Saturday 8 September 2012

The Saturday List #14 - Famous people associated with the London Borough of Barnet

As we commence work on the sequel to A Tale of Two Barnets, here's a list of a few famous people with links to The London Borough of Barnet. It is not exhaustive, feel free to add anyone you think warrants a mention.

1. Charles Dickens - the workhouse in Oliver Twist was based on Barnet workhouse
2. Simon Le Bon - Used to live in Hendon
3. Lee Thompson - the flying sax player from the band Madness, lives in Barnet
4. Patrick McGoohan - lived in Mill Hill in his 1960's hayday
5. Amy Winehouse - Local girl, regularly rehearsed at Mill Hill Music Complex
6. Paul Gascoigne - used to train at Chase Lodge training fields with Spurs
7. James O'Shea - Paralympic Swimmer is a member of Barnet Copthall Swimming club
8. David Bedford - member of Shaftesbury Harriers atheletic club
9. Ken Loach - Award winning film director appeared in A Tale of Two Barnets
10. William Wilberforce - Built St Pauls church on the Ridgeway

This list is not exhaustive. There are many other famous people but my criteria for choosing this list is that at least once, everyone on this list has made me extremely happy through their exceptional talents and brought a ray of sunshine into my life.


5 comments:

Mr Mustard said...

Must mention Spike Milligan who lived on the edge of Hadley Common in an amazing building.

APML said...

Henry Cooper lived in Brampton Grove Hendon, Helen Shapiro the 1960s singer lived in Hendon and Phil from East enders lives in Finchley..

Belliebaby said...

Years ago I worked in newsagent in brent street hendon namely david jeffers!? On saturday morning barbara windsor came in with I presume ronnie knight,they/she lived in an apartment near hendon hall hotel....?????????

Belliebaby said...

Barbara windsor lived in hendon and hendon hall hotel with hubby ronnie knight???

Belliebaby said...

Someone famous lived in abercorn road mill hill east I believe years and years ago, can anyone tell me who it was and where????
Thankyou