Bahumat said:Your forgetting that Essex gave the world Jade Goody lol
Buster Merrifield: In my opinion, an absolute legend! He is of course Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses. He died though. But he was really nice and I once sat on his lap! Duncan from Blue: He went to my school, I hate crappy pop and boybands but I'm sure some of you will love this fact. 'Oooh Duncan, You're a dreeeam!'
I do beleive the guitarist from the police was from bournemouth and the wonderful Alex Elkins, A general legend in his own right!
The commedian Hancock, of 'Hancock's half hour' fame was born in Bournemouth, I believe his parents were hotel proprietors.
Alan Davey of Hawkwind used to live in Palmerston Rd. Richard Carr
christian bale. soon to be new batman went to bournemouth boy's grammar school until he moved onto hollywood. Also starred in american psycho and empire of the sun.
Matthew Kelly can sometimes still be seen at the David Lloyd club in town.
harry rednap i have been to his house iam mates with his granson!!!!!!and jamie and loiuse and the guy from blue i have met!
Sir Isaac Gulliver, cool smuggler dude!
Harold Pinter Kevin Keegan (Canford Magna-close enough) Toni and Guy of Toni and Guy hairdressing fame stayed for a weekend in a bed and breakfast many many moons ago before they were rich and famous
Sir Richard Attenborough, he's local.
Most famous local in Bournemouth is Richard Carr, he's a prat, but he brought us: Tokos, Bliss, Slam, The Opera House, The Oyster Bar (Poole), Urban, Dicky Darr's and loads more fun night outs! As much as i hate to say it.....Thank You!
Max Bygraves!
Travel writer and humorist Bill Bryson worked as a sub-editor on the Bournemouth Evening Echo for a couple of years in the late 1970s. He mentions that period in his book Notes From A Small Island.
R L Stevenson wrote "Dr Jekyll And Mister Hyde" in Westbourne probably after visiting a few clubs. Burt Lancaster and David Niven made a film based in a Bournemouth hotel.
Dave Beckham has just bought a brand new quay-side apartment in poole quay!!!!
Max Bygraves!
Buster merryfeild used to live in poole..i always saw him in bmouth bless him!
Isn't one of the guys from Blue from Bournemouth?
Sara Morgan, Sara Cox's trusty assisstant on the Radio 1 breakfast show.
Apparently the old bearded guy with the two-stringed guitar that sings the one that goes: "Mmf, hey-brrrrwbr diddle-dey-hum, nnnnnyiggetty dah, hmmrf..." is dead. I'm trying to get one of those blue circular plaques mounted on the outside wall of Debenhams. I want it to read "Old bloke. Played Crap Songs Here."
David Beckham and Victoria Adams (Posh Spice) have just bought a home there, just round the corner to Jamie Rednapp and Louise.
Fanny the wonder-dog
Drummy Zebb from Aswad (Tosser)
Matthew Kelly (stars in their eyes) Tim Vincent (Clothes Show) Rick Adams (Big Breakfast) all went to Bournemouth Uni
Jamie Redknapp and Louise Nurding have a house in sandbanks
Jamie Rednapp Andy Summers J R R Tolkein R L Stevenson Radclyffe Hall Rupert Brooke Winston Churchill D H Lawrence P Verlaine
Alex from Blur
Geoff Boycott (me mum designed his kitchen) Jamie Redknapp's parents (she designed theirs too!)
I've seen the young band "Fungus"... they're OK
Max Bygraves, Darren Anderton.
What about the bands (Godhead,Poze,Sons of Geronimo....)? They all live in Boringmouth!
Himse said:The Chav.
the name SARRRFFEEENNNDDD ¬_¬
the longest pleasure pier in the world =x
random morons also.
cHodAX said:Birthplace of the Modern Computer (Alan Turning take a bow)
Birthplace of the Stone Roses
yeah you can see men in green overalls rounding up the strays every night at around closing.tris- said:carlsberg. rofl.
thats just canned dog sweat from around the bollocks isnt it?
tris- said:geordies mainly suck.
everyone classes us as geordies. ye sure, thats why we live in another city altogether thats 40 miles south :/