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Local Heroes in Maidenhead, Berkshire*

Maidenhead, Berkshire Famous Residents

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

• Rolf Harris, Kate Garroway off GMTV, Carol Voderman and Jimmy Mallet.
• Rolf Harris lives nearby
• REKA, Chapter 3, DogTown Rhythm, Ernie Wise,
• Mr Dennison formaly Bobby Harrison, past drummer of Procol Harum.
• rolf harris
• howard jones lives there
• anyone remember chainey
• no Maidenhead residents, really. Terry Wogan used to live in Bray. Rolf Harris was rumoured to live on the same estate, and he's been known to do school events in the town. Cookham (a bit outside maidenhead) residents include Ulrika Jonssen, Timmy Mallet and Carol Vorderman.
• The bloke who plays Sam in Night and Day,ITV. Ali Bastian- Becka in Hollyoaks The bird who plays Lisa in Enders went to the theatre school there along with The Spice Girls.
• The drummer from Supergrass. Kid Galahad. Nick Hornby. John O'Farrel ect A lot of famous people have moved into Maidenhead in order to live by the River. Famous people born here got out as soon as possible.
• Humourous cult "Gothic-Fairground" band PWURG hailed from Maidenhead - the greatest band of all time never to have achieved world domination. See: http://www.esoteria.com
• Freddie Star - great!
• Jack Bowhawk Parkinson Frank Bough Carol Vorderman (nearby in Pinkneys Green) Ernie Wise Pablo Rollins And a Jim'll Fix it Look alike Known to veterans as MEDALLION MAN!
• Michael Parkinson, Terry Wogan, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Rolf Harris, Queen Liz (In nearby Windsor), Vince the Skateboarding Skinhead, Matt the Manic Depressive, and Vincent Price (lookalike).
• Supposedly Gaz from supergrass is an ex-Maidonian. I have personally sold groceries to Ulrika-ka-ka-ka-ka, Tim Brook-Taylor, Chris Rea and...gasp ... TIMMY MALLET (okay okay, so they all live in Cookham, but it's near enough.)
• There are so many celebs that live locally, Rolfy, Mike Parkinson (what a nice man!), Carol '2+2=4' Vorderman, and many others. Some stars even travel from far away to visit us. Jimmy Corkhill from Brookie was spotted checking out the town centre a few weeks ago.
• Too many to name, all living in or around the town, Timmy 'the tosser' Mallet being one and Ulrika Jonsson (lovely girl!) another.
• Rolf 'Can you guess what it is yet' Harris lives here, along with Carol 'If I was only ten years older, you'd be mine' Vorderman.

Buskers, Street Entertainers

• Charlie the tramp, long time alcholic and tramp
• Charlie the drunk, that woman that stands outside M&S and practically wails Biiiiiig Issuuue Pleaaaase. Oh and that asian bloke with the dimples.
• Charlie is not around so much any more.
• there was that old drunk......but he was beaten up and killed i believe
• The bloke witth the sellotape shoes
• I have relative in Maidenhead and everytime im down i look forward to seeing Charlie!
• buksers charlie the tramp hes alrtie great laugh
• johnny hardcore the drunk
• the one the only charlie
• Charlie!!!!!!! The town drunk. He's harmless, but quite entertaining when he's sitting on a bench and singing at people. Rumour is that he used to be a boxer..... apparently not a very good one.
• TESCO subway near the new market
• A man with no teeth and a Scottish accent, who hasn't moved from his spot in the last 2 years.Day or night.Personally i find this quite entertaining.
• "The Colonel" as he liked to be known, spoke like the queen of england and actually had a monacle in his eye. Drunk 24/7 and wasn't allowed anywhere apart from the Swan Vaults where I used to let him and all his mates in every day.......hello Colonel,Basher,Malcolm,Mike and my sweetheart who was a gentleman Tom.
• Townies are always entertaining. there's possibly no-one else who could stand outside macdonalds for that long in the blistering cold.
• There's a Man purporting to be a Frenchman who stands on Bridge Road EVERY saturday with Onions around his neck, the Beret, the bike full of onions. Selling onions! I kid you not, its a site i tell you.
• Quite a few cool ones. The guys with the pan pipes have to be seen/heard.
• Not bad, but can get a bit monotonous at times!
• The most infamous street entertainer of all - CHARLIE. He always brings a smile to your face when you see him wandering VERY merrily through the streets declaring profound statements to all the females.. We love you Charlie!!
• Bloke who plays the guitar underneath the underpass between the Market and Castle Hill - He rules!!
• The buskers are the best thing about Maidenhead... string quartets and flautists. None of your out of tune one man bands here!

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Last updated: 2007-07-16