Famous People Who Went To Your School

[KalamityKel]

band camp references/comments become quite tiresome after a while I can tell ya!

[bigbadwolf]

Did they really Kel.

[ratty]

Nicholas Lyndhurst and one of the Bravo Two Zero crew

[annaj]

I would've said no-one, but after a quality 10 minutes on my old school's website I can tell you Edward Jenner, discoverer of the smallpox vaccine, went to my school.

Not as cool as a bunch of celebs, obviously, but it is posssibly the only disease to erradicated worldwide by vaccination.

[jollybaby]

Jo Brand, Virginia Wade, and the twins from the darling buds of may

[brum]

Jasper Carrot. Oh dear, I'll just ride me moped off into the sunset...

[bigbadwolf]

I'd prefer Edward Jenner over a celeb any day anna and the upside is that he probably wouldn't come across as an arsehole either.

[Mikecg]

brum Wrote:

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> Jasper Carrot. Oh dear, I'll just ride me moped

> off into the sunset...

Not bad Brum, I think he was at his best in the Detectives.

[bigbadwolf]

Yeah, I liked the Detectives as well Mike.

[PinkyB]

Oh, I dunno, Louis Pasteur told me Jenner was a right stuck-up git, thought he was God's gift just because he'd saved the world from disease and death, blah blah blah. You know what some of these scientists are like. (shakes head)

[RosieH]

We had a few: Ian McKellen, Mark Radcliffe, Ralf Little, Nigel Short (chess player) and a Nobel Prize winning chemist, Sir Harry Kroto (only I don't really know what he did).

Unfortunately, on the ladies' side, I think we can only "boast" Davinia Murphy / Taylor, of Hollyoaks and shagging it around with Kate Moss fame.

[zephyr]

Isaac Watts, though that was a few years ago ;-)

Paul Callaghan from the Apprentice 2007 (who was apparently very close to another contestant Katie Hopkins

Hugh Mitchell (colin Creevey in harry Potter)

[bigbadwolf]

Oh and 'I' went to forest hill boys but sadly didn't recieve the recognition I deserved, I usually just got a thick ear instead.

[Ann]

Greta Scacchi , actress was in the year above me.

[louisiana]

Roger Moore

Fern Britton

Kim Taylor AKA Magenta Devine (described in Wikipedia as "an independently wealthy heroin addict and publicity agent" before her move to TV under Janet Street Porter)

Rick Warden (Band of Brothers)

Greg Hands (MP)

Roger Hammond (cyclist)

Donald Stewert-Whyte AKA Abdul Waheed ("Two years after leaving was arrested in connection with the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot")

[Carrie]

Louisiana - you went to the same school as I did! I never knew about Roger Moore

['bout now]

Christ alive , not Dr. Challoners school ( Jakes academy for chaps), I thought I'd left that all behind........

[woofmarkthedog]

Vlad the impaler, The man on the moon , Jaws, bugs bunny , Henry Kissinger

Yes all went to .........

I AM SUCH A LIAR.....dogs at school I mean..

W**F

* "hello Henry" yeah just doin' sh*t...mm mm ahh haa"

[louisiana]

Carrie Wrote:

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> Louisiana - you went to the same school as I did!

> I never knew about Roger Moore

He was only there for a short bit, during the war I think.

So which year were you? I left in '78 (so two yrs behind Magenta and three behind Fern). Are you too young for the awful head Agnes McMaster? That dreadful woman went on to terrorise Croydon High School.

Have to say I loathed the place. Small-minded suburban defined.

[SimonM]

Alan Sunderland (who might ring a bell with older Arsenal followers!) went to the same primary as me as well as the same grammar

Ted Hughes (deceased Poet Laureate) - around 15 years before but we still had the same English teacher...

[woofmarkthedog]

Not saying i'm old but me and "Caxton" were in the same year at "Ye Olde oak" primary just outside the gated city by South Wark.

Hail ye

*OO*

[Sherwick]

bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> It's a financial expert who deals with risk and

> uncertainty.

Zzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzz

[Ladygooner]

Just Maggie Smith as far as I know

[Izodia]

Reading through, I was looking forward to saying Jo Brand and Virginia Wade...but jollybaby got there first. At least I can add those twins to my list!

[jollybaby]

I think it's a bit sad that there haven't been any new ones in the 10 years or so since I left the school (not that I know of anyway). They obviously weren't grooming us for fame!