What famous people do you know or live near?

Not sure if there is anyone famous in the village, if there is i havnt met them or been completely ignorant to the fact! lol

I am only a few miles from Broomies tho if that counts :)
 
Live close to guy williams. His daughter has had pony rides on my kids pony at the summer fayre and they often see him out in the woods. Also have Paul Merton just at the end of the road, only see the back of his ferrari disappearing into the distance. Pam Ferris is in the next village .
 
As a teenager I lived down the lane from Will Funnell - it was at the time he was just becoming famous and I had such a crush!! I was furious when we moved as had visions of being his groom.......and more!!
 
Piggy french, Oliver townend (he's moved out of the area though), j.p sheffield. Simon grieve (famous in my eyes). Kenneth clawson (gb sj trainer) I worked for him while he had lukeamia which is how I met alot of the eventers. Tim stockdale isn't that far from me I don't think. That's all I can think of atm.
Non horsey I see martin Johnson alot who was the old gb rugby team manager
 
Will Carling lived up the road from our old house - he often shops in our Waitrose (where hubby works). Kal's old yard was right next door to Lenny Henry's house - he was very friendly and we sometimes had to fend off press/journalists for him. Ran into Pete Townsend in a restaurant in Richmond (upon Thames) - very down to earth and quiet. The Hoys are based in the next village over - I've run into Andrew a couple of times in the local Londis - as you do! Friends of our are very good friends with Matt Ryan - live near him in Herefordshire - and we've met him through them.

Lastly, the pub at the end of our lane sometimes has top class horsey people in it (the Whitakers - most of 'em, Zara Phillips) b/c there's a very good international dealer in our village. Zara bought Toytown from him, for example.

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Where we ride we regularly see and chat to Andy Whyment (Kirk from Corrie), Jack P Shepherd (David Platt) and Alan Halsall (Tyrone) - they are lovely, lovely people, so chatty and Tyrone has the most gorgeous puppy!! (Although last time I saw them, I was riding a friends horse who decided to reverse at high speed down the road so I will be hiding next time I see him!!) :o) Also regularly saw Steven Gerrard and his wife in the vets where I worked with their beautiful dog.
"Apparently" Jimmy Carrs brother also lives on that estate, frequently visited by Jimmy Carr himself, but I've not seen that one :p
No horsey ones though!
K x
 
I used to live near Davina McCall and according to local gossip Daniel Craig is buying a rather large property down the road but now his married to Rachael I'm just not interested anymore!!!!!!!!! :D
 
Brandy said:
it is rumoured that Johhny Depp has just bought a house a few miles away......:p
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Apparently I live in the same area as a few of you! He comes into BSE and eats steak sandwiches at one of the pubs *nods*

I've been sat in a pub and realised Stephen Merchant was sat on the table behind us. He smiled at us as he went to the toilet! Think he was visiting family, as opposed to living here though.

Erm, no one famous comes where I live though, it's a teeny tiny village :p
 
Oh . . . forgot . . . ran into Alex Hua Tian (the Chinese eventer who used to be based with the Hoys) while out hacking . . . he was riding Magenta . . . I nearly fell off Kali from swooning . . . that man is seriously beautiful.

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William F-P lives about 10 mins away. Madonna has her estate not that far either.
I've seen Sean Connery in my town - he must have been visiting or passing through as I don't think he lives here!! He ain't half bad - for an oldie! ;)
 
As for eventers as I use to work for one don't class them as famous, but when I worked in racing yard in ireland I met Jp Macmanus/ Micheal O leary, oh and Brian O driscoll(irish rugby captain)!!!!
I've led up Ruby Walsh and Ap McCoy.
Robert Plant lives down the road.
 
Tina Cook came to look at my daughter's pony when I put her up for sale, didn't buy her unfortunately, and I've followed Richard O'Brien through M&S a couple of times!
 
Desmond Lynam lives near me and he always says good morning when you see him about on his bike.

Katie Price used to keep her mare Jordans Glamour Girl (Blaze) at my old yard. She still visits a local tanning salon where my friend works. My friends always pretends she doesn't know who she is :D
 
ellis9905 said:
Tim stockdale lives in the same village as i do, his yard is two fields down from ours, he came and gave a talk at my daughters primary school a few months back- which made her day :)
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Aha! I know roughly where you live then. I used to live at Vale Farm in Ashton:)
 
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Nobody famous lives here, although there are some famous people who came from here and left :D:D

Johnny Depp certainly won't be buying a house here ;)

I used to be married to a well known show jumper :cool:
 
Most of the Man United team...Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mikaël Silvestre, Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick, as well as Liverpool's Peter Crouch.
Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook.
A number of Coronation Street actors, including Denise Welch and Richard Fleeshman also live in the village.
Property entrepreneur Peter Jones.

I've met David Beckham in the Chippy!!! Also Bill Roache (Ken Barlow) in Sainsbury's :)
 
Rowreach - who? I'm intrigued ;) I used to work as a sj groom.
I did my AI in the 70's at a yard in Newchapel, Surrey and Marion Mould lived around the corner. I used to hack past Stroller, out in his field after retirement.
Marion offered a girl on the yard a job riding novices, the girl wasn't interested and I spent weeks riding past Marion's yard gate, trying to get up the bottle to go in and try out for the job, but I never quite made it :)
Guy Williams bought my friend's horse a couple of years ago. So that's my claim to fame!
 
I used to live near Rosemary Conley but don't know her. I hunt with the same hunt as Phoebe Buckley and had a few lessons in the past with Lauren Shannon. :)
 
My mum went to uni with Mr Robson from Grange Hill - Stuart Organ - and she is friends with Jude Laws parents, not bessies, but they came to my dads 60th. Jude sadly didn't ;)

My sister has introduced to countless DJs, spoke to Norman Cook for about an hour, Judge Jules, Seb Fontane, babysat for Nick Warwick, CJ Bolland.

Lots of Leeds footballers used to live in the village, and I used to serve them in the pub, Rio Ferdinand, Lee Bowyer, Robbie Keane - who one evening brought in Nicky from westlife.

I got Pippa Nolans :p autograph when I was about 10 :D
 
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