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Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Halesowen, West Midlands*

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Cringing Cult of Celebrity
  • lee sharpe if you can class him as a celeb!
  • Well did you know that the drummer out of led zepplin used to work in Woolworths in the town before the band was formed!!
  • Bill Oddie went to Halesowen Grammer School, now The Earls.
  • Frank Skinner taught me mom at Halesowen college,and Sean Flynn played for the albion.
  • I'm sure Cat Deeley has some connections with Halesowen. Or am I mistaken?
  • Frank Skinner taught at the College, before he called himself Frank Skinner.
  • Chris Collins (Frank Skinner) taught at Halesowen College. The WAAs.
  • Philip Schofield lived in Lapal for eighteen months in the early 1980s. Tommy Mundon, ace Black Country comedian.
  • Lee Sharpe (ex Man Utd now Oblivion FC), Couple of Led Zepplin lived here, Frank Skinner taught at Halesowen College.
  • Sylvia Heal??? She's hardly famous! If she gets to be classed as such, then I'd like to propose that my left buttcheek gets recognition as a viable alternative to this cringe-worthy MP.
  • Bill Oddie,some olympic swimmer,William Shenstone,Tom Jones once nipped in Eddies by the Wreck
  • St Kenelm, boy-king of Mercia, was murdered nearby, as was Bella, whom somebody put in a wych-elm.
  • Sylvia Heal (a deputy speaker, no less) is the town's MP.
  • Francis Brett Young - author (Fan club 0121 421 6657)
  • Lee Sharpe, ex ManU, now Leeds(I think)
  • Bill Oddie (ex-Goodie)
  • Lee Sharpe, Footballer. Rex Williams (ancient Snooker player, now a commentator on ITV). Josie Lawrence.

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Last updated: 2008-10-25

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