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- jay_jay0
I live up on the hill in Langho, so got the view of the trough of bowland and stonyhurst.
I was took on a school trip there wen in primary school, that priest took us all into that massive tree house in the grounds, dunno if thats still there or not, but thankfully we had teachers with us so no one was touched haha
- kezza_20
some famous peeps went there as well as myself...
* George Herbert Walker, grandfather of the U.S. president George H. W. Bush and great-grandfather of George W. Bush
* Charles Carroll of Carrollton, last surviving and only Catholic signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
* Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes
* St Thomas Garnet SJ, canonized saint and protomartyr of St Omers, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
* Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish signatory of the Irish Proclamation of Independence who played a leading part in the Easter Rising, for which he was executed
* Sir Frederick Weld, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
* Eduardo Lopez de Romaña, former President of PeruAlumni currently in the public eye include:
* Iain Balshaw, English Rugby International, British and Irish Lion and World Cup Winner
* Kyran Bracken, English Rugby International, British and Irish Lion and World Cup Winner
* Bill Cash, Member of Parliament; Shadow Attorney General
* Crispian Hollis, Bishop of Portsmouth
* Paul Johnson, journalist, editor of the New Statesman; awarded the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom[97]
* Mark Thompson, Current Director General of the BBC
- kezza_20
the priest who built the tree house, was the one fiddling. Used to invite 6 boys to stay with him in the tree house, then he got busy.
needless to say I never stayed there.
- jay_jay0
no surprised famous rugger boys come from there, the place is surrounded by rugby fields
- 7point340
i disliked LOTR enormously.
the 3rd one was decent. i'll give them that.i've never had the patience for the books
- kezza_20
Will greenwood went there too, Brian Ashton was our Rugby coach when I was younger
- jay_jay0
it's pretty mad that you went there
- kezza_20
just a school :)
Used to go to QEGS in Blackburn before that
- kezza_20
Was a privilege to go there though...
interesting history of you give a toss :)
- Meeklo0
I liked when the guy with the long beard was fighting that other guy through the cracks of the earth, that was pretty bad ass.
- gramme0
LOTR FTW
- jay_jay0
I mean its mad cause its very local, only small area round here, didnt think someone on here would know the area.
Yes you have gone to 2 very good schools, folks must be minted ha
- Llyod0
I got kicked out from there.
- digdre0
looks totally english ,that pic on the site