Tom Farmer & Dave Farmer (born 1952) are twins who formed a rock groupcalled The Virus, later Gift, later Blackfoot Sue and had a top 10 hit in 1972 with ‘Standing in the Road’. They reputedly had the longest hair at school. Official website – www.blackfootsue.com
Roger Taylor (born 1960), drummer of Duran Duran, used to live in Hawthorne Road. Since the 1980s the band has had 14 hits in the UK top 10, 21 in the USA and has sold over 70 million records.
Duran Duran official website – www.duranduran.com
David Hodgson (born 1962) aka David Benson is an actor with anuncanny facility for mimicking accents and voices; he is perhaps best known for his one-man show about the life of Kenneth Williams and for playing Noël Coward in BBC tv’s ‘Goodnight Sweetheart’. Aged 13, his story ‘The Rag-and-Bone Man’ won a competition for BBC1’s ‘Jackanory’ and was read on the programme by Kenneth Williams.Official website – www.davidbenson.webs.com
Stephanie Chambers (born 1971) is an actress whose credits include ‘The Bill’, ‘Fields of Gold’ and ‘Brookside’.
Entry on IMDb – www.imdb.com/name/nm0150446
Daryl Burgess (born 1971) first played for West Bromwich Albion in 1989. He spent 14 years at the club playing some 400 first-team games for the team mostly in defensive positions.
See – totalfootballuk.com
Marc Silk (born 1972), is a voice-over actor for television, computer games, commercials and films including Star Wars, Johnny Bravo, Bob the Builder. He is known as ‘the man with a million voices.’
Official website – www.marcsilk.com
Lee Hendrie (born 1977) played mid-field for Aston Villa and England. Starting his career at the Villa youth academy, he spent 14 years with the club achieving the Young Player of the Season award in 1998. He played for England Under 21s and for the England team itself in 1998. He played in the Chelsea v Villa (1-0) FA Cup Final of 2000, the last to be held at the old Wembley Stadium.
Official website – www.leehendrie.com
Luke Rodgers (born 1982) is a professional footballer, playing for Shrewsbury Town first team as a youth player. He was known as a goal-scorer and took part in 3rd Division Shrewsbury ‘s giant-killing victory over Everton (2-1) in the 2003 FA Cup.
Tom Clarke (born 1986), lead singer of The Enemy used to live in Wasperton Close. Formed in Coventry in 2006, the band’s first album went straight to Number 1 in the UK, their second album reached Number 2 and their third in 2012 was their third UK top 10 album.
Official website – tomclarkeofficial.blogspot.com
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