List of people from Poulton-le-Fylde
This is a list of people from Poulton-le-Fylde, a market town in Lancashire, in the North West of England.
Academia
- George Long (1800–1879), classical scholar[1]
Politics
- Robert Parkinson Tomlinson (1881–1943), Liberal politician
Arts and entertainment
- Larry Cassidy (1952–2010), Jenny Ross (1962-2004), Vincent Cassidy, Paul Wiggin and Angela Cassidy, musicians in Section 25
- Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957–1993), punk rock musician and frontman of Skrewdriver[2]
- Keith Harris (1947-2015), ventriloquist, lived in Poulton-le-Fylde[3]
- Tessie O'Shea (1913–1995), actress and music hall entertainer, lived in "Mulberry Cottage" on Breck Road for many years
- Andy Summers (born 1942), rock musician, guitarist with The Police[4]
Sports
- John Curtis (born 1954), former professional footballer[5]
- Georgie Mee (1900–1978), former professional footballer
- Fred Pagnam (1891–1962), former professional footballer
- Paul Stewart (born 1964), former professional footballer
- Tony Green (born 1946) former professional footballer who played for Scotland now a teacher in Poulton-le-Fylde
References
- ^ "Long, George (LN818G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Ware, Vron; Back, Les (2002), Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics, and Culture, University of Chicago Press, p. 106, ISBN 0-226-87342-0
- ^ Ross, Deborah (18 March 2002), "At Home With Orville (and Keith)", The Independent, Independent Print Limited, retrieved 27 October 2010
- ^ Huey, Steve, "Andy Summers > Biography", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved 27 October 2010
- ^ Brown, Neil, "John Curtis", Post War English & Scottish Football League A — Z Player's Database, retrieved 29 April 2011