To detest most scouse celebrities

[Afroturf]

Cilla Black, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Tarbuck et al - celebrities who take every opportunity to remind us about their days in Scottie Road and all who, coincidentally, moved away from the city years ago.

What fake accents....I have never heard anyone else speak with Cilla Black's particular accent.

And now bloody Les Dennis has reared his head. God, how I've loathed him on Celebrity Masterchef - another one harking back about 'me Mam and Dad in Liverpool'. Fuck off. He was on radio 2 this morning with Rhod Gilbert and, my word, what a fucking name dropping twat. It was embarrassing.

I am not a fan.

Now I must mention that I'm from Liverpool, a city I love and live in today. I can't, however, abide these 'professional scousers' who go on and on about where they're from. Perhaps it's to try and fool us plebs that they are one of us. Again, do fuck off.

I don't want this thread to descend into an anti-Liverpool rant as my city is a very special place but wonder if anyone agrees with me. I think it's probably the fact that they come from the same place as me that I have a particular distain for them. I dare say that slebs from other parts of the UK annoy folk from their neck of the woods too.

Lisa Eldridge? Really? I love her!

This isn't a "whinge" thread! It's really lighthearted. The only one whinging isn't from Liverpool and is going on about "mawkery"

The Wirral is still in the County of Merseyside not Cheshire. The postcodes changed to CH from L in 1997/98 due to the post being sorted in Chester rather than Liverpool as it had previously been.

Mawkish

Pan I know what you mean and it wasn't my intention to encourage a whingefest. I like and am proud of a huge amount of successful people from Liverpool. I just can't stand slebs that moved away a long time ago but take every opportunity of reminding us where they're from.

Another one to be proud of, Playwright, Willy Russell. Studied much of his work at school.

Afroturf, I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek meself. ON accents, I'd met Oasis quite a few time before they made it BIG and the Gallaghers do ham up their accents on TV.

Though I was once firmly told once by a colleague real scouser that it should be either "Wirral" or "The Wirral Penninsula".

Ooohhh Jennifer Ellison!! I hate that woman. And her snotty bitch little sister!!
They were the 'do you know who I am' lot in queues for clubs etc... And every sentence from the sister I ever heard started 'well our Jennifer...' Aaarrgghh!!

Jimmy McGovern. Lovely genuine talented scouser who still lives in Liverpool (quite close to your old school Thewoolybacks wife!)

I think it's probably the same sort of thing as Sean Connery prattling on about Scottish independence from the comfort of his home in the Bahamas or wherever he actually lives.

Beaver my DM won't hear a bad word about Snelly. She thinks he's lovely

Who was the longstanding presenter? Ah, go on, give us a clue

I bet it was Mrs Butler's Eldest.

I've heard more than one story about Mrs Butlers Eldest being a very different personality away from the microphone.

That was my first thought too!

Re Jimmy McGovern- my dad taught him in a creative writing class (adult ed) before he got his break. Preen preen

Sorry, I know this thread is dying down but i've remembered another couple of twats. Fucking Billy and Wally.

I remember beinf forced to listen to that shite, Hold your fucking Plums, when I stayed at my Nan and Grandad's house. They'd be pissing themselves laughing with tears rolling down their faces. I'd be quietly thinking they were a pair of nobs.

They are hideous, agreed. Are they still going?

I have just noticed that no-one has mentioned Cherie Blair - one for the blacklist.

Pete Burns is from Port Sunlight. About as scouse as I am ie not very as I also come from a place which had an L postcode and now has a CH

And we did have scouse accents near the border with Cheshire oh yes! Maybe not so much in Pensby or Gayton but mine was shocking. Not truly scouse obviously but better than Cilla Feckin Blacks is

Argh, I can't believe "Hold your plums" has been mentioned. My Nan used to love that too. Billy Bell End, Wally Wanker and Shitty Snelly.

Roger McGough is another one who needs a fucking punch. Who made hime the Liverpool Oracle.

Incidentally, while I am on a thread with other scousers; who used to go clubbing/to gigs at Planet X and McMillians? Late 80's/early 90's? Those were my days... aahhhh. Record shopping in Probe as well.

I lived in Planet X. Well only when it was on.

Do you remember xtreem near probe records for the most avent garde haircuts?

Nah, I had a shit hair cut, just not cool enough

What was that place upstairs a bit like Afflecks Palace? All little independent shops? Tie die and shit? I used to live in there and get all my feaky gear from there.

Quiggins?

Ah Quiggins, of course. Thank you.

Who is that vile fella who was all militant in the 80s? He had a stupid name like Gegsy or something? He went mental on the BBC recently.

Derek Hatton?

Degsy! Stabby stabby stabby!