100 Greatest Britons

[oldgit]

Watched clarkson on Brunel last night those ships of his were years ahead of their time.Excellent programme.Darwin yes, winston ok,newton surely,Nelson perhaps,but P..........ss D.... for christs sake.pass the sick bag.

B.....y hell where did all that wash come from.
Er looks like a B....m to me.

 

[petem]

Princess Di, don't get me started!

And how can Robbie Williams be better than Edward Jenner (who saved the lives of billions as a result of small pox vaccinations)!

And John Peel round about number 50, hey whassat all about?

Some people are just so small minded.

What I want to know is where was Jade from Big Brother 3, or TCM?

 

[LeytonC]

100 Greatest Posters

I have to say Brunell certainly has my money.
I have cruised passed the SS. Great Britain in bristol Docks
it is a fantasic ship. (and yes, pass me the sick bags for some selections)

I think was should have the 100 greatest posts
with both an extract of the post & users name!



Thanks

Leyton
(River Severn / Bristol Channel)

 

[oldgit]

What about Whittle.Maxwell.Cockrell,Barnes Wallis etc.
Engineers,scientists etc are the forgotton people in our tabloid celebrity world of footballing media morons.


B.....y hell where did all that wash come from.
Er looks like a B....m to me.

 

[petem]

King Arthur was in the top 100 (made me chuckle).

 

[oldgit]

At least someone had the gumption to go and get The Great Britain back from the
Falklands.
I will bet you pounds and pounds that there where loads of people whinging about the cost of bringing it back.
Did you know ahem that not a single example of the Stirling bomber remains in existence.
Locally we had the chance of having one of the last Sunderland flying boats kept nearby.We could not even find of few thousand quid needed.It is of course now in the USA.

B.....y hell where did all that wash come from.
Er looks like a B....m to me.

 

[petem]

Has to be said that Thatcher would certainly be in my top 50, if not my top ten. Alas, Blair would not.

 

[petem]

And architects

Can't recall seeing Christpoher Wren in there.

But what on earth was Guy Fawkes in there for?

 

[coliholic]

What Robert Maxwell? Bouncing Bob the Bouy's Best Buddy type Maxell?

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[oldgit]

Re: 99 Greatest Britons

We will have to agree to disagree on the subject of that lady.
What about Sir Bernard Foster.We still have some of the worlds best architects.but they all have to go abroad to get anything built.All the english seem to want is vile little copies of what their grandparents wanted.

B.....y hell where did all that wash come from.
Er looks like a B....m to me.

 

[oldgit]

Ahem I was thinking of the other one.Was Hertz British?

B.....y hell where did all that wash come from.
Er looks like a B....m to me.

 

[coliholic]

What the car hire people, Hertz?

Nah think they're Dutch - full name was Hertz Van Rental

 

[oldgit]

Re: 98 Greatest Britons

Now I know I have been reading the wrong history books.

B.....y hell where did all that wash come from.
Er looks like a B....m to me.

 

[halcyon]

Great Britain was a private group, thus no media, thus limited comment.
If had not been private, we would still be having viability studies of how to move it, or was it detrimental to the local enviroment and further committee meetings, and, and
How can we spend £**************** to build a football ground ?


Brian

 

[BarryH]

Lincoln Jeffery, based in brum he was!

Yeah! I know its running rough, but your lucky its running at all!!

 

[byron]

HAH! The whole thing was daft, none of us were mentioned but fictional dudes like King Arthur was. Princess Di? Well I don't wish to speak ill of the dead but c'mon.

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[NorthernWave]

Could we put our own 100 together????

I'd like sir Alec Issigonis at least in the top 50, although born in poland he lived in the UK from the age of three. I'm sure that can be classed as brit.

Where was Churchill???

Chris

Relaxation starts at the pontoon gate

 

[oldgit]

What about Crapper ?

Arkywhatsits. Sorry that should have bin Norman Foster.

B.....y hell where did all that wash come from.
Er looks like a B....m to me.

 

[byron]

Paddy McGinty who invented the Toilet Seat.
Can't remember the name of the Englishman who invented the hole and put in to Paddy's invention.

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[oldgit]

I suspect we had best not look to closely at the ancestory of many "Great Britons" as more than a few were first generation children born of immigrant parents.Curious that many sportspeople who were born or live abroad become english when they suceed in their particular field.

B.....y hell where did all that wash come from.
Er looks like a B....m to me.