Famous people from your town

[gray_marian]

#39 No John, Not you! My eye

[John Pruden]

can't help myself marian its fun that makes the world go around?jp

[Keith at Tregenna]

Near local: Wales has a population of nearly 3 million, with over 300,000 people living in the City and County of Cardiff. So it is no surprise that so many notable Welsh people were born and bred here. Not all Cardiffians were from Cardiff, but those who devoted their lives to making Cardiff the City it is today, are just as important as those who were born here.

LINK: http://www.cardiffians.co.uk/cardiffians.shtml





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[happy daze john in oz]

#39 No John, Not you! My eye

We have a lot of them here in Oz, one eyed snakes that is.

[j.sabourn]

Cardiffians that's a weird word Keith. Nearly as bad as Cappy being a Southsheilyite. JS

[Stuart Henderson]

Seeing the terrible floods in Staines & Thames valley on TV lately reminded me of meeting someone famous there years ago (50s). Coffee bars were the newest trend about that time and pubs only opened strict time, so at 2,3o closing would go and view young chicks in the coffee bar near Staines Bridge. One day my younger brother was in the crowd there with some good looking birds. He intoduced me to nice brunette Catherine who said to me " Oh you are Jacks brother I always thought you were an Irishman as you had curly dark hair and were always drunk"...... Later her name filled the newspapers in a huge scandal Catherine Keeler and her mate Mandy and various high politicians.

Stuart

Showing my age ...... It was the famous Christine Keeler not Catherine as stated above. Well it was well over fifty plus years ago....... Sorry

[cappy]

Cardiffians that's a weird word Keith. Nearly as bad as Cappy being a Southsheilyite. JS

.......sandancer in the posh end skatender in the less posh area

[gray_marian]

#46, I knew exactly who you meant Stuart Probably dazzled by the memory.......Perhaps even a lucky escape!

[robpage]

Posh end ??

[Keith at Tregenna]

Cardiffians that's a weird word Keith. Nearly as bad as Cappy being a Southsheilyite. JS

Not really - just got ians on the end EG: Barrians, others have ers, such as London ers, there are many, odd would be onions: as in Oxford onions, onians, egians etc.

Had not really thought it odd before, we always talk of Cardiffians of Cardiff, Barrians in Barry etc at home.

Be interested in knowing of the term used for other Villages, towns and Cities etc.

K.