Is Scarborough famous for anything ??

[micko1962]

I am working on a quiz about Scarborough, does anyone know of any famous people from the town ??

ant other info would be usefull as i am struggling big time with this challenge !!!

Cheers.

[Holbeckian]

This is a good place to start....

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

[Xollob]

Ben Kingsly was born there, and quite a few actors from the Street have a Scarborough connection. See list here.

[Mikeyd2]

A bit more...

During 1997, Trainspotting star Ewan McGregor came to Scarborough to film the Oscar nominated 'Little Voice' with Michael Caine, Jane Horrock, Brenda Blethyn and Jim Broadbent.

[netibiza]

Are you going to Scarborough Fair??

[raysparx]

Wasn't it the Scarborough town football team that ian Botham had a few games for ? or am I totally wrong?

[micko1962]

Thought he played for Scunthorpe !!!

[raysparx]

if it was scunthorpe there really isn't much going for scarborough,apart from the scenery that i can think of

[micko1962]

raysparx,

[micko1962]

raysparx, your nearer the truth than you think !!!!

[henneth]

Anne Bronte (Agnes Grey, Tenant of Wildfell Hall) is the only one of the famous sisters not buried in the family plot in Haworth. Instead she is buried in St Mary's churchyard,Scarborough. Her sister Charlotte felt it would be too much for her father to see another loved one die. Patrick Bronte had already buried his wife and his children Maria, Elizabeth, Branwell and Emily (literally, as he was the local priest). Anne was taken to Scarborough to convalesce where she died in 1849.

[Lynn_M]

Heavyweight boxer Richard Dunn is from Scarborough. He fought Muhammed Ali in the 1970's for the World Title

[gary baldy]

Alan Ayckbourn always premieres his plays in Scarborough at the Stephen Joseph theatre (named after its founder and in a listed former Odeon cinema) where he is artistic director. I think he lives in the town aswell.

[micko1962]

Sorry Lynn_M, but Richard Dunn is from Bradford

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dunn

[delilahcat]

Charles Laughton was born in the Victoria Hotel in Scarborough.

[La Diva]

Sir Jimmy Savile OBE

who bought me and my friend burger and chips in the Wimpy Bar in 1968! He was there with Samantha Juste (she who used to put the records on, on TOTP, before the video age, and who later married Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees)

So there!!

[nathanjlark]

unbelievable! what about TOBY JEPSON of the LITTLE ANGELS who is responsible for a no 1 rock album JAM and 3 other hit albums, 13/14 top 40 hits who is now in GUN and FASTWAY has been in a tv show on e4 recently and is still living in the town plus the drummer from the jam album MARK RICHARDSON is in FEEDER where also the bassist is ronan keatings manager if thats how you spell it? well i dont know, i hate ronan, and the original drummer michael lee is in THIN LIZZY ????