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Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde*

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  • A little known fact about the Port is that it was the birthplace of Tam Shepherd (1822-1898) who is best remembered for the chain of joke shops that bear his name. Knighted in 1890, he was honoured by Queen Victoria for his services to humour.
  • world famous dj greig mungin
  • the golden nugget one time boxer, ended up in jericho hoose
  • NAEBUDY FAMOUS EVER CAME FAE THE PORT...RED RUM VISITED THE BOOKIES IN 1976
  • booby pye ,mandy miller and percy .....naebody else comes close tae their status in this toon
  • Sir Thomas Lipton (1850 - 1931) Grocer and entrepreneur. Born in Port Glasgow, Lipton revolutionised the retail grocery trade, developing many marketing techniques which are used by supermarkets today. He ensured supplies by buying, for example, tea plantations in Sri Lanka. He quickly became a millionaire, enabling him to challenge consistently but unsuccessfully for the Americas Cup (yachting), he also started the World Cup in football (soccer) in 1910. He left a substantial benefaction to the City of Glasgow.
  • The famous Thomas Cassidy Byrne (TCB)a.k.a. Rock On Tommy in Guernsey. If you don't know Tommy you don't know yer erse fae yer elbow!
  • Captain Pugwash.
  • william wallace used to drink elderado in the wallace inn on parkhill. honostly its true.
  • anybody heard that band route 69. they are shit hot. someone needs to tell them their singer is just shit though. i heard a romour they are havin practices without him now but keep it quiet i dont think he knows
  • the most famous resident has been ryan "the hammer" savage, he goes nowhere without his hammer and rules the port with an iron fist
  • BLACK ADDER OUTLAW. D.KING .
  • Wick Wilson,Hush Osbourne,Shuggy Broon and Simon Le Bon.

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Last updated: 2010-04-22

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