at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2012, Burke was a member of the GB team that won the gold 2012 Summer Olympics and World championships Team Pursuit discipline. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling. Hannah Hobley, actress, best known for playing Chantelle "Telle" Garvey in ITV's Benidorm. Alan Wharton, (1923–1993) England Test cricketer who played for Lancashire and later Leicestershire. Geoff Hall (1941–2009) played Cricket for Somerset David Fishwick owns David Fishwick Minibus Company and stars in Channel 4's Bank of Dave. Dave Walker (1941 - 2015), born in Colne, became a professional footballer for Burnley F.C. and Southampton F.C. John Rawnsley, Opera Singer and Actor, Glyndebourne Opera, Royal Opera House and English National Opera was born in Colne and worked at Smith & Nephew, Glen Mills before attending the RNCM in Manchester in 1971. Edward Vaughan (born 1943), crossword expert, born in Colne and grew up in Barnoldswick, who sets crosswords for the Magpie Crossword Magazine and The Times Listener Crossword under the pseudonym 'Pointer'. See also Listed buildings in Colne Talbot Street bomb-making haul, the largest ever discovery of domestic bomb-making equipment in the UK. Colne and Trawden Light Railway Company References Notes Bibliography Dorothy Harrison (ed.), The History of Colne, Pendle Heritage Centre, 1988 External links BBC Sunday stroll photos in Foulridge & Colne Photos of Old Colne and surrounding towns Towns and villages in the Borough of Pendle Civil parishes in Lancashire Towns in Lancashire