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| daib0 | 7 Jan 2013, 10:21 AM Post #1 |
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Who famous lives or lived in your part of the woods? Here's a few to start from the next post, I hope to add to it periodically ... try to keep it true to 'Local Issues' - Reading and district, Berkshire and Thames Valley. Of course, if you come across good lists also copy them onto here! But you can't auto-suggest yourselves !!! Edited by daib0, 24 Jan 2013, 11:29 AM.
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| furiousgrumpywilliam | 7 Jan 2013, 03:47 PM Post #11 |
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One tiny error Joe ,he was brought up in Lower Caversham South st /Westfield Rd area , my youngest daughter was his mums hairdresser, but unfortunatley his mum and dad who moved to woodley,are both no longer with us . |
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| Tilehurstsouthbank | 7 Jan 2013, 05:39 PM Post #12 |
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Stick your Spoons up your A***!
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| daib0 | 7 Jan 2013, 06:23 PM Post #13 |
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OK, continuing the series ... MAIDENHEAD A number of notable figures can be counted amongst Maidenhead's current and former residents. The actress Diana Dors resided for much of her life in the town, in several properties, while the broadcaster Richard Dimbleby lived for sometime on Boulter's Island. Author Hugh Lofting, creator of Doctor Dolittle, was born in Maidenhead. Leicester City F.C. midfielder Andy King was born and raised in Maidenhead, attending Furze Platt Senior School from 2000 to 2005. He has since gone on to play for the Wales national football team. Scunthorpe United F.C midfielder Sam Togwell was also born and raised in Maidenhead, and has made appearances against Chelsea F.C and Manchester City F.C. Essayist and novelist Nick Hornby was educated at Maidenhead Grammar School (now Desborough School), as were children's television presenter and radio show host Toby Anstis, author and broadcaster John O'Farrell, athlete Mark Richardson and well known "Dragon" Peter Jones. Maidenhead's riverside location has drawn many celebrities, including Australian personality Rolf Harris and former broadcaster Michael Parkinson. The Spice Girls shared a house in Maidenhead for a year preceding their rise to stardom. The film director brothers Roy and John Boulting were born in Bray village on the outskirts of Maidenhead in November, 1913. The town was home to Sir Nicholas Winton whose heroic efforts rescued 669 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia during the run up to WW2. There is a statue of him at Maidenhead Railway Station. |
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| daib0 | 7 Jan 2013, 06:27 PM Post #14 |
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SLOUGH This is a list of notable people who are current or former residents or associates of the town of Slough in the English county of Berkshire. Cecil Aldin (painter of animals and rural life) Gerry Anderson (television drama maker and creator of supermarionation) Stanley Baldwin (schoolboy at St Michael's School, Aldin House and later Prime Minister) Steve Bell (political cartoonist) Richard Bentley ("Bentley's", the publishing firm) Keith Bosley (poet and translator) Fenner Brockway (anti-war activist and politician) Isambard Kingdom Brunel (engineer) Mark Brzezicki (drummer) with Big Country, Procol Harum and others Jimmy Carr (comedian) Alma Cogan (singer, former pupil at St Joseph's School) Gregory Edwards (musician) Rod Evans (original lead Singer of Deep Purple) Tommy Farr (boxer) Sean Foley (comedian) Ricky Gervais (as David Brent) (actor/comedian) Thomas Gray (English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history) Geri Halliwell (entertainer) Victoria (Hanover) (monarch) Caroline Herschel (astronomer) John Herschel (mathematician and astronomer) William Herschel (astronomer and composer) Sam Hutchinson (footballer) Mark Hylton (Olympic athlete) Alan Johnson (former Slough postal worker, Cabinet minister) Simon Kernick (author) Danny King (author) Jayne Kitt (BB7 contestant) Iain Lee (entertainer) Marian McPartland (jazz pianist) Forrest Mars Sr. (entrepreneur) Fiona May (twice world long jump champion) John Nash (painter) Gary Numan (musician) Henry III (Plantagenet) (monarch) Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (Plantagenet) (Royal aristocrat) Lloyd Owusu (Ghana international footballer) Marcia Richardson (Olympic athlete) Mark Richardson (Olympic athlete) Helen Sharman (scientist and astronaut) Kalim Siddiqui (journalist and Muslim activist) Billy Smart, Jr (circus owner) Una Stubbs (actress) Naema Tahir (1970) - Dutch writer and feminist from Pakistan descent Ellen Ternan (actress) Tracey Ullman (Television Presenter) Dj Man$ (old school dj) Thousand Yard Stare (indie pop band) Robert Watson-Watt (scientist) Vic Woodley (footballer) James Thomas Bedborough (Property developer that developed properties at Upton Park, and great great great-grandfather of Davina McCall) Deaths and funerals in Slough Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (World War II military commander) died in Wexham Park Hospital in 1969 Brian Connolly (singer with 1970s group The Sweet) died in Wexham Park Hospital in 1997 Ronnie Kray (East End gangster) died in Wexham Park Hospital in 1995 Peter Osgood (footballer) died while attending his uncle's funeral in Slough Princess Margaret (Windsor) was cremated at Slough Crematorium Ernie Wise (comedian) died at The Nuffield Private Hospital in 1999, and was cremated at Slough Crematorium |
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| Clyde1998 | 7 Jan 2013, 06:27 PM Post #15 |
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THATCHAM Francis Baily - Astronomer - A local primary school has been named after him. That's about it.
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| daib0 | 7 Jan 2013, 06:29 PM Post #16 |
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WINDSOR Other than HM Queen Elizabeth II and other British Royal Family members, Windsor has many notable residents both former and current. Actress Anna Friel spent several years living in Windsor, but moved away in 2007 Australian pop singer Natalie Imbruglia owns a house on White Lilies Island in the Clewer village area of Windsor but does not currently live there Actor Michael Caine lived at the Old Mill House at the end of Mill Lane, Windsor during the 1960s and '70s. The house was subsequently sold to guitarist Jimmy Page of the rock band Led Zeppelin, who sold the property in 2004 Actor Kris Marshall used to live in the Clewer area from 2000 to 2009 Dhani Harrison- English musician, son of George Harrison, was born in Windsor Comedian Freddie Starr – Lived in Windsor in the 1970s in the St Leonard's Hill area Pop Star Lisa Scott-Lee – Formerly of the teen band Steps and now a solo performer Margaret Oliphant – 19th century novelist and historical writer; lived at Clarence Crescent. Today the house is named "Oliphant House" Ranulph Fiennes – Adventurer, explorer and author was born in Windsor Actor Alex Pettyfer – Starred in I Am Number Four and Beastly Actress Sue Holderness – Played Marlene in the long running UK TV sit-com Only Fools and Horses and in The Green Green Grass Sir Sydney Camm – Inventor of the World War II fighter aircraft the Hawker Hurricane lived at 10 Alma Road Zinzan Brooke – New Zealand rugby union international, who formerly played amateur rugby for Windsor Rugby Football Club. A current Windsor resident Hugh Thomas – historian, was born in Windsor Alexander Prior - composer/conductor |
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| daib0 | 7 Jan 2013, 06:31 PM Post #17 |
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TWYFORD The actor Dennis Price was born in Twyford. The Home Secretary and MP for Maidenhead Theresa May lives near Twyford, which is part of her constituency. |
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| SuffolkRoyal | 7 Jan 2013, 06:37 PM Post #18 |
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In the late 60's I saw Roger Daltry walking along the road in Hurst with a herd of cows! |
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| daib0 | 7 Jan 2013, 06:39 PM Post #19 |
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PANGBOURNE In Norman times the manor house was given to Reading Abbey- known as Bere Court - became the Abbot's Summer residence. The last abbot, Hugh Cook Faringdon, was arrested there in 1539 and subsequently executed in Reading The manor house of the village was later purchased by Sir John Davis, the Elizabethan mathematician and the Earl of Essex' fellow-conspirator. Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, retired to Church Cottage in Pangbourne. He died there in 1932. E. H. Shepherd's famous illustrations of his book are said to have been inspired by the Thameside landscape there. And a bit of gossip from that ever reliable Daily Mail (!!) - Kate Middleton may have been forced to leave a leading public school by ‘insidious’ girls who wrote her off as skinny and meek, it has emerged. She spent only two terms at Downe House (nr. Pangbourne) before leaving in April 1996 for Marlborough College. As a day girl, not a boarder, she was in the minority in the cliquey environment of a girls’ school, it is understood. And former pupils say her reticent manner and gangly appearance made her a sitting duck for more assertive classmates. |
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| daib0 | 7 Jan 2013, 06:42 PM Post #20 |
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I've pinned this topic as an experiment to see if we can get this thread going nicely. You haven't got to produce formal lists like me; any gossip and tit-bits about just person in particular that you've come across in some way would be much welcomed!
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