Leigh Hall of Fame

Also known as Glen Trevor, author James Hilton was born in 26 Twist Lane, off Wilkinson Street in Leigh, in 1900, the son of a local schoolmaster. In 1906 he moved to ...

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Pete Shelley (born Peter McNeish, April 17, 1955 in Leigh, Lancashire, England) is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the leader of Buzzcocks, one ...

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Nigel Short MBE (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire) is widely regarded as the strongest British chess player of the 20th century. A chess prodigy, Short first att...

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Mary Thomason nee Pemberton was born on 3 March 1863 at Barlows Factory Westleigh. At the age of 13, in 1876, Mary was a teacher at Leigh British School and by 190...

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Geoffrey Unsworth (1914-1978) was a British cinematographer who enjoyed a long and varied career in the British film industry, working on nearly 90 feature films spanning...

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Born Colin Williams in Leigh, Lancashire, England, 4 July 1934. Colin Welland is widely respected both as an actor and as a writer for television, the cinema, and the ...

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