The best/worst things to come out of your home town?

[wub]

best

That's an OG motherfucker!

Jimmy Saville, world's first ever DJ

[gorillabearbear]

According to wikipedia my home town (cambridge, incidentally) drew up he first set of rules for association football as well. Whether that's a good or a bad thing depends on the person I suppose.

[scattybeanhead]

Morden - literally the most pointless place on the planet. Nothing but houses and corner shops.

On the plus side, you never need to worry about falling asleep on the last tube home.

actually to be fair this is a pretty good shout. can just have a kip and not worry about missing my stop!

[Y_H]

Best:

Judge Dread.




...Thats it

[firky]

Oh yeah, also invented hydroelectric power and the steam train. Two useless inventions. I am calling the entire of the NE the hometown

birthplace of hydroelectricity



a modern train

[apmje]

Train was done here in Darlo wasn't it? Darlington to Shildon was the first ever steam train route.

Other than that, it's a shithole.

[Dub Pilgrim]

BEST


worst

[oprs]

best


worst

[isiahfire]

New Mills, Derbyshire.

Best

Synkro
One kid from The Answering Machine (Indie band, now defunct)
One kid from Egyptian Hip-Hop (Scene/Indie band)

Worst

[wub]

Morden - literally the most pointless place on the planet. Nothing but houses and corner shops.

On the plus side, you never need to worry about falling asleep on the last tube home.

actually to be fair this is a pretty good shout. can just have a kip and not worry about missing my stop!

Am in Colliers Wood myself, so don't have that luxury

[__________]

Cornish pasties
Richard Trevithick
Humphry Davy
Mick Fleetwood
Kristin Scott Thomas
Aphex Twin

and a load more, I'm sure

[Mehlovich]

BEST

[T_macabre]

haha, groove armada, but I'm joking really, I don't even know them well enough to say I don't like them probably.

the DnB connection is great though. Up until recently they ran a monthly club night that was always proper vibes, Hopsital style liquid, but steering clear of the cheesier elements of it (usually) and always had a chill crowd. They've stopped doing that now though, I think because after there was a Hospitality night in Cambridge recently they might just be doing that more regularly? Not sure though, haven't been back properly since the first one.

2 of Pink Floyd went to my sixth form when it was still a comprehensive many years ago as well.

Spoonfed is returning to Cambridge later in the year

[firky]

Train was done here in Darlo wasn't it? Darlington to Shildon was the first ever steam train route.

Other than that, it's a shithole.

Yeah, I think you're right. Because it used to pick up coal from all the collieries and take it to the port at Stockton. It's one of those local history things they teach you at school and you never forget but are always vague of the details.

Jeremiah Dixon was from Sunderland way and he surveyed most of the rail roads in the southern US states.

Fast forward a 150 years and we've got the worst trains in the world. We fucking gave the world the train and now look at us

[Mr Hyde]

The XX, Burial, Four Tet, Pierce Brosnan and some of Hot Chip and the So solid crew all went to my secondary school.


....so there.

[firky]

Morden - literally the most pointless place on the planet. Nothing but houses and corner shops.

Probably the worst place I've ever lived and I lived in Kennington for a bit.

[HamCrescendo]

errrrrrrr




peter andre?



edit: actually, ian dury born down the road from me, roger bannister, lord Byron and screamin lord sutch

and



and a hell of a lot of people who just moved here into the exclusive postcodes that are dotted about since they got bank.

[clifford_-]

i went to merton college, and im working in morden at the moment!!
central road crew duno bout cafe west!!

ive just looked at wikipedia, theres shit loads of people from woking! aside from the jam (paul weller etc) and subscape, who i mentioned earlier, theres rob green (goalkeeper) he drinks in the social club down the road.
harry hill,
sean lock and loads more that i never knew about.


oh yea, bromley crew, i see you war of the worlds mural, and raise you a matrian sculpture!!


we also had the first purpose built mosque in the country!!

[kidshuffle]

Also the worst thing to actually come out of my city is the Calgary Stampede (turns into a county fair type thing, but really its the biggest purse in Rodeo competition). Its 10 days where almost everyone dresses up like cowboys, especially the business folks downtown. Its fucking bullshit, but we got the royals to do it when they visted, lol

[kidshuffle]

Although there are a lot of slutty bitches during Stampede. In light of this, flower shop sales and divorce rates are highest after the Stampede lol