Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Southport, Merseyside*

Famous residents and ex-residents.

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• Ex-residents: Red Rum (3-times Grand National Winner), at Ginger McCain's stables in Aughton Road, Birkdale, Bernie Flint (Opportunity Knocks has-been - shame), Billy Bingham (ex-Everton and Ireland manager, also managed Southport), lots of Premier League Everton/Liverpool footballers, Alan Hansen (big black and white house on the right of the entrance to Royal Birkdale golf club
• loadsa footballers live in the old hospital and frank sinatra stayed in that old hotel that woz haunted but's been knocked down, search it in google if u want the name coz i cant b arsd thinkin of it
• DJ John Cooper, who used to be on Dune fm before going to Liverpool's The Rocket fm, he's also in the Panto at The Southport Theatre every year!
• Many famous ex professional footballers have taken up residence here over the years one being my dad, Kenny Dalglish, Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenceson etc all live around Birkdale and frequent restaurants and bars in and around Southport
• i think the singer from sorft cell is from here
• i would just like to say that i look better than hayley cropper from cori and ive not had the op yours lol roberta lee i dont class myself as a celebrity just someone whos made a difference on the club scene in town you cant get more mad than our place and yes the 80 yr olds twist to status quo oh no !
• Aimee from Popstars the rivals and girl group Clea
• nobody really but some z-listers come to zebra square occasionally
• gomez went to kgv
• loadsa football players, and ex football players
• Famous L..I..V..E..R..P.. fuck the rest its shit to me Koppite Stevie G lahh lives in hillside as well as Alan Hansen (I think). They all live in the massive F*ck of size houses in Hillside.
• Miranda Richardson (Queenie in Blackadder), Andrew Lancel (The Bill), Sir Anthony Quayle (great actor), David Beckham's grandad and johnny Herbert has been seen by me on several occasion as he has family here.
• all the famous r in formby
• Author RON ELLIS writes the popular crime novels set on Merseyside featuring Liverpool DJ/Private Eye Johnny Ace in his penthouse flat overlooking Lord Street. In 1992, Ron was acclaimed by The Sun newspaper as having the most jobs in Britain (eleven) and, before he took up writing, was a well-known DJ on Merseyside before becoming Promotions Manager at Warner Bros Records. He also is football correspondent for Southport FC, has appeared on Coronation St, had a record in the New Wave charts in 1979 under the name of Neville Wanker & The Punters and used to get records for The Beatles.
• roberta lee what a woman !!!!
• Harold Swash, Europe's golf putting expert
• Z-List Celebs only...
• steven gerrad, and David off heart beat.
• many footballers and supposedly Ann Robinson
• Adele from Big Brother
• Jalal Ahmed the "asian sensation" is loved, admired, hated, often imitated, but never duplicated, with high mentality, common sense and originality - known for his Gangster style and thug passion.
• Adele; the two-faced one from Big Brother Three (but she is actually OK)!
• Marc Almond, some footy players, Jean Alexander from Corrie, A J P Taylor the historian, Miranda Richardson, Gomez.
• Red Rum the Three times Grand National winner came from Southport Frank Hanson, the creator of Dan Dare came from Southport ( so you could say Dan Dare came from Southport?) Robin Askwith of "Confessions" movies fame (shame?) was born and brought up in SOuthport
• Tony Tenser - producer of many films, including Polanski's "Repulsion" and Michael Reeves' "Witch Finder general". Lives in Birkdale. Two of his films were shot in Southport - "Horror House", shot at the old Birkdale Palace Hotel, and "What's good for the goose", with Norman Wisdom.
• Marcus Morris - vicar of St. James' Birkdale, and founder of the "Eagle" comic.
• The drummer from Gerry & the Pacemakers now has his own driving school. So have a spin whilst "Ferry cross the Mersey" is on the tape player. (He gets good results too i'm told)!!
• How could you forget Southport's most famous resident; Red Rum. He had four legs, loved Polo Mints and won the Grand Nationl three time, and when I lived in Southport (73 to 79) he was a god.
• The bloke with a busy white beard on some soap lived here
• Patrick Burger, Steven Gerrard
• ""Famous residents and ex-residents. (Apart from yourself.)"" im the onley one i know ive been on the big brecky holleyhokes good morning and on two radio stations im lockally famous!
• Mike Wright ( Not only the founder of M C Productions but also singer, actor, friend to the rich and famous and legend in his own right. He currently resides in High Park with his mum. Albert Pierrepoint Britains Cheif Executioner (Hangman) moved to Southport to spend his retirement. He died in the 1990's. Mary (Punk from Eastenders in 80's)
• Ste Gerrard, Hilda Ogden, Emily from Brookside, Samuel L Jackson is buying a flat here soon
• Southport has a Lord (Lord Robert F.Hesketh) who live in Meols hall, he's a friend of Jules holland and they are roughly the same height.
• Kenny Dalglish, Alan Hansen,
• Bill Tidy (who he? Ed) the erstwhile cartoonist lived in the white, circular house in Birkdale overlooking the "Royal" Birkdale Goff Club. The "legendary" Tom O Connor lived a little nearer the Town than Bill T.
• GOMEZ. The lads are from Southport, Christ the King school nurtured their inquiring minds: I know I taught 'em. Or: we used from time to time meet in the same classrooms. Bless 'em. And Zadziuk - basketcase.
• Alan Hansen. Woo hoo, what a claim to fame.
• Dora Bryan, Berni Flint (hits in 1970s) and Marc almond of soft sell.
• Arthur Askey, the (once-famous) comedian of radio and movies, had a home on Lord Street, near Portland Street, in that row of "heritage listed" houses alongside where the Regal Cinema once stood.
• Kenny Dalglish
• Northern John. BMX superstar, gaffel video producer, Hard Dad Products manufacturer and sheep worrier. Now forms part of the 2 man Hesketh Bank Massive.
• A lot of footballers make Birkdale their home.
• Football pundit Alan Hansen, his wife and children Adam and Lucy live in the Hillside area
• Fans of the old-now-a-cult TV series, 'THE PRISONER", may be interested to know that the original writer of the show lived and wordked in Southport. His name was George Markstein - an American who left the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) just at the end of the Second World War. George came to Southport in 1945, to work as a reporter at the 'Southport Guardian' newspaper, which is where I met him. Years later, Markstein became a successful TV script writer - including THE PRISONER - and a writer of espionage novels (THE COOLER, etc.) based on his own wartime experiences. Sad to say, he passed away in London in 1984. -- Sidney Allinson.
• Pete Martin, Des Emmet and their families
• Marc Almond comes from Southport and went to KGV when it was a boy's grammar school
• Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's Foreign Minister, had a home on Albert Road, just before the Second World War. I recall shouting something derogatory at him early in 1939, as he walked to his car one morning. The old scheweinhund actually gave me a faint smile, and just said, "Cheeky little English boy!" -- Sidney Allinson.
• Alan Shearer, Kenny and Paul Dalglish, Kristjan Zadziuk (Welsh internation Basketball star)
• Dominic Matteo Gomez

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Last updated: 2010-02-02