Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Friday, 19 October 2018
Chris Kamara
Teesside Titan 13
Name: Chris Kamara
Born: 1957 (In Middlesbrough)
Occupation: Presenter and football analyst at Sky Sports
Claim To Fame: Former professional footballer and manager and now a household name as a TV pundit and celebrity
Name: Chris Kamara
Born: 1957 (In Middlesbrough)
Occupation: Presenter and football analyst at Sky Sports
Claim To Fame: Former professional footballer and manager and now a household name as a TV pundit and celebrity
Saturday, 25 August 2018
Unpublished Comic I'm working on
Busy writing, drawing, colouring and lettering this story.
Will take a while to complete, this is just the first chapter.
Saturday, 4 August 2018
Sunday, 17 June 2018
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Bob Mortimer
Teesside Titan 12
Name: Bob Mortimer
Born: 1959 (In Middlesbrough)
Occupation: Comedian
Claim To Fame: Found fame with Vic Reeves in 1989 with the Channel 4 TV show 'Vic Reeves Big Night Out'. Continued his double act with Vic on such TV shows as Shooting Stars, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and House of Fools.
Name: Bob Mortimer
Born: 1959 (In Middlesbrough)
Occupation: Comedian
Claim To Fame: Found fame with Vic Reeves in 1989 with the Channel 4 TV show 'Vic Reeves Big Night Out'. Continued his double act with Vic on such TV shows as Shooting Stars, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and House of Fools.
Brian Clough
Teesside Titan 11
Name: Brian Clough
Born: 1935 (In Middlesbrough)
Died: 2004 age 69
Occupation: Footballer & football manager
Claim To Fame: Scored 204 goals in 222 appearances for Middlesbrough Football Club.
Won the European Cup twice with Nottingham Forest FC. Won the old First Divison Championship with Derby County & Nottingham Forest.
Captain Cook
Teesside Titan 10
Name: Captain James Cook
Born: 1728 (In Marton, Middlesbrough)
Died: 1779 age 50
Occupation: Explorer, navigator, cartographer
Claim To Fame: The first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Chris Rea
Teesside Titan 9
Name: Chris Rea
Born: 4 March 1951 (In Middlesbrough)
Age: 67
Occupation: Singer-songwriter/guitarist
Claim To Fame: Hits with "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", "Stainsby Girls", "Let's Dance", "Driving Home for Christmas", "The Road to Hell" plus many hit LP's
Sunday, 29 April 2018
Alastair Brownlee
Teesside Titan 8
Name: Alastair "Ali" Brownlee
Born: 14 April 1959 (In Middlesbrough)
Died 14 February 2016 (aged 56)
Occupation: Radio presenter,
Claim To Fame: Known as ‘ Mr Middlesbrough’ with his coverage of Middlesbrough F.C. for BBC Tees and Century FM
Thelma Barlow
Teesside Titan 7
Name: Thelma Barlow
Born: 9 June 1929 (age 88) (In Middlesbrough)
Occupation: Actress
Claim To Fame: Starred as Mavis Riley in Coronation Street from 1971 to 1997.
Barlow's next major role was in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies.
Artwork © GSR 2018
Saturday, 21 April 2018
Wilf Mannion
Teesside Titan 6
Name: Name: Wilf Mannion
Born: 1918 (In South Bank, Middlesbrough)
Died : 2000 (age 81)
Occupation: Footballer
Claim To Fame: The most capped England player for Middlesbrough FC winning 26 caps and scoring 11 goals. Played for the Great Britain football team that beat the Rest of Europe 6-1 in 1947. In 2004 it was announced he was being inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame at the National Football Museum.
Paul Daniels
Teesside Titan 5
Name: Name: Paul Daniels
Born: 1938 (In South Bank, Middlesbrough)
Died: 2016 (aged 77)
Occupation: Magician and Presenter
Claim To Fame: The most popular and famous magician of the modern age his TV show ran from 1979 to 1994
Friday, 20 April 2018
Mark Clemmit
Teesside Titan 4
Name: Mark Clemmit
Born: 1962 (In Middlesbrough)
Occupation: Broadcaster
Claim To Fame: BBC TV and radio football reporter
Born: 1962 (In Middlesbrough)
Occupation: Broadcaster
Claim To Fame: BBC TV and radio football reporter
Roy 'Chubby' Brown
Teesside Titan 3
Name: Roy 'Chubby' Brown
Born: 1945 (In Grangetown)
Occupation: Comedian
Claim To Fame: Free speaking style, non PC comedy. Sometimes controversial sarcastic blue humour
Born: 1945 (In Grangetown)
Occupation: Comedian
Claim To Fame: Free speaking style, non PC comedy. Sometimes controversial sarcastic blue humour
Don Revie
Teesside Titan 1
Name: Don Revie
Born: 1927 (In Middlesbrough )
Died: 1989 (aged 61)
Occupation: Football Manager
Claim To Fame: Managed Leeds United 1961 - 1974 winning six major trophies.
Managed England 1974–1977
Name: Don Revie
Born: 1927 (In Middlesbrough )
Died: 1989 (aged 61)
Occupation: Football Manager
Claim To Fame: Managed Leeds United 1961 - 1974 winning six major trophies.
Managed England 1974–1977
Saturday, 17 February 2018
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