b.1928 |
SILLITOE,
Allan
English
novelist
Sillitoe was
born in Nottingham, the son of an illiterate tannery labourer. His
childhood was shadowed by the financial problems of the family, but
it did not stop his passion for reading and he started to plan a career
as a writer.
At the age of fourteen Sillitoe left school and worked in a number
of jobs in Nottingham factories. He also served in the Royal Air Force
as a wireless operator. He was sent to Malaya, and on his return he
discovered he had tuberculosis. He spent sixteen months in an RAF
hospital, and during this period he started to write and read intensively.
Key Achievements:
Saturday
Night and Sunday Morning (1958); The Loneliness of A Long Distance
Runner(1959); The Death of William Poster (1965); A Tree on Fire(1967);
The City Adventures of Marmalade Jim (1967).
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July 5, 1946 |
SMITH
CBE, Paul
Fashion
- Designer
His introduction
into fashion was when his father took him to a local clothing warehouse
at the age of eighteen to work as a gofer. By the time he was twenty
he was managing the first boutique to open in Nottingham. Now he is
the most successful British / European designer in Japan with 162
shops. Most notable points in Paul's career include the revival of
the boxer short and filofix in the early 1980's.
Key Achievements:
BKCEC award (1991); CBE (1994); The Queens Award (1995).
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born? |
SLATER
MBE, Colin
Sport
- Commentator
Colin Slater
has been reporting on the Magpies for 91热爆 Radio Nottingham since the
station began more than thirty years ago.
He has just received an MBE for his services to the community and
recognises his charity work and long service as a local magistrate.
Key Achievements: MBE (2001) |
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STARDUST,
Alvin
Music
- Rock singer
Alvin was born
Bernard Jewry in North London and brought up in Nottinghamshire. He
had four hit singles in the 60's under the name of Shane Fenton. But
'My Coo Ca Choo', his debut single as Alvin Stardust, the mean and
moody leather-clad persona, turned him into a star in the early 1970's.
It became a huge international hit and spent over six months in the
charts. He had become known the world over and was awarded the Music
Week Best Male Recording Artist Award and the British Pop Awards Best
Live Performance. In recent years he has turned his skills
to acting on television.
Key Achievements:
Music Business World Diamond Award (1987); Godspell(1988); Hollyoaks
(1995); Solid Silver Seventies tour (1994); David Copperfield (1995).
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