Famous Sons of Leeds

Cropper · Post by **Cropper** » Fri 19 Jun, 2009 7:37 pm

Frankie Vaughn was from Liverpool, he was a student at Leeds C of Art when he was discovered singing at rag week. I lived next door to the Ryan Twins in (399) Easterly Road, one blue plaque is too good for them never mind two.

Catweazle · Post by **Catweazle** » Fri 19 Jun, 2009 10:06 pm

isn't including people who were born in Leeds but moved away years before they were famous AND those whose connections with Leeds are that they wenrt to university in Leeds for a couple of years cheating...ie Soft Cell (come from Blackpool and Southport), Sisters of Mercy (come from various other parts of country),Gang of Four (London and Lancashire), Chumbawamba (various other parts of England) etcbut you have missed out Peter Sellars who although born in Southsea (his showbiz parents were on the road at the time) his dad's family were Loiners...And anyway he's far more significant than a few half-arsed pop/rock groups who'll be forgotten in a few years...

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 01 Dec, 2009 2:14 pm

Mentioned before but may be of interest to the Historians, an article in BBC Leeds about Leonora Cohen -http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/pe ... 387247.stm

Dobbie54 · Post by **Dobbie54** » Tue 01 Dec, 2009 8:38 pm

Does anyone remember the pop group The Crestas they used to back all the top groups in the 60's.I'm sure they backed the Beatles when they were at Bradford.They used to live down our back street in Bramley.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 01 Dec, 2009 8:47 pm

Dobbie54 wrote: Does anyone remember the pop group The Crestas they used to back all the top groups in the 60's.I'm sure they backed the Beatles when they were at Bradford.They used to live down our back street in Bramley. Were they frothy, man?!

Dobbie54 · Post by **Dobbie54** » Tue 01 Dec, 2009 10:03 pm

cool answer!!!!!

Precinct Boy · Post by **Precinct Boy** » Sat 05 Dec, 2009 11:27 pm

Ian McGeechan my old school teacher at Moor Grange, Scotland and British Lions coach born in Headingley lived at Tinshill while teaching at Moor Grange.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 05 Dec, 2009 11:47 pm

Precinct Boy wrote: Ian McGeechan my old school teacher at Moor Grange, Scotland and British Lions coach born in Headingley lived at Tinshill while teaching at Moor Grange. Is Ian McGeechan actually from Leeds? Does anyone know, he played his club Rugby for Headingley (precursor of Leeds Carnegie) but his international Rugby for Scotland.He always sounds slightly Scottish to me - a bit like Peter Lorimer, someone who spent his early years in Scotland but most of his life in Leeds.

Precinct Boy · Post by **Precinct Boy** » Sun 06 Dec, 2009 12:16 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McGeechan

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 06 Dec, 2009 10:54 am

Precinct Boy wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McGeechan Well it looks like he's from Leeds - but then Wikepedia said Helen Worth was from Leeds and she's not. Anyway he's two days younger than me.