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10/10/2004 04:59:03 PM · #1 |
It interests me where people live or work.
I lived and worked at Ascot racecourse for 13 years, now I work at Tittenhurst Park, the home where John Lennon shot the video for Imagine.
Anyone else live or work somewhere famous?? |
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10/10/2004 05:03:00 PM · #2 |
| Wyatt Earp use to be the deputy marshall of the town I currently live in. Not sure if that is famous enough or not. |
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10/10/2004 05:03:31 PM · #3 |
| I live and work in Las Vegas. Famous is over rated. :) |
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10/10/2004 05:10:02 PM · #4 |
I work at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg. Once the home of Jimmmy Hoffa, and Al Cappone.
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10/10/2004 05:10:59 PM · #5 |
| We don't but our son lives in Taos which is about 65 miles from our house. He saw Julia Roberts at the grocery store buying produce a couple of weeks ago. She was chatting on her cell phone while shopping. |
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10/10/2004 05:14:43 PM · #6 |
I live and work in ReykjavÃk ...
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10/10/2004 05:19:09 PM · #7 |
Great guys!!
Keep them coming! |
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10/10/2004 05:23:57 PM · #8 |
I live in New Iberia, Louisina...otherwise known as the Home of Tobasco Sauce! (okay so that was Avery Island, but New Iberia is better known I think)
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10/10/2004 05:24:10 PM · #9 |
I work at one of the original Ritz Camera stores in Washington DC.
Message edited by author 2004-10-10 17:25:28. |
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10/10/2004 05:24:20 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by moodville:
Wyatt Earp use to be the deputy marshall of the town I currently live in. Not sure if that is famous enough or not. |
Interestingly enough, I was born and am living now in the small town in which Wyatt Earp began his law enforcement career as town constable. It is also where he met, married and buried his first wife.
David
/edit: Oops, my wife pointed out that I forgot to mention Harry S. Truman was born here as well.
Message edited by author 2004-10-10 17:26:41.
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10/10/2004 05:28:40 PM · #11 |
I live in a little town called Briarcliff Manor, in New York - Used to belong to Briar Hall Country Club - 10 minutes (if that) from my house, had my Bat-Mitzvah there...It's now Trump National Golf Course.
A lot of the New York Yankees also live about 15 minutes-30 minutes from me, between Harrison, and the City.
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10/10/2004 05:28:49 PM · #12 |
Well, not much fame around this part of NE Texas, but I live in Hunt County, the birthplace and hometown of Audie Murphy, WWII's most decorated soldier, and Greenville, my town, is the hometown of the Christian band Mercy Me, and the alternative (now-defunct) band Radish (and their now-solo lead singer Ben Kweller), and residence of country star Collin Raye.
I work in Terrell, TX, at Terrell High School, which is probably most famous for a graduate named Eric Bishop, now known to the world as Jaimie Foxx. He is a really nice guy and comes back to town regularly to see the kids at school, motivate, and give back time and financial support to the community. Our high school is also home to current Denver Bronco standout Kenoy Kennedy (and his two younger brothers who are up-and-coming athletes), and Sterling Harris, who I think is with the Cleveland Browns (but I'm not sure...that's what I heard last summer during training camp).
Neither town is famous in and of itself, but we have some great people who came from these parts. :o)
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10/10/2004 05:31:27 PM · #13 |
| I'm from Punxsutawney, PA... where every day is Groundhog Day! |
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10/10/2004 05:32:50 PM · #14 |
| I worked at a Motel 6 when in college and Michael Keaton came in and begged me to use the manager's bathroom. I told him to go to the gas station across the street but he started begging and the manager came out and got all flustered that a celeb was here and she ushered him in to the back office. Afterwards she talked about it for days. I'm surprised she didn't have the damn toilet bronzed. |
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10/10/2004 05:53:02 PM · #15 |
I live in Wilmslow, England, where Alan Turing lived, the inventor of such computing and AI fundamentals as the Turing Machine and the Turing test.
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10/10/2004 06:02:56 PM · #16 |
| I live in a town called Pudsey in Yorkshire, England. I don't really think that it's famous "as such", but the name of the town was used for a little bear (named by someone who used to live here). They called the bear 'Pudsey Bear' and it was used as a mascot for the "children in Need" Appeal. The appeal runs each year - and is televised. It's aim is to raise funds for children. History of Pudsey is that the folk here (Yorkshire Folk) used to say that Pudsey is where the Treacle Mines are (not sure if other people might know what Treacle is?). They also used to say that Pudsey is where the "Ducks fly backwards" (Yorkshire sense of humour?). |
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10/10/2004 06:14:09 PM · #17 |
Thanks for all that info, it is amazing how we all take it for granted about where we live until someone asks!
Not only is this a photographic site, but also an academy of famous people and places. |
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10/10/2004 06:15:31 PM · #18 |
I live in Vancouver, BC, CDN, which is more infamous than famous for its liberal views, availability of pot, drugs, micro breweries and the sheer amount of glass built into its downtown architecture, in an earthquake-prone region.
When you step away from it all and block out everything man-made with your thumb or index finger (!), it looks like paradise.
Message edited by author 2004-10-10 18:15:52.
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10/10/2004 06:16:38 PM · #19 |
I live in Clevedon, England, and go to the same school as Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols went to. An episode of 'Eastenders' was also filmed here.
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10/10/2004 06:16:55 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Formerlee:
Thanks for all that info, it is amazing how we all take it for granted about where we live until someone asks!
Not only is this a photographic site, but also an academy of famous people and places. |
Hey, Steve, I used to live and go to school in Berkshire (though they changed the boundaries to Oxfordshire, eventually). (Wantage - King Alfred's Statue!) |
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10/10/2004 06:22:15 PM · #21 |
| Evel Kneivel comes from my home town, is that a legacy or not? |
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10/10/2004 06:24:03 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
I live in Vancouver, BC, CDN, which is more infamous than famous for its liberal views, availability of pot, drugs, micro breweries and the sheer amount of glass built into its downtown architecture, in an earthquake-prone region.
When you step away from it all and block out everything man-made with your thumb or index finger (!), it looks like paradise. |
Everywhere/anywhere is paradise - depending on what you choose to see. |
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10/10/2004 06:44:30 PM · #23 |
I live in Deer Island Oregon, which is located on the Columbia River about 30 miles down river from Portland. It’s not really much of a town since it consists of one gas station\quickie mart. I believe we are most famous for having a large number of high-end rednecks. Most of them have not one or two, but three or four broken down vehicles in their front yards. And, a lot of them drive pickups that are more expensive than their mobile homes. Does that count? :)
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10/10/2004 07:01:15 PM · #24 |
I work in Westport, CT- home of Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Michael Bolton and (until last week) Martha Stewart. ;-)
EDIT- Oh, and I live in Easton, the former home of Helen Keller.
Message edited by author 2004-10-10 19:02:32. |
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10/10/2004 07:02:48 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by Konador:
I live in Clevedon, England, and go to the same school as Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols went to. ... |
Hey, Ben, is that supposed to be good or bad?. LOL
I live in Sevilla, Spain, where we still in summer by today! |
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