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Offline Grothenwell

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WDYTYA? Pick a celeb to represent your area.
« on: Tuesday 04 September 12 11:43 BST (UK) »
Hi, I watch every episode I can of WDYTYA? even the ones from the states etc as generally they are very interesting from a genealogical and human interest point of view. However I can't wait till I watch Annie Lennox's episode as that will be the first from my main interest Aberdeenshire. Apart fae this quine, it would have to be Dennis Law to suit my area.

Which celeb would you pick to best suit the land area where most of your tree is from?
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Re: WDYTYA? Pick a celeb to represent your area.
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 12:51 BST (UK) »
I would like to see Mick Jagger as he lived in the next road to my grandparents when he was a child.  As most of my ancestors come from around Dartford area I'm sure I would find out a lot.

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Re: WDYTYA? Pick a celeb to represent your area.
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 12:56 BST (UK) »
As most of my ancestors are from Co.Durham and I have the surname in my direct line it would have to be Bryan Ferry  ;D
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Re: WDYTYA? Pick a celeb to represent your area.
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 14:30 BST (UK) »
I don't think we have any celebs, past or present,  where I live although Clare Balding's family are only a few miles away, and Sarah Ferguson was brought up in the area too.

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Re: WDYTYA? Pick a celeb to represent your area.
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 20:07 BST (UK) »
Ozzy Osborne..lived a few streets away from me.

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Re: WDYTYA? Pick a celeb to represent your area.
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 20:14 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Rishile on Tuesday 04 September 12 12:51 BST (UK)
I would like to see Mick Jagger as he lived in the next road to my grandparents when he was a child.  As most of my ancestors come from around Dartford area I'm sure I would find out a lot.

Rishile

I grew up in Dartford...my parents still live there.  Mick Jagger went to my brother's school, and my brother once had a dictionary with Mick's name in it....oh that we had known back then!  ;D ::) :o
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Re: WDYTYA? Pick a celeb to represent your area.
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 05 September 12 10:09 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Daisy Loo on Tuesday 04 September 12 20:14 BST (UK)
Quote from: Rishile on Tuesday 04 September 12 12:51 BST (UK)
I would like to see Mick Jagger as he lived in the next road to my grandparents when he was a child.  As most of my ancestors come from around Dartford area I'm sure I would find out a lot.

Rishile

I grew up in Dartford...my parents still live there.  Mick Jagger went to my brother's school, and my brother once had a dictionary with Mick's name in it....oh that we had known back then!  ;D ::) :o

I hope that he eventually appears on it. If so it's lucky his ancestors didn't "move like Jagger" away from the area.

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Re: WDYTYA? Pick a celeb to represent your area.
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 05 September 12 10:20 BST (UK) »
Anyone from Slade most of them grew up in my area, and I knew them before they became famous, they were then known as the Inbetweens

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Re: WDYTYA? Pick a celeb to represent your area.
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 06 September 12 08:22 BST (UK) »
Quote from: MargP on Wednesday 05 September 12 10:20 BST (UK)
Anyone from Slade most of them grew up in my area, and I knew them before they became famous, they were then known as the Inbetweens

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Margp I was gunna say Slade!!!! We're so Wolverhampton lol  ;)
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