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- Being illegitimate he had an unsettled childhood due to his mother not being around much during the first 10 years of his life consequently he was brought up by an aunt. Eventually he met his father, a German named Karl when he was 28, After leaving school he was apprenticed to a Yorkshire firm that built diesel engines for 5 years, In1960 he joined the Merchant Navy with a dream of seeing the world but all he saw was the engine room, After 4 years he settled in London where his first job was with a crew digging the London Victoria tube line tunnel, Relaxing in a folk club he got talking to a man putting on plays with an amateur group and did an audition resulting in him getting a part which led him to be in the last 15 in a drama school in Loughton, Essex, After 3 years he got steady work in the theatre and television including the series Lucky Feller. Soon after he went to Australia where he spent 2 years touring on a motorbike and busking with his guitar before returning to England but all his agent could get him was a tv ad for Yellow Pages which was seen by Granada producers who thought him right for the part of Bill Webster in Coronation Street,
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Dave Hill was born on 16 October 1945 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Chef! (1993), The Full Monty (1997) and Place of Execution (2008).- Clare Kerrigan was born on 26 May 1980 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Paradox (2009), The Last Great Wilderness (2002) and Yasmin (2004).
- Elaine Glover was born in 1983 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Holby Blue (2007), Silent Witness (1996) and Hollyoaks (1995).
- Lord Moran was born on 10 November 1882 in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He died on 12 April 1977 in Newton Valence, Hampshire, England, UK.
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Paul Zenon was born on 29 June 1964 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Crazy Cottage (1996), Tricky Business (1989) and Powertool Cheerleaders vs the Boyband of the Screeching Dead (2022).- Anthony Rowley was born on 22 July 1953 in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Alan Connolly was born on 29 June 1939 in Skipton, Victoria, Australia.
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Blake Morrison is a British poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father?. He has also written a study of the James Bulger murder, As If. Since 2003, Morrison has been Professor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Morrison was born in Skipton, North Yorkshire to an English father (Arthur) and an Irish mother. His parents were both physicians; his mother's maiden name was Agnes O'Shea, but her husband persuaded her to change "Agnes" to "Kim". The details of his mother's life in Ireland, to which he had not been privy, and his parents WWII courtship formed the basis for his autobiographical novel, Things My Mother Never Told Me.
Blake Morrison studied English Literature at the University of Nottingham and UCL before working for the Times Literary Supplement (1978-81), The Observer (1981-89) and the Independent on Sunday (1989-95). He has also contributed articles to The New Yorker, the London Review of Books, the New Statesman, the New York Times and Poetry Review. Since 2001, he has written regularly for The Guardian.
His first book was The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950s (Oxford University Press, 1980). This was followed in 1982 by a critical guide to Seamus Heaney's poetry. Also in 1982 he co-edited The Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry with Andrew Motion. His first book of poetry, Dark Glasses was published by Chatto in 1984. Other published works include Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper (1986), written in Yorkshire dialect and Pendle Witches (1996), illustrated with etchings by Paula Rego. His poems have also appeared in several anthologies, including Penguin Modern Poets 1 (1995).
His first novel was The Justification of Johann Gutenberg (Chatto & Windus, 2000); his most recent South of the River was published in April 2007. Morrison has also written for the theatre, film and television.
Morrison is married, with three children, and lives in Blackheath, London.
Writing Awards: 1980 Eric Gregory Award, 1985 Dylan Thomas Award, 1985 Somerset Maugham Award for Dark Glasses, 1988 E.M. Forster Award, 1993 Esquire/Volvo/Waterstone's Non-Fiction Book Award for And When Did You Last See Your Father?, 1994 J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography for And When Did You Last See Your Father?- Director
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Ronald Haines was born in 1901 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is known for The Man with the Magnetic Eyes (1945), Mr. H.C. Andersen (1950) and Deadlock (1943).- Gil North was born on 12 July 1916 in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, UK. Gil was a writer, known for Detective (1964) and Cluff (1964). Gil was married to Betty Duthie. Gil died in August 1988 in Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Iain Macleod was born on 11 November 1913 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was married to Evelyn Hester Blois. He died on 20 July 1970 in 11 Downing Street, Westminster, England, UK.