The top ten famous Bilstonian's as chosen by BCMC Members at our meeting on October 1st 2014
Also mentioned at the event were the following people
David Bailey - Poet 1834 - 1910(?)
John Cornfield - Brick manufacturer
Pawn Broker Social Reformer 1827(?) - 1890
John Etheridge - Bookseller,
Ironmonger & Philanthropist 1772 - 1856
The Rev. Richard Ames - Curate of
St.Leonard's and Historian 1662 - 1730
Dovey Hawksford - First Enammeller
in Bilston 1695 - 1749
Harry Wilkinson - Founder member of The
Independent Labour Party and Bilston Councillor
Wallace Lofthouse MBE-
Bilston Borough Architect 1885(?) - 1968(?)
Edwin Butler Bayliss - Artist
Henry Challenor - Nurse, Medical Orderley - 1922 -2008
George
Benjamin Thorneycroft Ironworker and 'local eccentric' - 1791 - 1851
Ben
Bilboe - First Labour Councillor in Bilston and later Mayor of Bilston
Charles Louis Napoleon Wilson - Bilston Borough Surveyor notable for creating
The Bratch Waterworks at Wombourne
Ranjit Singh Boparan Billionaire in
food business
Harry Eccleston - Artist and banknote designer
George Lloyd Page - Musician 1878 - 1972
Gilbert Thomas Webster -
Cartoonist and Caricaturist - 1866 - 1962
William Harold Dudley - Painter
and map Maker - 1890 - 1949
Edith Atkins - Record breaking Cyclist -
1920 - 1999
Walter Hughes Bilston Councillor, Magistrate and Science
Fiction author (as Hugh Walters) 1910 - 1993
George Onions Victoria Cross
Winner - 1883 - 1944
John ("Jack") Thomas Holden - Long Distance Runner
1907 - 2004
George William Showell - Footballer - 1934 - 2012
Don
Powell - member of the Pop Group Slade
Sir John Henry Newbolt - Poet,
Novelist, Naval Historian, Government Advisor - 1862 - 1938
John Fereday
Preston Waterhouse - Musician - 1877 - 1970
James Edward Fleet - Actor -
1954 -
Maureen Dorothy Tranter - Athlete - 1947 -
Tom Stade -
Comedian
Tommy Mundon - Comedian -
Reg Summerfield - poet
Plus Numerous Footballers who's names I don't have.