I would have thought that since Derbyshire has been voted as one of the beautiful counties in England but possesses the worst county town I would ask if those who you mention will accept you.Originally Posted by roger_ramjet
Robin Hood,friar tuck,little john,will scarlett,maid marion,sheriff of nottingham..... [/quote] Cyril the squirell..Originally Posted by redhugh
I would have thought that since Derbyshire has been voted as one of the beautiful counties in England but possesses the worst county town I would ask if those who you mention will accept you.Originally Posted by roger_ramjet
Robin Hood,friar tuck,little john,will scarlett,maid marion,sheriff of nottingham..... [/quote]Originally Posted by redhugh
To which should be added Nell Gwynn, Ned Ludd, Albert Ball, William Booth, Jesse Boot, Alan Sillitoe, Su Pollard, Vicky McClure, Jayne Torville , Christopher Dean, Carl Froch, Lee Westwood, Kenneth Clarke, Paul
These were all born in the Forest????? As a point of education, what is Bendigo aside from a town in Victoria?
What about Gary Lineker, Willie Thorne, and Mark Selby.... they are all from Leicester but that qualifies as Direby & Notts doesnt it
Florence Nightingale and Jason Stathem both Derbyshire born and bred
Simon Groom is a regular visitor at the ipro too and a Dethick lad
So famous folk alrund then
Originally Posted by roger_ramjet
Actually all are people who have done well in their professions, none became famous through reality TV and not sure celebrity and famous are necessarily the same thing, Hurt was born in Shirebrook actually but lived in Derby
Bendigo in Australia isd after the famous Nottingham prizefighter William "Bendigo" Thompson. There also exists today in Nottingham a famous landmark called Bendigo's Ring which is comprised of a ring of trees on top of a hill.Originally Posted by roger_ramjet
I've just come across this poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
You don't know of Bendigo ?
Well that knocks me out!
Who's your board school teacher?
What's he's been about?
Chock a block with fairy tales
Full of useless cram
And never heard of Bendigo
The Pride of Nottingham