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Local Heroes in Bournemouth, Dorset*

Bournemouth, Dorset Famous Residents

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

• Buster Merrifield: In my opinion, an absolute legend! He is of course Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses. He died though. But he was really nice and I once sat on his lap! Duncan from Blue: He went to my school, I hate crappy pop and boybands but I'm sure some of you will love this fact. 'Oooh Duncan, You're a dreeeam!'
• I do beleive the guitarist from the police was from bournemouth and the wonderful Alex Elkins, A general legend in his own right!
• The commedian Hancock, of 'Hancock's half hour' fame was born in Bournemouth, I believe his parents were hotel proprietors.
• Alan Davey of Hawkwind used to live in Palmerston Rd. Richard Carr
• christian bale. soon to be new batman went to bournemouth boy's grammar school until he moved onto hollywood. Also starred in american psycho and empire of the sun.
• Matthew Kelly can sometimes still be seen at the David Lloyd club in town.
• harry rednap i have been to his house iam mates with his granson!!!!!!and jamie and loiuse and the guy from blue i have met!
• Sir Isaac Gulliver, cool smuggler dude!
• Harold Pinter Kevin Keegan (Canford Magna-close enough) Toni and Guy of Toni and Guy hairdressing fame stayed for a weekend in a bed and breakfast many many moons ago before they were rich and famous
• Sir Richard Attenborough, he's local.
• Most famous local in Bournemouth is Richard Carr, he's a prat, but he brought us: Tokos, Bliss, Slam, The Opera House, The Oyster Bar (Poole), Urban, Dicky Darr's and loads more fun night outs! As much as i hate to say it.....Thank You!
• Max Bygraves!
• Travel writer and humorist Bill Bryson worked as a sub-editor on the Bournemouth Evening Echo for a couple of years in the late 1970s. He mentions that period in his book Notes From A Small Island.
• R L Stevenson wrote "Dr Jekyll And Mister Hyde" in Westbourne probably after visiting a few clubs. Burt Lancaster and David Niven made a film based in a Bournemouth hotel.
• Dave Beckham has just bought a brand new quay-side apartment in poole quay!!!!
• Max Bygraves!
• Buster merryfeild used to live in poole..i always saw him in bmouth bless him!
• Isn't one of the guys from Blue from Bournemouth?
• Sara Morgan, Sara Cox's trusty assisstant on the Radio 1 breakfast show.
• Apparently the old bearded guy with the two-stringed guitar that sings the one that goes: "Mmf, hey-brrrrwbr diddle-dey-hum, nnnnnyiggetty dah, hmmrf..." is dead. I'm trying to get one of those blue circular plaques mounted on the outside wall of Debenhams. I want it to read "Old bloke. Played Crap Songs Here."
• David Beckham and Victoria Adams (Posh Spice) have just bought a home there, just round the corner to Jamie Rednapp and Louise.
• Fanny the wonder-dog
• Drummy Zebb from Aswad (Tosser)
• Matthew Kelly (stars in their eyes) Tim Vincent (Clothes Show) Rick Adams (Big Breakfast) all went to Bournemouth Uni
• Jamie Redknapp and Louise Nurding have a house in sandbanks
• Jamie Rednapp Andy Summers J R R Tolkein R L Stevenson Radclyffe Hall Rupert Brooke Winston Churchill D H Lawrence P Verlaine
• Alex from Blur
• Geoff Boycott (me mum designed his kitchen) Jamie Redknapp's parents (she designed theirs too!)
• I've seen the young band "Fungus"... they're OK
• Max Bygraves, Darren Anderton.
• What about the bands (Godhead,Poze,Sons of Geronimo....)? They all live in Boringmouth!

Buskers, Street Entertainers

• The name of the 'old bloke', as someone called him, who passed away, was actually named 'Mr. Potter'.
• The 2 stringed guitar man, where has he gone! I fear the worse has happend
• The mad bloke who not only busks during the day, and evening, but actually NEVER stops singing...even when shopping, eating and partaking in other activities which definitely do not require him to sing!!! Nevertheless, he does put a smile on my face, and after all, he is an entertainer, and he's doing it well!
• The old 'Charlie Chaplin look-a-like' who marches on the spot all day for charity with his toy tapedeck playing classical music. He must have calf muscles like a marathon runner!
• I once saw the old guy who plays the two stringed guitar in a music shop in Westbourne buying a plectrum!
• Busking is encouraged in Bournemouth which makes the atmosphere cool. Check out the man playing the dodgy guitar he calls the "Stick".
• The old guy who strums his guitar (You know who I'm talking about) came into McD's once while I was eating my big mac and yelled at me. Told me what a stupid jackass I was and all that. Scared me out of my mind.
• That dude, the guy with the guitar ... his name is Elvis!
• always sit by McDonald;s when visiting and listen to some of the folks playing music -- some good some not so great. Too bad a piano isnt portable i might set myself up some day just to say what pennies i might rake in
• THE OLD MAN! with about 4 strings on his guitar makes money by strumming some random, own invented, imaginary chord and sings " My names Jimmy " or some shit like that... what talent we have in Bournemouth. There is also me and my mate Julia who you might see some day in the holidays when we can be fagged to get out of bed early enough to get the slot under the clock, near MacD's... and i think it's safe to say were better than the Old Man!
• seem to have been replaced by beggars. Outside McDonalds or in the square are popular. Beware the salvation army in the run up to Christmas.
• The old bloke who plays the guitar with two strings outside Debenhams.
• Snowy, the old man, with two strings on his guitar and no coordination. He's been there for years, outside the NatWest on the Square. Give him 50p, he is class
• All hang out neat McDonalds on old X'church Road.

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