Dame Vivienne Westwood became the Godmother of punk rock and then a global fashion icon, but she never forgot her Peak District roots. She was born Vivienne Swire on April 8th 1941 in the village of Tintwistle, Glossop, just 13 miles from Manchester.
Her parents Gordon and Dora had married two years earlier. Her father worked as a storekeeper in an aircraft factory, and was later a greengrocer and postmaster.
Dame Vivienne, who died yesterday aged 81, chose her former school, known as Glossop Comprehensive when she attended, and now Glossopdale Community College to launch Global Entrepreneurship Week UK2015 for the government-backed Entrepreneurs4schools.
