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13 July 1940: Born at 17 Camm Lane (Open Street Map) in Mirfield (Wikipedia) (Open Street Map), a town between Huddersfield & Dewsbury, in the former West Riding of Yorkshire.
The Dewsbury Reporter - Sir Patrick Stewart: How his hometown of Mirfield helped to provide the ideal springboard for a life on the stage

Elderly Patrick Stewart standing outside the home where he was born, 17 Camm Lane, Mirfield, Yorks.
From Yorkshire Live (2014) - Sir Patrick Stewart voted the greatest living Yorkshireman

Map of Yorkshire, including previous divisions like the three ridings.
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Introduced to drama & Shakespeare at Crowlees Junior & Infant School (photos from MirfieldMemories.co.uk) (Open Street Map) in Mirfield, according to the BBC article. But later at Mirfield Secondary Modern School (now Mirfield Free Grammar), according to The Dewsbury Reporter and MirfieldMemories.co.uk.
MirfieldMemories.co.uk - Patrick Stewart (article from former classmate of Sir Patrick)

Crowlees schoolboys, older classes 1950-51. Patrick Stewart seated left of teacher. Photo from MirfieldMemories.co.uk
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Sir Patrick grew up speaking Yorkshire English, with features like the 2nd person singular (e.g. tha, thee, thasen = you {subject}, you {object}, yourself)
Youtube - Patrick Stewart's West Riding Dialect (35 secs)
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Met future fellow actor Brian Blessed (born in Mexborough in Yorkshire in 1936) at a West Riding of Yorkshire Council Drama Course at Calder High School in Mytholmroyd. They met again a few years later when both were studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Yorkshiremen Brian Blessed & Patrick Stewart on the red carpet for the 1999 premiere of Tarzan. From Getty Images.
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1955 - Left Mirfield Secondary Modern School to get 1st job, working as a journalist for The Dewsbury Reporter. " “I covered all the churches and chapels and the working men’s clubs, and when someone died I went and talked to the bereaved."

Sir Patrick on a sofa holding a copy of The Dewsbury Reporter. From The Dewsbury Reporter
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~1957 - When his editor at the paper gave him an ultimatum between reporting & the 'foolhardy' distraction of acting, Patrick chose acting, quit the paper & got a job at "Hudsons furniture [furnisher?] store" in either Daisy Hill, Dewsbury (according to MirfieldMemories.co.uk) or in Kingsway, Dewsbury (according to the Dewsbury Reporter), saving money for drama school. (Flickr - Daisy Hill, Dewsbury. A cobbled street that used to be a major shopping thoroughfare but by the 21st century was run down, most shops closed.)

Shop in Kingsway Arcade, Dewsbury that was formerly Hudsons Furnisher & Upholsterer, but Cosmic Toys at time of photo. From Facebook - Dewsbury pics
Youtube - Sir Patrick Stewart's Time In Dewsbury (3:30)
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First non-Oxbridge person ever to receive a grant from the West Riding County Council to study drama
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Lifelong supporter of Huddersfield Town AFC.
OneFootball.com - Patrick Stewart dies, leaving a legacy of passion for Huddersfield Town

Sir Patrick at Huddersfield Town match. From Yorkshire Live (2014) - Sir Patrick Stewart voted the greatest living Yorkshireman
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1984 - "Sir Patrick returned to Mirfield and staged his {later very famous} one-man-show of "A Christmas Carol" to raise funds for the local Parish Church. He performed to an audience of around 200 people who each paid £2.00 for their seat. In 1991 this same show was adapted for a Broadway Show."
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2004-2015 - Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, and Emeritus Chancellor after that. A theatre/studio building there is named after him, & also home of the Sir Patrick Stewart Archive.
University of Huddersfield - Patrick Stewart obit, news etc

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2023 - Sir Patrick unveils a blue plaque for the site where Huddersfield Town was founded.
Huddersfield Hub - Sir Patrick Stewart unveils blue plaque at the pub where Huddersfield Town was founded
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2024 - Sir Patrick awarded the freedom of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees (the modern authority that includes Mirfield).
The Dewsbury Reporter - Patrick Stewart: Acting royalty who hails from Mirfield to be honoured with freedom of the borough
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9 November 2024 - Sir Patrick's last public appearance was cheering on Huddersfield Town against Crawley Town.

Sir Patrick at the Crawley Town vs Huddersfield Town match. From MSN / People - Patrick Stewart made final public appearance 2 years before his death