• Pissy Myers
• Hezzy the amazing dislocating knee man! plus some drummer from a big band slept in my room once :p jealous?
• Emlyn Hughes was born here.
• ACDC base guitarist is a true barrovian
• I heard that the ginger git from simply red was born in b i f.
• Tony Hawk came to Barrow Once
• Ricky Lucas. Y'all know that he got caught seducing his lawyers wife by a cop, don't you? *grin*
• Ex residents include Emlyn Hughes liverpool and barrow footballer.
• Peter Purves I think! I did read he had an agent from Barrow at least!
• Glenn Cornick, bass player with Jethro Tull in the late 60's early 70's was a resident. My old history teacher used to try and flog his essays!
• Gary Stevens - Ex-Glasgow Rangers, Everton and England.
• emlyn "crazy horse" hughes (liverpool and england)ex-resident bobby rigg (flying squad)now doing karaoke down the ambrose tuesdays
• Emlyn Hughes
• Allen Gaskell!!
• Emlyn Hughes
• Ex-Liverpool footballer and annoying man from "A Question of Sport" Emelyn Hughes was born and raised in Barrow, and it is also the home town of Willie Horne (ex-England rugby player -rugby league I think).
• 'Fat Bloke' from Harry Enfield is from Barrow, and can often be seen on the train from Euston. I'm sure he'd love it if you shouted 'fat bloke' at him for the whole four hour journey.
• Didn't one of the other two in Jimi Hendrix Experience live in Bridgegate Ave at one time?

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Last updated: 2011-08-20