Fascinating Facts about Altrincham

Unbelievably, one of the small Von Trapp girls in everyone's second favourite Nazi-themed musical*, "The Sound of Music", was born in Altrincham!  The actress in question was Angela Cartwright, who must have been dubbed, because at no point can I recall hearing any of the annoying Hun children exclaiming, "Alright our kid, mad fer it, You-nay-ted!"

"Don't be stupid - Be a smartie,
come and join the Nazi party!"

During the 1980's it was debatable as to whether Altrincham FC, Runcorn FC, or the Falklands War was responsible for the greater number of injuries necessitating emergency treatment.



Francis - officially pretty,
pert and petite



The only other thespian of the note from Altrincham was the woman who played the perpetually scowling mother of pretty, pert, petite, Penny from "Just Good Friends".

Altrincham is named-checked in the song "Manchester", by The Beautiful South, nailing any lingering suggestion that Altrincham is a charming Cheshire market town, and confirming it as a very small part of that snarling, gun-totting, perpetually rain-drenched, sprawling, shite-hole.

In 1984 the United Nations declared that John King was a clear and present danger to the continued survival of the human race.
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* after "The Producers" of course.