Notable Residents
In addition to the sporting personalities mentioned above, these include:
- John Ashenden, astrologer c 1368
- Robert Huntley (policeman), first Head of Scotland Yard's Bomb Squad
- Ian Lavery, President of the National Union of Mineworkers
- Jackie Milburn, England and Newcastle United footballer
- Simon Smith (cricketer), Scottish cricketer
- William Timlin, author and architect
- Jack Charlton, England and Leeds United footballer
- Sir Bobby Charlton, England and Manchester United footballer
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Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or residents:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“In most nineteenth-century cities, both large and small, more than 50 percent—and often up to 75 percent—of the residents in any given year were no longer there ten years later. People born in the twentieth century are much more likely to live near their birthplace than were people born in the nineteenth century.”
—Stephanie Coontz (20th century)