Cringing Cult of Celebrity in Swansea, Glamorgan*

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Cringing Cult of Celebrity

• catherine zeta jones
• Mitzy Muller World Wrestling Champ of the sixties...
• dylan tomas
• You can usually spot Bonny Tyler, if you remember who she is!
• er - try Catherine Zeta Jones! From the Mayals. Harry Secombe from St Thomas. Dylan Thomas from the Uplands. Anthony Hopkins from Port Talbot. Steve Mayo (new actor) from Ystradgunlais. There's also a cabinate minister from Gorseinon - forgotten name Michael Howard maybe? Maybe best forgotten.
• CATHERINE ZETA JONES! HOW EXCITING!
• Stereophonics from swansea valleys

• Kevin Allen, Director of Twin Town. Actor in "The Thin Blue Line". Went to School at Penyrheol, Near Gorseinon. Now living in Hollywood. Currently directing "Agent Cody Banks 2". My hero!!
• Frank Bruno. Tim Coombs.
• Catherin Zeta Jones
• cathrine zeta jones! and dylan thomas shirly bassy!
• ummm, Catherine Zeta Jones.
• CAT ZETA JONES OF COURSE SHE'S STUNNIN
• The drummer out of Deff Leopard (the one who lost an arm) was born in Manselton

• Ian Hislop from 'have i got news for you' was born in this fair city
• Lord Lucan lives here, in sandfields. I've seen him...
• Nicky Wire and Richey James of the Manics had the misfortune to go the hell hole generally known as the University of Swansea. If that were not bad enough, they had to live on the student village up at Sketty. Poor bastards.
• Ceri Dupree
• Give up on the Catherine Seta Jones thing, just because she comes from mumbles doesn't mean that when she comes back to Swansea to eat out she should get a whole article to herself in the local paper - get a life!
• Catherine Zeta Jones grew up in mumbles, bonnie tyler lived and still lives in west cross. Swansea also boasts the great poet and writer Dylan Thomas. He once called Swansea the 'ugly lovely town', 'lovely lovely town' more like!
• CH'P RUN ROADKILL are from Swansea Mark Runroadkill, The Almighty Mat and Booze-In-A-Bag Shane all hail from here. As do Taint, Goatboy and The Groundnuts.
• catherine zeat jones of course live in mumbles (and i walked her dog once, wow celebrity beckons), vernon watkions and dylan (pronounced dulan)thomas according to T. S Eliot two of the finest poets of the twentieth century (and he'd know) mrs watkins still lives in swansea and makes nice fairy cakes
• Princess Lillian of Sweden. She married into Swedish Royal Family just after second world war.
• John Charles - Voted to be in the UK best ever soccer team of all time.
• Tea Cosy Pete
• beau nash born swansea 16xx thomas bowlder-rewrote shakespeare burried mumbles (bowlderise-take out the naughty bits) bass player from velvet underground michael heseltine-eaton crescent hilary clintons great great great grandad (or uncle) lulia ann hatton (poet) moved here richard draphus almost bought a flat in caswell-untill thay told him how much thay surviving cray twin wants to move to mumbles-if he gets out. ceri richards- painter kingsley amis-writer
• John Dillwyn Llewelyn, 19th century photographic pioneer
• Jason Michael Evans - One of Swansea's finest actors. Made famous for the roles he has turned down than the roles he has played, preferring to work with Independant companies and Directors than take the star spangled road to fame and fortune. Last seen on televisions A Mind To Kill he has earned a strong following as one of Swansea's strongest hopes of bringing home an Oscar.
• Stephen Harris (Haggis), bassist with The Four Horsemen (ex of The Cult & used to call himself Kid Chaos when with Zodiac Mindwarp) Swansea Jack (he was a dog, and is now a pub)
• Bonnie Tyler Cerys of Catatonia
• Bonnie Tyler
• Spencer Davis of 'The Spencer Davis Group' was born in Swansea. He now lives in California. Hits include' Keep on running', Gimme some lovin' and many more number one's.
• Dylan Thomas
• Harry Secombe
• Catherine Zeta Jones
• Steve Balsamo ('Jesus' in Jesus Christ Superstar)
• Skin from Transworld.
• pete ham of bad finger----who wrote without you the hit for mariah carey.. bonnie tylerwas from skewen,so they tell me.

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