Talk:John Bishop

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Mayumashu in topic football career

Untitled edit

"In 1990 John rode a bicycle from Sydney, Australia to Liverpool, Merseyside for charity" ??? --Shortspend (talk) 03:12, 29 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

replace picture edit

Someone please replace fan picture with a decent photograph.SAuhsoj (talk) 19:24, 18 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Early Life edit

The first sentence of this section currently reads: "Bishop is the youngest of four children born to labourer Edward Bishop and wife Kathleen Hackett.[4] and Brookvale High School after he and his family moved from Huyton, Merseyside.[5]" Which doesn't make sense. Consulting earlier revisions reveals that "He grew up mostly in Winsford, Cheshire and Runcorn, Cheshire, and attended Murdishaw West Primary School[5]" preceded ...and Brookvale High School etc, and has been removed at some point. Can anyone give any reason why it was removed, and why it shouldn't be restored? Robocon1 (talk) 21:29, 14 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 3 March 2017 edit

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The result of the move request was: pages moved as unopposed. (non-admin closure) GeoffreyT2000 (talk, contribs) 01:44, 11 March 2017 (UTC)Reply


– Crystal clear primary topic. Over 88% of traffic is for the comedian.[1] Unreal7 (talk) 22:32, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Reply


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Place of birth edit

The article says he was born in Liverpool. The single source currently given to support this, from The Genealogist, says this: "John was born in 1966, the youngest of four children, to labourer Edward Bishop and his wife Kathleen Hackett. The family lived on a council estate in Runcorn.." and: "On his mother's side John is very much the 'scouser', with all his great grandparents born in Liverpool." Nowhere does it claim that Bishop himself was born in Liverpool? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:24, 21 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

However, FreeBMD yields this, for John Joseph, mother's name Hackett, Liverpool North district. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:14, 29 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
And this source says: "When one follower replied suggesting he was born in Runcorn, he replied: “That’s news to me! I was born in Mill Rd. I lived in Runcorn for eight years from the age of 10 - 10 is a big age to be born!” ... John was born in Liverpool’s Mill Road maternity hospital and lived in Mill Road until his parents, who are from Huyton, moved to Winsford and later Runcorn."
So that's pretty clear. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:46, 11 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

football career edit

seems as if his brother's football career experience is listed in his bio here, in the intro Mayumashu (talk) 22:34, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply