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Morrissey, The Liver Building, Victoria Wood and Corrie top The Lowry’s online poll
The Lowry’s current exhibition The Myth of the North – a celebration of all things Northern - has been inviting gallery visitors to nominate their favourite Northern people, places, food and musicians - with the most popular being displayed on a specially created Wall of Fame within the exhibition.
However, the popularity of this part of the exhibition, and the passionate and divided views being expressed by visitors from all over the region prompted The Lowry to open up the vote to the whole country via an online poll.
Over 50,000 votes were cast across eight categories the final results are now in.
The results in full :
Most Northern Male Personality Morrissey 51% George Formby 41% Alan Bennett 1% Fred Dibnah 1% Liam Gallagher 1% Peter Kay 1% Ricky Tomlinson 0% Les Dawson 0% Michael Parkinson 0% Vernon Kay 0% Geoff Boycott 0% Bernard Manning 0%
Northern Female Victoria Wood 44% Gracie Fields 15% Caroline Aherne 13% Jane Horrocks 10% Cilla Black 9% Sarah Cox 3% Melanie Sykes 3%
Northern Food & Drink Fish & Chips 20% Yorkshire Pudding 14% Black Pudding 9% Lancashire Hot Pot 9% Chips & Gravy 7% Newcastle Brown Ale 7% Boddingtons 6% Pies 5% Vimto 5% Curry 3% Eccles Cake 3% John Smiths 2% Scouse 2%
Northern Landmarks Liver Building 43% Old Trafford 23% Blackpool Tower 10% Lake Windermere 7% Angel of the North 5% Lancashire Mills 3% Gormley’s Crosby Beach statues 2% B of the Bang 1% Gateshead Millennium Bridge 1% Beetham Tower 0%
TV Drama Coronation Street 26% Life On Mars 17% Shameless 13% Boys From The Blackstuff 9% Queer As Folk 7% Cracker 7% Cold Feet 5% Cutting It 1% Emmerdale 1% Brookside 1% Waterloo Road 0%
TV Comedy The Royle Family 31% Phoenix Nights 21% Open All Hours 15% The Likely Lads 12% Last Of The Summer Wine 9% Bread 6% The Liver Birds 3%
Fictional Character Arkwright 15% Brian Potter 12% Jack & Vera Duckworth 13% Jim Royle 13% Terry & Bob 9% Yosser Hughes 9% Compo 7% Python’s 4 Yorkshire men 6% Andy Capp 5% Les & Cilla Battersby 1% Sheila & Bobby Grant 1% Sid The Sexist 1%
Rock Bands The Smiths 43% The Beatles 23% Oasis 14% The Hollies 6% Stone Roses 3% Pulp 1% Artic Monkeys 1% Jerry & The Pacemakers 1% The Fall 1% Doves 0% The Macc Lads 0% The Charlatans 0%
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