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Local Heroes in Telford, Shropshire*

Telford, Shropshire Famous Residents

Cringing Cult of Celebrity (Famous residents and ex-residents.)

• Richie Woodall (ex-Boxer), the rest are either historical or not really worth knowing about.
• Richy Woodall (ex world champion middle weight boxer, now BBC pundit. Paul Hendy, Childrens TV presenter (never seen him?) The woman who wrote them detective monk novels (Is it Edith Pargeter or is that someone from the Archers?) and not forgetting... Captain Webb the first person to swim the English Channel
• Dale Winto used to live in Telford!!!
• The death metal band Cancer who have a lengendary staus on the underground metal scene all over the world and have featured in popular music mags such as Kerrang!, Metal Hammer and Terrorizer.
• billy wright ( the ex wolves player) went to the abraham darby school
• Carl Hooper the West Indian all rounder used to live in Telford (for no apparent reason since he played for Somerset or some other such far off place) Richie Woodhall. Boxer Some guys from the BRJ played for Ipswich in the eighties but I don't know who they are
• doesn't steve bull (WHO???) live here
• Steve Corica (ex-Wolves, now Walsall) has a house in Stirchley.
• Gemini the freaky twins from Sutton Hill I think they made one faliure of a song and then quit!
• Paul Hendy - he rocks!
• Paul Hendy! Richy Woodall! Some olympics winner cant remember name.me myself and I!
• Pete Postlethwaite lives somewhere in Shropshire. We also have had Captain Webb (first man to swim the channel) and all the people that worked on the Iron Bridge (Abraham Derby and whatnot) for really ancient celebs.
• Paul Hendy of course.... the one who opens all the school fetes!
• a guy who used to sing in ash and has met kurt cobain now teaches at madely court school. unlucky sod.
• a little birdy has told me that Simon Le'bon of the Duran Duran fame has moved to a little village on the outskirts of Telford. Nice Wife
• paul bracewell the fulham manager used to live in church aston
• Robbie Keane - ex WOLVES now COVENTRY CITY star - lives in Priorslee - WHY?????
• Philip larkin used to work in Wellington library in the 50's . He lived by the Bucks Head
• Most of the group T'pau and lead singer from Babybird
• Just been browsing your guide to Telford and for your information Paul Hendy is his name and yes he did do those things. I know, cos it's me.
• Paul Hendy (is that his name?) who used to present Disney club or something on ITV and Richie Woodall the boxer.

Buskers, Street Entertainers

• In Shifnal 'Mad Ron' has 'entertained' people for years with a wacky selection of head gear. As it turned out he also wanted to entertain girls who were much too young. So not just a harmless nutter after all, women find him pretty worrying generally!
• Colin at colins barbers in Madeley has plenty to say
• There's a guy that can be seen under the bridge conecting the Town Centre to the UCI. He plays a great saxaphone, and is always worth a listen.
• HOWARD!!!!!
• theres a massive gang, the zulus, whos idea of fun is scarin greebos/skaters off from the courts.... and dave the bum who sits under the bridge near M&S askin 4 money
• alky sue in brookside is hilarious but someones moved her on now, bring her back her drunken ramblings will be sorely missed theres not one person on brookside she didn`t start on
• I think she may be dead now, but there was this woman apparently called Wendy who used to hang out in Wellington near to Sidolis (if Sidolis still exists that is)
• the onlt street entertainment is the market stalls out side the town center
• Some bloke on the bridge over the main road towards the train station, another one towards the cinema from M&S and the occesional blokes selling posters!
• piss head carol regulary seen on the streets of telford buying litre bottles of lambrusco and collecting dog ends from local bus stops
• there is a funny gal who sings songs under the bridge going towards the cinema on a saturday. sure to make you smile any day. she was once replaced by a man with a sax, but has firmly regained her spot. rock on!!
• I know it shouldn't be amusing but a quick game of 'Spot the 16 year old, pregnant Kappa Slappa's' in the town centre always bightens up my day. Apparently the reason for the high rate of teenage pregnancies in Telford is that there are two lesbians in charge of family planning for the whole area!!!!
• donningtons more unpleasant areas promise to never have a dull moment, common entertainments are, arguing couples, pissed people lying in roads, kids on a distruction bender, joyriders, kappa slappas drinking diamond white and shouting obcenities, druggies kicking the crap out of the cash point...etc..etc
• Great saxophonist in the subway by M & S at the centre
• some geeza in wellington plays the whistle......
• Homeless people in Wellington. All the people in Woodside, Brookside, Madeley, Dawley, Dawley Bank, Hadley, Sutton Hill & the inbreeding capital of the world BROSELEY!!!
• not unless you count the Kappa Slappers as street entertainers.
• Crazy fag ash lil if she's still drawing breath and the abundance of care in the community cases

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