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Local Heroes in Horsham, West Sussex*

Horsham, West Sussex Famous Residents

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

• I caught Keith Chegwin fisting an ostrich outside the Horsham Cheese Shop last pancake day.
• Diana Dors used to live in the Horham area in the 50s, she used to come shopping in Horsham driving her big American car. Billy Fury's road manager lived here at about the same time and Billy used to stay here and would go to the annual fair in the local park and sign autographs while he hung out. British Rock and Roll bad boy Vince Taylor (Brand New Cadillac) played at Horsham's Capitol theatre. The Rolling Stoes played an early gig in the back room of a local pub in the early 60's. I believe that Patrick McGoohan was an odd job man in a local pub as an aspiring actor. Maurice Micklewhite, later Michael Caine, was Stage Manager at the Capitol Theatre in the mid 50's.
• Paul Darrow (sp?) from Blake's Seven lives in Billingshurst.
• Roger waters on bourne hill during "the wall" era
• Jimmy Hill ctually lives nearby. My mate used to work in a garage and Jimmy Hill came in and the dopey git left his credit card there. Not just a moronic face.
• Shelly used to live near there as he was born there, but he also thought the place was a dump so he upsticks and moved to London, just like I want to do.
• Mark Lisle Father inlaw is not called Malcolm Brown, His name is Malcolm Dixon
• MY DAD MARK LISLE WAS IN HARRY POTTER
• mark lisle was not in time bandits from his son robert
• Big Dave Gilmour lives in the Billingshurst.
• Oliver Reed did NOT die in a pub in Warnham, I know because I live there and frequent the pub and Im quite sure I would've heard if a major Hollywood actor had died on the tiles of my local. And Im pretty certain he would've had more taste than to visit the grotty excuse for an inn around the corner which we Warnhamites know as The Greets. So Im pretty confident he didn't pop his cloggs there either. However, The Whos Roger Daultry opened the gym in Warnham and Alvin Stardust has been seen on the treadmil there. My brother used to go to school with Carl Cox and Posh n Becks viewed a house in Warnham,as did Damon Hill, which has now been turned into luxury flats. My art teacher at Tanbridge also taught the bloke who drew Tank Girl and Gorillaz, and he also taught the dude who designed the puppets used in Jim Hensons; The Dark Crystal. Oh, and of course, I live here!
• Alan Wilder Ex Depeche Mode lives in Itchingfield
• The guy from the Time Bandits is called Malcolm Brown, his son-in-law is Mark Lisle who was in Willow as an Ewok. I know cos he's my brother in law.
• Its Mark Lisle he was an ewok but not in Time Bandits his father in law was though
• Carl Cox lives near the box junction at the Roffey lights
• francis maude?
• That midget bloke from "time bandits" attacked my mum in the carfax! He ran at her and did a 'flying kick' in front of some impressed midget friends.
• Alan Wilder Ex Depeche Mode curently Recoil
• Some dude from an old sci-fi program Blakes 7. People who sound famous but aren't: John Cusack, Steve Davis, Roger Moore
• Robin Goodridge, the drummer from Bush, used to live here until the whole band buggered off to Ireland in a bid to avoid tax...he even went to Forest Boys. And yes, Carl Cox was once a resident...his house was right next to Millais....dodgy. Oh yeah, apparently Oliver Reed died on the floor of the pub in warnham. And another thing....Hinda Hicks (who the hell is she?) lives in Billingshurst
• Martin Cox now very infamous record producer working for a very large record company in London!
• Alvin Stardust lives in Ifold - not Horsham
• Phill Collins lives down the road and so does Robin Goodridge from the band Bush thats about it.
• Carl Cox, Harry Enfield, Millasis, me, Im sure I served Victor Meldrew in Wilko (miserable devil) however may be wtrong. Heard rumour that posh spice came in to Gamleys and asked for them to close the shop whilst she shopped there. Maybe false
• The band The Beat Merchants went to school at Forest
• Carl Cox lives just outside Horsham - fact. Phil Collins moved away with his seperation from his wife. The reason Oasis and other famous musicians are seen around town is that there is a recording studio in Warnham, a place actually more dire than Horsham, so they travel into town.
• Fred West used to live here before moving to Glouster
• Peter Bowles can often be seen round town and I've seen Alan 'Tubby' Turner in the Bishopric.
• My mum ran Molly Sugden over with a pushchair, outside boots.
• Liam from Oasis was in the Crown once. And Carl Cox shops at Tesco at Broadbrige Heath.
• Sad that i know this, but Harry Enfield's dad, Edward lives in Billingshurts (u know that annoying bloke off Watchdog)
• Jimmy Hill lives in Horsham and is often around town in trendy shops like M&S. Although I wasn't in there myself of course. Alan Mullary, ex-Spurs & England footballer and the bloke always on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday lives in Horsham and was in a local restaurant to me the other day. Patsy Palmer's (Bianca from Eastenders) parents live in Horsham and also Will Carling has been seen about a bit recently. Most recently in the Indian in London Road!!! So there!
• With the opportune release of The Gorillaz album, it should be made known that Jamie Hewlett (cartoon whizz and incidently creator of Tank Girl) lived in Horsham, attended Tanbridge House School and was a one time shelf stacker at Payless DIY.
• Carl Cox really did used to live here... He used to have mates like those twats from Oasis down.
• Mark Lyle was one of the ewoks too.. allegedly...
• The council can't seem to bleed enough out of the fact that Percy Bysh Shelley (old skool poet and husband of "Frankenstein" auther Mary Shelley), everythings called "Shelley *something*", even the daft-looking-second-hand Wet Pasty fountain in town centre is supposed to be about some passing comment by him on "eternal waterfall".
• Harry Enfield, went to Collyer's VI Form College, was in one of their school plays at what was the Capitol Theatre (Now M&S).
• The poet Shelley was born in Broadbridge Heath, not far from Tescos! Has a pub named after him now.
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• I think Alvin Stardust lives in the Horsham area and I've seen Julie Walters around and about.
• Harry Enfield went to Collyers.
• Nicholas Lyndhurst's dad lives just outside town
• Phil Collins LIVED in Loxwood, whilst Harry Enfield hailed from Billingshurst and went to school in Horsham. I don't thing anyone famouse would want to live there now.
• Michael Caine made his stage debut in Horsham!
• It is Mark Lyle, I went to school with his brother Darren
• Rumour has it that Carl Cox lives here (or did). Difficult to believe. Maybe he needs a break from all that partying.
• The dwarf from Time Bandits is called Mark Lyle (not sure about spelling of surname).
• Harry Enfeild use to live here and went to Colleyers sixth form college. He used some street names in the Nigel Mansel sketch. Resident DJ Carl Cox lives herea nd also Wildstyle Bob Nimble.
• Horsham is home to one of the celebrity "dwarf's" (he was in Time Bandits but I have yet to work out his name)
• That idiot loving Chelsea supporter Phil Collins
• Millais the painter( senior school is named after him) Phill Collins Oliver Reed

Buskers, Street Entertainers

• We have one care in the community, he keeps asking me for change the psycho
• The bloke that sells the big issue seems to be permanantly stoned now
• Street entertainers are not encouraged in Horsham. Too exciting for the locals.
• Chris and Rob our resident Big Issue sellers. Steve does a bit with his didge now and then
• The best big issue seller is Chris at the Boots end of Swan Walk. There is also another nice vendor at the other end by Monsoon.
• There is a bunch of chaps with pan-pipes, but for a town with two band stands there is little entertaining on the streets.
• LOts of people selling Big Issue to the guilt ridden middle classes.

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