Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire*
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Cringing Cult of Celebrity
- dame cybil thorndyke deceased
john alderton actor in please sir in the seventies believed born in gainsborough also king canute
- obie dyer (freddie spears)
- Price Naz has supposed to have been ere from sheffield to buy some ping golf clubs! And David Beckham was supposed to have been ere buying some clubs! But ......... u know, rumours!
- The Old Hall, Henry 8th lived there
- i once djed on a pirate radio station from my mates bedroom!! we were hot..phuture fm 106.3 rocked soon to be releasing our own tunes does that count?!?
- JASON CARTER, brother of Stuart & David (whose parents used to run Peacock in the eighties) is MARCUS in BABYLON 5 among many other acting roles in the USA
- Henry VIII, the Grey Lady (ghost!), and also: Princess Margaret, Prince Charles and Reg Holdsworth off Corrie have all visited!
- Well I used to be in Coronation Street (I played Nick Tisley) and then I became a singer.
- Someone told me once that Joe Brown (the typical cockney bloke) was born in Gainsborough - not sure how true that is.
Wonder where Christian Slater's ancestoral roots lie as his real surname is GAINSBOROUGH.
- I believe the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike was born in Gainsborough.
- King Sweyn (father of King Canute) was murdered here in the 11th century. Some people say not a lot has happened since, but the old town has its charm. Sir Halford Mackinder, father of modern Geography, was educated at QEGS Gainsborough.
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