Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Grangemouth, Falkirk*

Famous residents and ex-residents.

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• Penny aka Allan. thinkin he wis banksy spraypaintin Joe's chippy wi!! Beware yir noo enterin south central bowhoose.
• All the Bowhouse crew who thought they were gansters, cardboard gansters more like!!!!! you know who you are?
• The cartoonist guy - whose name someone couldn't remember - that might be Jack Thomson who drew cartoons for the Grangemouth Advertiser as well as other publications including the Reveille and the Weekly News.
• That old guy - said to be from Grangemouth High and who did cartoons for newspapers and mags - his name is Jack Thomson - and he's never been in South Africal in his life..............
• The cartoonist guy - the one who's an ex pupil of grangemouth High and supposed to live in South Africa - is his name not Jack Thomson - lived at Kenilworth Street through the fifties and sixties - he did stuff for newspapers, mags and the like. He's an author and writer now I think - and the closest he's got to South Africa is South Argyll where he still lives.
• Fishtank Frank alias Franco de gamma otherwise known as vietchy. Legendary quips like "Its yir toon min" and "Yi ken me man" will run and run. Noo whaurs ma tenner!
• ITV have a great daytime T.V show called "Loose Women." I promise you this is true... The host Kate Adams was born, and brought up in Grangemouth.
• Colin "Always Happy To Help" Speirs. Introduced the tweed tank top to the Peter Werth range summer 2002. Forever remembered for his mickey pierce in rosies.
• Think someone fi duran duran lived here no sure though mite have been the baycity rollers diny keen wisny quite alive then!!
• John Dowds
• Most famous resident has to be chrissy g multi millionaire biznass man n full time stud. this boy has had more rides than red rum.
• absolutely none
• kay aff i loose womens mum n da stay in g'mooth their no famous but only folk a could hink of!lol
• James Welsh built the first shipyard in Grangemouth in 1782 and turned out several sloops.
• Tich - Quality Mullet in 1990
• Not Andy Inglis - he aint famous, likes to think he is - tee hee!
• The Frontline team circa 1995. You know who you are! Dont go changing guys!
• Jack McLaren,played football for Raith Rovers and Scotland in the 1930's. Jack is 94yrs old and living in Hanover Grange with his wife.
• Surprised no-one has mentioned ALAN DAVIE, the world famous contemporary artist. A mosaic representation of his work can be seen in York Square. And lets not forget DAVID JENKINS, the triple Olympian sprinter. Outwardly "English", his early years were in fact spent in Princes Street, Grangemouth. David went on to even greater fame when he was arrested in 1988 for attempting to smuggle $70 million worth of steroids over the Mexican border into the US.
• Sadly Chris Quinn has settled down and very rarely graces the streets with verses of hail hail!! - sadly missed
• My name is Mary Axtell, and I stated I Processed Frank Sinatra's Health Insurance claims when I lived in California, USA. Well I forgot to add prior to that before I left Scotland in 1981, I worked for Desmond White the Director of Glasgow Celtic from 1966-1969, when Celtic won the European Cup against Inter Milan 1-0 in overtime. I lived with the family and looked after the Celtic Mascots. I think Desmond and his wife June are deceased, but whatever happened to Christopher White. Anyone out there know?. Thanks Mary
• I would like to add John Edward Lloyd Cowie to the list. My mother was Janet Wallace Gillson Cowie(married name Macdonald). John was her cousin. He died at age 22, when his ship HMS HOOD was sunk, while chasing the pocket battleship Bismark in 1941. I am not sure if his name is on the Cenotaph in the park but if someone could pass this along to the British Legion, maybe it should be there. Any Cowie relatives? Submitted by Mary Axtell/USA
• I do have a small claim to faim as an ex Grangemouth resident. I used to process Frank Sinatra's health insurance claims when I lived in California, USA.
• Eck Aitken/Gus Henderson (bare knuckle fighters and damn good prods).
• June Ramsay (Now living the good life in London) Karen Ramsay (trying to get out of Grangemouth)
• The Beirut hostage was Tom Sutherland,who grew up on a farm near Skinflats. Alan Davie(b.1922) one of Scotland's foremost modern painters.He did the mosiac in La Porte precinct.Lives in St.Lucia ,I think. George Young.Former Rangers and Scotland captain, died a couple of years ago.
• Andy Inglis, manages the Utah saints among other bands.
• There is an cartoon artist guy that was an ex-pupil of Grangemouth High..lives in South Africa I think. Old guy...done stuff for newspapers!! Tell you his name if I could remember???
• various members of Cocteau's,lowlife, This Scarlet Train, Two Helens, Bay. Chris Quinn. Eric Faulkener, Brian Mclaughlin,
• I think most famous residents, if they had a brain would make themselves ex residents as soon as they became famous.
• Are you sure Sean Connery was born there? I understood that he was born in Mary Simpson Ward of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary?
• Kaye Adams, the presenter, is a Portonian.
• Stuart Kennedy, Footballer who once played for Aberdeen and Scotland. Sean Connery was born at a farm just behind the site of the present high school One of the Beriut hostages held with Terry Waite (cant remember his name)
• Fraser and Guthrie of the Cocteaus.
• Geoffrey Dunn, professional snooker player, unfortunately not a very good one (current world ranking about 300). Alan Paterson (Paddy), semi-famous comedian and children's entertainer (has been on TV a few times).

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Last updated: 2010-09-06