Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Gourock, Inverclyde*
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Cringing Cult of Celebrity
- Laura Alexandra Smith to use her full sunday name, famous for partys general debortuory and have you seen the size of her......eyes..
- CHRIS TURNER, fantastic and brilliant guy, very talented and extremely good looking, biggest hunk to ever run around Gourock.
- I once flashed my boob as the train was departing from Gourock station at John Gordon Sinclair, while he was filiming Gregory's Girl 2.
- Whiteout? Were perhaps the worst band EVER to make it big in Gourock!! The CJ character couldn't sing at all. He had reputation for forgeting his 'wallet' much of the time and constantly 'borrowed' money from people and never returned it! There's a rather good sculpter who lives there. George Wyllie.
- Chris Turner, wonderful artisan, sadly missed in Gourock area.
- Chris Turner, a genius in his own right, a brilliant mind. He left Gourock in 1978, what a tremendous loss to all Gourockians.
- all the celebs who went to stella mcartneys wedding drove through, madonna ect...
- Buffalo Bill the guy is a legend he goes fishing durin the day drinks a bottle a El D at night and then entertains the neds of the toon hes even got a mention up the tower on the lions den saying "BUFFALO BILLS TOON"
- The only thing Gourock is famous for is churning out fuckwits and idjits. And sexual deviants, and STD's. And me.
- Mr soft the Taxi driver is ma hero - has any one else had the soft mint experience after a nite oot ?
- That rangers fan who went on holiday and when he came back his mates had painted big green stripes on his white bungalow - Davy Picket or something.
- i once met blur at the pier when i was walking my dog
- Jim Sinclair, famous photographer now in business 19 yrs
- Norman Edgar the esteemed Artist check his work out in the Spinnaker Hotel!
- Edward McKay Jnr - works in the Spar and once saved a hamster from a horrible death(which I may add he was never commended for in that Greenock tele) and single handedly pays second mortgages to the owners of Cleats and the Cafe with his student drinking bouts.
- Mr Bannister with the Banni grip which took your arm off when grappled
- Norman Lamont?
The Budgen Brothers (Iain & Andy)- Olympic Sailing Contenders
Andy Chalmers - The Punk In the Cult movie Trainspotting!
- Wee John the dustbin man,wi his floppy glove,did he not get wan othem medals frae the queen. old chevalier ,the dustbin man,a never knew he could talk.
- Storkie - He went from barman to RAF man.
- Norman Edgar - artist he's really good and I'm in his daughters year in school Juliette your famous now. Hey Fiona, Martha and hte reat of Juliettes friends in Gourock High. Her dad's dead good.
- Jimmy Logan [nee short]comedian went to school in Gourock stayed with his aunty in Kempock Street.
- George Wylie the sculptor
- Sandy Manson - oor cous! famous for getting barred from the Cardwell and never letting us forget it!
- Iain Banks - author
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