Notable People
Jack Simmons the Lancashire and Tasmania off-spinner was born in Clayton. Alan Ramsbottom was a professional racing cyclist from Clayton-le-Moors, and rode the Tour de France, finishing 16th in 1963 was his best achievement. He later moved to Great Harwood, where there is a road named after him. Comedian Eric Morecambe, of the double act Morecambe and Wise, lived in Clayton while working in a mine as a 'Bevin Boy'. Alex Higgins lived in the town after his arrival from Northern Ireland. East Lancashire had a thriving snooker scene and Higgins was keen to learn from great players in the area. Vicky Entwistle, the actress who played the factory worker Janice Battersby in Coronation Street, has a link to Clayton-le-Moors. Her parents ran a newsagent shop close to the M65 bridge in Whalley Road. Originally from Great Harwood, Netherwood Hughes, one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, died at the Woodlands Home for the Elderly in 2009, aged 108.
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