Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Maesteg, Bridgend*
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- Kylie Minogue has relatives here!!!
- Kyle
- Matt Davies (FFAF frontman)
- Bill Evans
- Sian Lloyd the weather girl was born in Caerau
- kylie minogue. she's better off in london
- The One and only famous Neil Davies.a typical mammys boy, ( come on he still has mammy in the bath with him) mammy also tells him to wear abd make sure that he has a major bath becuase all his family stinks
- Jonny richards (local legand) and matt davies and tom dixon whos in te band the next nine years
- Jeepdude
- Matt Davies (Funeral For A Friend Frontman)
- Mr Painter - ooooooooooh controversial...
- Recent findings at Maesteg swing park has increased beliefe that William Wallace was born in the valley but moved to Scotland because he couldn't get a job in COSi! Elvis is also rumoured to be from the area, although it seems increasingly likely that he originated in Bettws!
- Kylie Minogue has relatives here, and the awesome World Champion Boxer, Jason Cook
- Michael Fagin also...?
- Kylie Minouge's mother and granny. A few others that shall remain nameless. Including a very famous up and coming club manager now living in London.
- Micheal Anderson The Guy Who Broke Into The Queens Bedroom In 1983 Is From Careau Also Kylie Minoques Great Grandmother Lived In Maesteg (Big Fucking Deal!!!! 21 Gun Salute)
- We love Les Jones, hes the man responsible for Joey Jones, a local rugby international, Cheers Les.
- THE FAMOUS BUMFORD RESIDENTS OF MAESTEG NOW SUPPORTING A NEW ENTIRE GENERATION OF MISERABLE AND SELFISH ARSEHOLES, ATHOUGH DUE TO ABOVE THEY HAVE GONE ALL QUIET AND THEIR IS NOW FIGHTING IN THE ABOVE RANKS.
- Bill Luke was a trumpeter for many years in Maesteg. He was very famous locally for a few decades.
- Get your facts right - the "famous team who bombed a military base on behalf of Plaid Cymru" were in fact three individuals who set fire to a US airbase in Gwynedd because of their own pacifist stance.
- Siān Lloyd, the Welsh TV Meteorologist & journalist, was born in Maesteg on 3rd July, 1958. Siān is the Welsh name for Jane. In Welsh, 'Maes' means 'field' and 'teg' is 'fair, fine, beautiful'. Her mother was President of the Welsh Union of Teachers and her father was a Welsh History & PE Teacher - read all about her in the Siān Lloyd Story at http://members.tripod.com/SianLloyd/page1.html
beautiful'.
- Quite a large number that the usually unwashed wankers of Maesteg claim never to have heard of. ( Not really surprising when you realise the piss poor education they've had because of ?.) Broadcasters, sportsmen/women, linguists, politicians, economists, poets, and lots of people who care about their fellow men. BUT WHAT DO YOU KNOW?.
- Natan Evans AKA GUMSY he is a WElsh Boxer who also puts it about
a bit on a Saturday night.
- Dale White aka stato's cousin
- Sian Lloyd was from Maesteg; Dr Baz from Casualty. Hmm, that's about it.
- Maesteg's most famous resident in living memory is "Chico" Hopkins - a scrum-half who managed to single-handedly beat the English at Twickenham way back in the seventies. He replaced the brilliant Gareth Edwards to make his international debut. This was the peak of his career - he turned to rugby league and faded into history.
- A member of the famous team who bombed a military base in north Wales on behalf of Plaid Cymru used to live in the house behind the well reputed Bron Y Garn Surgery.
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