i went to the same school as david lucas (preston north end) and kevin kilbane (everton.)

my ex-gf lives two minutes walk from david moyes (everton manager)

i've been out drinking with half the north end team (fuller, skora, etuhu etc)

eric morecambe came from a town not far away

dame thora hird

kenny baker (the guy who plays r2d2) lives in preston

les dawson lived in lytham, right near me

victoria wood

jessica from liberty x lives next door to a friend of mine

nick park, the animator behinf chicken run and wallace and gromit

tom finney

bill beaumont (i've played rugby with his son)

i'll see who else i can dig up.