Famous people from Hull?

Eleanor Tomlinson aka Demelza Poldark. She's from Beverley but that's close enough for me to have an excuse to put her picture up on here.

 

When I was at Kingston High he came with an early version of Hull Truck to perform Alan Platers - Don't build a bridge Drain the river.

 

Roy North ??

 

Professor George Gray led a team at the University of Hull which developed a type of liquid crystals that came to be used in all sorts of consumer products. He wasn't from Hull but lived in the city for many decades.

 

Ronnie Pickering

Sorry just seen it's been done.

 

nah, he just played for us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O'Connell_(Irish_footballer)

 

Has Norman Collier been mentioned?

 

Incr--ibly I d--t th--k h- h-s.

****ing mic.

 

Born in Hull:-

Gerald Thomas - Film Director who directed all the Carry ON films.
Ralph Thomas(His brother) also a Film Director who directed the Doctor at Large films.
Francis Durbridge (writer) who created Paul Temple.

 

Bobby Diamond.

The worlds pre-eminent Elvis impersonator.

 

Wash your mouth out triple H ....... everyone knows Raving Rupert is THE pre-eminent Elvis impersonator.

 

Have a word with yourself triple S.

You cannot say such things on here. Bobby is like royalty on these boards.

Raving Rupert isn't fit to polish his belt buckle.

 

I only put him up cos' he's an ex-workmate of mine - he's a sound guy with a stunning wife, didn't take himself seriously (as if you could) and made a fair few quid for himself and his family.

 

As in the steward from City (or Ex Steward) who used to get asked "Elvis, give us a song?"

 

Was that the Rupert who was a steward on North Sea Ferries?

 

That's him, absolutely top, top bloke.

 

I'm not sure Stan, it might have been. When I knew him he worked in Scunny as a pipe-fitters mate (those were the days), he did pub n club gigs as a sideline most weekends, made a good living at it too. He packed up the pipe-fitting work in mebbe 77/78 to take up a residency at a hotel in Spain, I only saw him a couple of times after that, and that was donkeys years ago, he never mentioned any work other than singing though.

 

OLM, how do I PM you,never done it before and can't see how to do it?

 

I'm on it now - just phoned up Red Guitars' bass-player. We were all going Hull - Europoort on NSF for a tour in Holland. He (if it was him) was a steward, and took us all into this 'back-stairs' world. We went through a door and there was a companionway which took us up into a bar, that was for the crew. Fantastic night!

She'll know, I reckon.