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Local Heroes in Tunbridge Wells, Kent*

Tunbridge Wells, Kent Famous Residents

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

• I live here. Isn't that enough..?
• Former Dr Who Assistent (and later unfortunatly Eastenders) Louise Jameson.
• Jordon actually now lives in Maresfield and i think Jilly Goolden lives in Nutley but shes regulary in and out of T Wells and Crowborough!
• jack ryder used to live in tonbridge, i saw him in town once!
• George Cohen - 1966 World Cup Winner. Very nice chap. Louise Jameson, actress of TV and stage, absolutely charming. I saw Chris Evans once loading an antique into his Bentley in the High Street, does not live here. Paul McCartney out in East Sussex and the guy from The Who. Henry Cooper. Jamie from EastEnders in Tonbridge. Yes, Gilly Goolden, did a Private Secretary's Certificate training course at West Kent College. James Braxton off Bargain Hunt, works at auctioneers at the Pantiles - he's getting famous.
• Gary Barden ex of Michael Schenker Group
• i saw the guy with floppy hair from cold feet in safeways, and the presenter who used to be in byker grove in que pasa.
• Tim Burchell - what a guy!!
• Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck is rumoured to live in the area. Known to dads for being in the yardbirds as well as various other solo and colaborational (is that a word) work. Known to a whole generation of hip hop kids for the drum break on 'come dancing', used by De La Soul, Diamond D and Gangstarr etc...
• HELLO!? HAVE YOU ALL FORGOTTEN MARTIN CORRY? OF ENGLAND RUGBY AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS BOYS GRAMMAR FAME??
• Ian Hislop - doesnt live in the town but commutes from here every now and again
• Kian from Westlife has been spotted in Davinchis, just visiting. Quite a few theatre celebraties from London live nearby. Bob Hoskins has a house just outside of Tunbridge Wells. The wine Woman from Food and Drink lives nearby. One of the Honeyz lives in Crowborough, or her mum does.
• jordan (d topless model) is movin near d pantiles god wot is dis twn comin 2 we hav a reputation 2 uphold
• Neil Faraday from KMFM lives in Queen's Road.
• mark fish! charlton keeper. seb fontane (thorrins) fat comedy bitch
• George Cohen(1966 World Cup winner)and the lady who played the Bepe's mum in Eastenders.David Gower was born here as was Shane McGowan from the Pogues.
• Shane McGowan was born in Tunbridge Wells - I shit you not.
• Rosa Di Marco.
• Tom Baker and Joanna Lumley. Mr Hinks--eerrrr clay! Texxture!
• Kelly Holmes, Jilly Goolden
• Geoff Hurst........Louise Jameson (WOW I hear you cry). One interesting one though is Olympic Bronze Medallist Kelly Holmes!!!!!
• Steve Russell ( animal Hospital )
• Sean Connery goes camping in Hawkenbury Woods...
• I heard Dido lived hear but I don't think its true! We have a couple of Pro golfers and some geezer from the 66 world cup winning squad! We also have Chrissie B "The bad boy MC"!
• Not many famous celebrity's, Sir Paul Condom and ex-Sex Pistols Sid Vicious but thats about it.
• Virginia Wade (the once wimbledon champion) went ot my old school TWGGS!! Jo Brand as has already mentioned also went there!!
• How could you forget Animal, lead singer with The Anti-Nowhere League (a.k.a. Nick Culmer, who used to live in Southborough)!!
• Matthew Marsden? ok so he hardly counts bless 'is cottons. Oh yeah and Jamie from Eastenders lives in tonbridge. Yeh yeh!!
• Jo Brand used to go to TWGGS (yes really)
• My website http://www.infowar.co.uk The company I'm mates with http://www.diligence.co.uk Err Krishnan Guru Murphy, Jilly the wine taster from food and wine, Vasrious band members, denise van outen and loads of other people.

Buskers, Street Entertainers

• Look out for the blokes who play the drums in the precinct. They are superbly fantastic.
• man playing recorder to druum n base cd by millennium clock
• THere used to be a guy who played a guitar with no strings! Obviously it made no noise! I asked someone about him once and they said he play the stringless guitar in harmony with the traffic noise or something. Most odd! In fact Tunbridge Wells is od all round.
• I know a guy who goes in the Pantiles, the Public precinct, and maybe in the RVP
• Some weirdo banging on a bongo drum on Saturdays. Not what you want to hear following a night out the night before! Especially when he cant even get a rythmn going!
• bit between RVP and other hsops outside
• NAUGHTY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Theres also a bloke who comes into the old west, with a posh accent and starts talking to the fruit machine and giggling. Bless.
• Yes the man with the 2 string guitar is called 'The Rink-a-Dink Man'. That's the noise he makes. He is still very much aloud and looks very similar to Mr Robinson who used to teach science at Sandown Court School in the town.
• Folk festival once a year
• the incredible singing man!!!! he is crazy. walks around town opening shop doors and singing 'i'm a naughty boy' to the customers in a strange melody whilst twirling around and kicking his legs. this guy is quite hard to find, i have only seen him three times in four years of tunbridge wells, but it's worth coming just to see him.
• that barnados guy that is hot....ne one no who he is??
• The town has become over run by fake beggars! You know the sort - green army jacket/trousers, bloody dog, dred's, ring thru nose. They hang round money machines and fast food stores (see KFC) come 10 o'clock there mates come and pick them up to go down the pub. We had a bit of street entertainment a couple of years ago when a couple lay down in Calverly Road (main pedestrian shopping street) on a Saturday afternoon and started have sex. Ha! (not nice for the kiddies obviously) but very funny over a pint. Apparently she was barking and he was 'random-up-for-it-bloke'. Ha! wouldn't be funny if this wasn't Royal Tunbridge Wells.
• Naughty Boy!!!!!!!!!!!! Hes fun to watch
• Naughty boy is bloody hysterical!!!! He wanders into our shop telling us 'he's a naughty boy, everything he does is full of sin!!!!!' pure class! Apparently he got barred from RVP for wiping human faeces (i.e. Shit) on the frozen meat section in Marks.............may be just a rumour though - can someone please substanciate?????
• Out Side Threshers
• Geezer in suit who walks around doing a dance and singing "i'm a naughty boy", weird
• The geezer with the 2 string guitar rocks my tiny mind - haven't seen him for a couple of years though - maybe he's dead? Has anyone seen him?
• i dont know any personally, but there are some good ones that i often throw a coin at (not AT THEM, but in their hat or whatever)
• EVERYWHERE, the government can build a milennium dome but they cant house these poor people!
• The precinct outside Vicky place is always crawling with them. As is the pantiles - they are bloody good esp. sugar brain.

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