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  • Er...I KNOW theres at least one but cant remember who.
  • haha, the only celeb we have is Gary Glitter
  • lorne green, alec guiness, richard widmark and freddy nercury ALL frequnted the jolly weavers in the mid 80s.
  • Gary Glitter,Larry Grayson
  • gg
  • Gary Glitter... nuff said
  • KAS IRON AND ZOAR OF COURSE
  • ruebans barrichello lived nearby
  • Gary Glitter, Jimmy two sticks and my mate dog (dodgy old geezer)who drinks in the wine vaults...he'll have you pissing yourself...db
  • Banbury has a host of celebs that have lived in the town at one point or are still living in banbury. cathrine zeta jones, tom jones, britney spears, jeniffer lopez, madonna, fred west, rose west, doctour shipman, mike ryan, sweany todd, geri halliwell, sara cox, zoe ball, gail porter, the queen,
  • Pete Lay- saxophonist and runner of Banbury Jazz club for over 30 years! Brian Little- historian and writer.
  • Gary(kiddie fiddler)glitter
  • My Dad nearly hit Gary Glitters car once near the Horton It was a huge fuckoff white thing (the car)
  • The villages around Banbury seem to attract minor TV stars.
  • Stephen Frost, Artist Larry Grayson, Comic (deceased) Garry Glitter (Paul Gadd) (I went to school with him) Gordon Ramsey (Celebrity Chef)
  • Edward Woodward (Equaliser) lives nearby!
  • Gary Glitter (tendencies aside) is the towns biggest star reaching his heights with his stacks (!) and songs like "Leader of the Gang". It must be stessed for any non residents reading that no-one really looks up to him as an idol and his inclinations are not, by any means uniform throughout the people of the town!

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Last updated: 2008-10-14

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