Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Earlestown, Merseyside*

Famous residents and ex-residents.

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• RICK ASTLEY!! how fucking sad is that!!!
• HARRY POTTER.TOP LAD,FITS WINDOWS AND IS A DEAD RINGER FOR HARRY POTTER.NO JOBS TOO BIG FOR THIS WIZKID
• what was that spanish lads name,,,ack or hac....genuinely some act
• Rick Astley who else?
• Wayne from Xenon is the biggest celebrity, loads of women go there just to see him!
• I believe Pete Waterman slummed it round here for a while. And the Stephenson (you know, the guy who built thr Rocket and revolutionised steam trains) lived here although his former residence was knocked down.
• jimmy nash.hes still riding his bikes with his straight back and locked arms.stop starchin youre clothes jimmy!
• That curley haired fella, always at the music fest. did he actually have a film in that camera? Purple acky, interested in young lads. possibly from st helens though.
• Chris Cookson, Jah Wobbles guitarist, does not come from earsletown but was born and lived in Newton le Willows. so can u update that info please
• The Late Fred Shaw, a Real Gentleman.
• Roy "The Gangster" Taylor - celebrity Gangster hailing from Vulcan Village.
• JOE FEARNLEY TROMBONE WONDERFUL PLAYER,
• Colin Welland, won an Oscar for screenplay of Chariots of Fire. Professor Porter, won Nobel prize. TV presenter Stuart Hall had a travel agency here.
• Colin Welland (was Colin Williams in his youth,) but someone else had the same Playwriter and actor, ex newton grammar School. Has wriiten about the school in his early plays, particularly Jack Point.
• Gerry Kenny aka "The Minister of Noise" aka "Sir Freddie Viadukt" leader of NAAFI Sandwich, International recording star and inspiration and role-model for all not wishing to grow up or dip more than their toes in the fetid gene-pool that is Earlestown. Chris Cookson: Guitarist with Jah Wobble and former member of several NW bands.
• RICK ASTLEY (We're so proud!). STEVIE HAMPSON (Rugby League player). The chap who created "Cotten Traders" cloathes went to school here yesrs ago. I can't recall his name but I think he played profesional rugby aswell. WIGGY out "The Hit Man And Her" lived here for a bit.
• Rick Astley. Stevie Hampson.
• what about colin Welland(was Williams when he lived there) and Tommy Tyrrell (now of Picadilly Radio and MUFC.
• George Formby made his debut here at the Hippodrome where the Police Station is now
• Rick Astley

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Last updated: 2008-01-19