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Tuesday, 10 February 2009

Empty Envelopes

Have spent all afternoon researching at the library today and was thrilled to find an envelope marked 'Old Thornton Hall' .. what joy. Completely empty! I haven't managed to get anything new on the site yet today because I need to root through everything I did find. It's so easy to get distracted with all the lovely information bulging out of the filing cabinets. Hopefully am going to add Thornton's top 10 oldest in 'Places', feel free to join in.

So here's a piece of completely useless irelevant information instead ...

Beatrix Potter was cremated at Carleton Crematorium in 1943 and her ashes were taken back to be scattered at her home near Sawrey.
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  1. Brian Hughes11 February 2009 at 00:26

    I knew that...and did you also know that Ricky Tomlinson (aka Jim Royle) was born in Bispham and that the bloke who played the Master in Doctor Who (the one out of Life on Mars) went to Ashfield Road college?

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  2. History Hunter11 February 2009 at 09:25

    Doh .. I knew about the bloke from life on Mars but I didn't know the others.

    I'll see your Ricky Tomlinson and John Simm and raise you Dan Dan the skating man (Daniel Whiston - Dancing on Ice) born in Poulton.

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  3. Brian Hughes11 February 2009 at 10:22

    Okay...I'll see your Dan Dan and raise you one Violet Carson and one George Formby (neither of whom were born here, of course, but both of whom ended their days in the neighbourhood). Oh...and one John Lennon who used to spend his childhood holidays in Fleetwood and even supported Fleetwood football club, apparently.

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  4. ethelred11 February 2009 at 15:01

    I'll see your Violet Carson,George Formby and John Lennon and raise you Nikki Sanderson(Candice Stowe in Corrie)and Jenna-Louise Coleman(Jasmin Thomas in Emmerdale)former head girl at arnold school Blackpool.Both born in Blacpool.

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  5. Brian Hughes11 February 2009 at 18:44

    Okay J.T...let's see...I'll see all those and raise you one John Simpson (War Corespondent for the BBC) who was born in Cleveleys. (That's only one raise, I know, but John Simpson's famous enough I reckon to compensate for the inadequacy in volume.)

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  6. ethelred11 February 2009 at 21:05

    I'll see that and raise you Andy Summers bass guitarist from the Police, born in Poulton-Le-Fylde and Lord Pattern of Barnes,28th governor of Hong Kong (92-97) born in Cleveleys.

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  7. History Hunter11 February 2009 at 21:18

    I'll see you both and raise you Zoe Ball..daughter of Johnny Ball (just for the oldies :-)), Cleveleys.

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  8. ethelred11 February 2009 at 21:34

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  9. Brian Hughes12 February 2009 at 00:00

    Fair enough...I'll raise you one Les Dawson, one Lennie Bennett, one Charlie Cairoli and, of course, one Syd Little...

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  10. ethelred12 February 2009 at 15:01

    OK....I'll raise you Keith Harris & Orville (Poulton)and Roy Castle before he passed away(Cleveleys)

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  11. History Hunter12 February 2009 at 16:14

    I'll see those and raise you Mrs Iceland/Dancing on Ice (keeping a theme going).. Coleen Nolan.

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  12. Brian Hughes12 February 2009 at 17:21

    Damn...I was keeping Keith Harris in reserve. Okay, I'll raise you one Reg Dixon and one Jimmy Clitheroe. (I'm starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel a bit now though.) Oh...and one Lee Evans, who attended Anchorsholme School on East Pines Drive apparently.

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  13. ethelred12 February 2009 at 18:25

    I'll see those and raise you Ian Kilmister (Lemmy from Motorhead)who was also a member of the Rockin Vicars (1965) a Blackpool based band.

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  14. Brian Hughes12 February 2009 at 20:31

    I didn't know that. Okay...I'll see you one Lemmy and raise you one Colonel Nutter (descendent of Alice Nutter, Pendle Witch -- he lived on Victoria Road) and one David Thewlis...who played Professor Lupin (I think) in the Harry Potter films.

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  15. ethelred12 February 2009 at 21:05

    Staying with music...Lets up the stakes...I'll see yours and raise you one Chris Lowe,one half of Pet Shop Boys born Blackpool and one John Inman born in Preston but moved to Blackpool at the age of 12 when his parents bought a boarding house and one Jethro Tull members John Evan,Jeffrey Hammond and Ian Anderson and one Cynthia Lennon first wife of John and one Graham Nash,founding member of the Hollies and later Crosbies,Stills,Nash and Young.

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  16. History Hunter12 February 2009 at 21:26

    Something tells me jt ripper has found the huge page on Wikipedia so from this point anyone listed on that page is void - just to even the stakes again ;-)

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  17. Brian Hughes12 February 2009 at 21:57

    Okay...here's an obscure one...John Clark, the scientist responsible for cloning and, of course, Dolly the Sheep.

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  18. ethelred13 February 2009 at 00:37

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  22. Anonymous13 February 2009 at 01:06

    Raise you L/Corporal George Formby Dispatch Rider 0n his Motor bike outside Poulton Laundry Queens Square Poulton.

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  23. Brian Hughes13 February 2009 at 09:54

    Right...I'll raise you one Wilfred Owen (War Poet) who lived on Lord Street and Bold Street respectively, Fleetwood, whilst in charge of the rifle range at Rossall. And one Billy Dainty (whose appearances on EMU TV with Rod Hull in my youth always seemed to have been filmed around either Thornton, Cleveleys or Blackpool).

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  24. History Hunter13 February 2009 at 10:01

    I didn't know Wilfred Owen once lived round here .. I have all his war poems.

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  25. Anonymous13 February 2009 at 10:31

    FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE ROUND HERE MICK MILLER THE COMEDIAN LIVES IN POULTON LE FYLDE.

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  26. Anonymous13 February 2009 at 13:37

    Peter Butterworth (Carry On films)
    comes from Knot End.

    Adam Faith stayed down Stanah when he was in summer shows,keen horse rider.
    Danny la Rue, Ruth Maddock and Booby Crush stayed at Ascot Hall (Formaly Arnfield house on Skippool Rd) during their Summer seasons in Blackpool.Tesse O Shay lived on the Breck Opposite the R/C Church.Maureen Lipman and Jack Rothenstall live on Rosendale Ave; South'
    Soap actress Teddy thompson lived on Wood House Rd.Harry Worth (Confidentialy)stayed in poulton during the summer season.Be Jewel (Jewel & wariss owned Carla Grande.

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  27. Anonymous13 February 2009 at 13:41

    Addition;Tony Melody lived on Moorland Rd Poulton.Hilda Baker(She knows you know)had a house on Thornton Gate Cleveleys for many years.

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  28. ethelred13 February 2009 at 13:43

    I'll raise you one Cardinal William Allen born at Rossall in 1532.

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  29. History Hunter13 February 2009 at 17:50

    I'm going to fold as my knwoledge doesn't run past light weight tv celebrities (mostly on ice skates).

    FOLD.

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  30. Brian Hughes13 February 2009 at 19:31

    Melanie,

    Check out 111 Bold Street...there's a blue plaque on the wall all about old Wilfred. They forgot to mention that on the television documentary about him a few months ago...but he did. I suspect it was good training for the front line.

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  31. Anonymous13 February 2009 at 20:53

    Raise you Jimmy Clitherow Had A house in Presall.

    Jo Appleby Opera si justnger (Member of Amici The first Opera band)Now married and had a baby Lived on Tarn Rd Litle Thornton Her Mum & Dad still do

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  32. Anonymous13 February 2009 at 20:59

    Raise you Jimmy Cltheroe had a house in Presall.

    Jo Appleby Opera singer with the first Opera Band AMICI,( now married to a Welsh Opera tenor Has just had a Baby) she was brought up and went to school here,lived on Tarn Rd Little Thornton, her Mum and Dad still do,

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  33. Brian Hughes14 February 2009 at 08:01

    Anonymous...I've already raised a Jimmy Clitheroe, but here's a big 'un. King George IV, who married Maria Fitzherbert and lived at Mains Hall until the powers that be decided he wasn't supposed to be married to a catholic and forced him into divorce.

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  34. Anonymous14 February 2009 at 13:59

    Rumour has it that Mari Lloyd Alledged Mistress of the Prince of Wales used to live at Illawalla. (bigest Bungalow in Europe) I think she was married to a famous Jockey at the time, was'nt around then so unable to comfirm,It was empty in my time until WW2 when the Army (Royal Enginers )took it over before embarking for Egypt.

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  35. ethelred14 February 2009 at 15:08

    Jimmy Clitheroe lived in Preesall at the Fernhill before it was a pub. He had a bed that dropped down out of the ceiling. The mechanism and pulleys are still in place in the attic.

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  36. Brian Hughes14 February 2009 at 15:50

    Ethelred...a block and tackle in the bedroom ceiling? Are you sure it was for the bed?

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  37. Anonymous14 February 2009 at 16:13

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  38. History Hunter14 February 2009 at 17:22

    Keep it clean ethelred .. my mum reads this !

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  39. Anonymous15 February 2009 at 12:29

    Hi, as there seems to be another Anonymous on this web to save confusion in future I'll post under my Google Acc; name, james.scott.
    sorry for the mess up blame it on my senility.

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  40. Anonymous17 February 2009 at 19:09

    RE; Rocking Vicars Harry Feeny (Toyota Dealer) was a member,

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  41. Anonymous20 August 2009 at 10:01

    Hi i see Harry Feeny has come up any one got any photo's of him, as he is my partners father
    and all atempts to contact him have failed.

    regards Paul

    georgeysl@ntlworld.com

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  42. Graham Smith4 October 2009 at 20:48

    Reginald Dixon lived on Woodlands Drive off Hardhorn Poulton-Le-Fylde until his death

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  43. Anonymous9 December 2013 at 22:49

    walked past Hylda bakers old home clevelys run down ,empty

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  44. John Hardman15 December 2013 at 09:56

    Someone ('Anonymous') mentioned in 2009 that Adam Faith was a 'keen horse-rider' when staying in Blackpool (in Poulton?) which must have been around 1960.Does anyone know any more (he rode from riding-schools and stables in the Blackpool area,acc. to 'Disc' magazine (1961)?

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  45. ChetP18 March 2020 at 16:51

    Indomba stables Fleetwood Rd South. He was close with Ruth Michlebach who, I believe, is still there.

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  46. John Hardman17 January 2021 at 16:47

    Thanks Chet

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