Prettytom Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Hackey’s Mam and Dad. Just to please OG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Sheffield's very own Sir John Fowler who built/designed/known for: The Forth Bridge Chief engineer for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Wicker Arches Youngest ever president of the Institution of Civil Engineers The first London Underground- Metropolitan Railway Circle line. District Railway Vauxhall Bridge Inventor of the 'Design and Build' approach to large projects. Unlike Brunel he did not bankrupt his backers, leave or abandon his projects or create failures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 9 minutes ago, Prettytom said: Hackey’s Mam and Dad. Just to please OG. Cheers Pt It just made me realise that we sometimes exercise our brains too much and forget who and what were really important to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Blair/Orwell's great grandfather was a wealthy slave trader, his grandfather was a vicar and his dad was a civil servant(opium)-they lived a very comfortable colonial lifestyle-not wealthy. Blair was raised in England and his experiences as a child and as a young man went far beyond most. Winston Churchill was half American half English. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauxwell Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Sir Winston Churchill. Sir Earnest Shackleton. One of the greatest stories of survival when the odds are against you. He was known as an English explorer but he was Anglo-Irish. Charles Dickens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Petre Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Mister M said: Nye Bevan, creator of the National Health Service, without whom, many of us wouldn't have lived as long and as prosperously as we have. Agreed but Nye Bevan was Welsh, maybe we can invite him into the club ? Along with Scottish doctor Sir Alexander Fleming, the penicillin guy. Edited September 3, 2023 by St Petre spell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Sir Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Petre Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Jack Grey said: Churchill, Attenborough & Brunel What about when Churchill was Home Secretary and ordered soldiers to open fire in striking Welsh miners? Not so 'fine' then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, St Petre said: What about when Churchill was Home Secretary and ordered soldiers to open fire in striking Welsh miners? Not so 'fine' then! Bang on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Grey Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, St Petre said: What about when Churchill was Home Secretary and ordered soldiers to open fire in striking Welsh miners? Not so 'fine' then! Nobody is perfect 👍 Shot some Welsh miners but defeated Hitler Swings and Roundabouts Edited September 3, 2023 by Jack Grey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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