Your home town's claim to fame

Tochai · Hobbyist Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 82 Location: Belfast

What's your hometown's claim to fame, should be interesting to hear some of them.

Personally i'm from belfast and we are the best crowd in the world.
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promagnum · Hobbyist Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 55

Olympic basketball gold medal winner Katie Smith is from my hometown.

CAFeathers · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject:

Jermaine Dye, Right Fielder for the Chicago White Sox.
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Tanner1994 · Roadie Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 236 Location: Florida

i live in pensacola florida.

Pensacola, Florida has had an impressive history, being the first European settlement in the continental United States, founded by the Spanish in 1559 [1]. Pensacola was under Spanish rule for almost 240 years, though in three separate periods. It was also a possession of the French, British, United States, Confederate States, and has remained a part of the United States since the end of the American Civil War.[1] Pensacola was the capital of Florida before Tallahassee was founded in 1824.
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Randy1 · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:32 pm Post subject:

Back in the 1990's Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett stopped here and got married. Very few people knew it took place until after they were gone.
Oh, and James Dean was born at the local hospital here and much of his family still lives within 15 miles.
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Ceallach · Aspiring Musician Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Posts: 471

Detroit is known for a lot of things. Motor City, Murder City, Detroit Rock City, cars, great music, Lions, Tigers, Red Wings, Ted Nugent, Jack Black, Kid Rock, Eminem, the Insane Clown Posse, the MC5, and right up the road in Kalamazoo were Gibson, now Heritage.

I live in VA Beach now which iknown for surfing mostly.
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Tochai · Hobbyist Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 82 Location: Belfast

Wow that got replies far quicker than i antisipated
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russianracehorse · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:49 pm Post subject:

I live in San Antonio, Texas. The city is home to the Alamo...

...the Riverwalk...

...the four-time world champion San Antonio Spurs...

...Tex-Mex cooking...

...and, perhaps most importantly, the Gunter Hotel, where Robert Johnson made his first recordings.

¡Viva San Antonio! Cool

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cherokee747 · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject:

Tulsa, Oklahoma: JJ Cale, Leon Russell, David Gates (Bread), Tuck Andress, Gene Autry, Ronnie Dunn (Brooks and Dunn) Blake Edwards(Director) Ma Barker, Paul Harvey(Commentator), Roy Clark, Elvin Bishop, Lowell Fulson, Dizzy Dean, Machine Gun Kelly, J Paul Getty(Oil Billionaire),Sam Kinison, Garth Brooks, Gary Busey, Steve Largent, Eldon Shamblin, Speedy West, Just The one's I can Remember........ Cool

Mike
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crazyhorse1959 · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject:

Lake Elsinore California...
The lake and everything to do with anything "OFF ROAD"
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YZFJOE · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject:

I think most of you know my home town's (Las Vegas) story. Cool

Pineknot14 · Amateur Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 122

More interesting fact than claim to fame. Northumberland, Pa. The navigator on the plane that dropped the first A-bomb was from our town, so I've been told.

Celtic Cyclonus

01GT eibach · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject:

nikininja · Rock Star Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 7326 Location: uk

Where do I start.
All of Sabbath
Moody Blues
Priest
diamondhead
Neds atomic dustbin
Tony Burgess of Budgie
Laney amps
John Diggins and John Birch guitars (yep them JD basses that mark king used to play)
Christine Perfect (now McVie of fleetwood mac)
The Home of the industrial revolution
Tolkien

The list goes on and on, I'll have remembered a few more by tomorrow.
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