MargaretWhittock Thu 13-Sep-12 18:39:02.

Charles Hawtrey from the Carry On films!

Living in Deal, Kent (13 Posts) Add comment | Report. "I had a brilliant time in Tunbridge Wells and I lived and worked here for years. But did you know that some of these celebrities hail from Alongside well known people from the county such as Orlando Bloom and Mick Jagger there are many more personalities that you'd never guess were from Kent.From Oscar winners, to glamour models, to Brit Award-winning singers - a number of celebrities have strong links to the county.Whether they were born here or lived for a time here, Kent has produced a lot of talent in the world of music and cinema.So Kent Live decided to compile a list of some of the famous faces you hay not have known had links to our county - so you can impress your friends at the next pub quiz.Libertines rocker Pete Doherty has been a resident in Thanet for sometime now.The indie band's frontman brought his residency in the county into the national headlines in the summer, when he As well as helping out the local football team, the indie band have also Known as The Albion Rooms hotel, the venue occupies a five storey ten room Victorian building which was formerly home to Palm Court Hotel.The actor and former Otford pupil John Hurt died aged 77 after a battle with pancreatic cancer in January 2017.He played roles in a number of blockbuster films, including Elephant Man, Alien and Harry Potter.But his first role was in a school production of The Bluebird (L'Oiseau Bleu) by Maurice Maeterlinck.Dame Kelly Holmes, from Hildenborough, is a retired middle distance athlete.Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Venting her frustrations on Twitter, she said: "So what happens when you're meant to be somewhere an hour ago and can't because there's a two hour delay with a standstill, nowhere to go, nowhere to divert, in bright red trousers, in a bright blue car, Kelly Holmes, and you want the loo...desperately.Miriam – who played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films – has been famous for decades.She has a house in St Margaret's, near Dover and was at Cambridge at the same time as the Monty Python crew, won a BAFTA for a Martin Scorsese film (for Best Supporting Actress in The Age Of Innocence), and has starred in Blackadder, Jackanory, plus plenty of other hits.Born in Folkestone in May 1961, Phil Vickery is rated one of the top chefs in Britain.Phil Vickery trained in the Lake District before working at Gravetye Manor in West Sussex and Restaurant 74 in Canterbury.He then moved to Taunton in Somerset and became the head chef at the Castle Hotel.

- Switching on of Margate Christmas Lights by Bob Geldof, The Piazza, Margate Old Town.British pop group Bucks Fizz, (clockwise from top) Bobby G, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Jay AstonMick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform at halftime during Super Bowl XLOli Sykes performing on stage with his band Bring Me The HorizonShane MacGowan is best known as the lead singer of The PoguesRichard Hughes is best known as the drummer in KeaneStar Wars and Hammer Horror legend, Peter Cushing, retired to Whitstable and died in CanterburyFatboy Slim is one of the most successful DJs in the UKMark Rylance won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor opposite Tom Hanks in Bridge of SpiesShoreham's Naomi Watts has portrayed Princess Diana in a biopic of her lifeCanterbury's very own elf - Orlando Bloom in action as LegolasMackenzie Crook has had memorable roles in The Office and Pirates of the CaribbeanKate Bush, known for the hit song 'Wuthering Heights', was born in Bexleyheath It ticks all the boxes. "It is such a beautiful old town that I really, really love it," she said.

• Edwin Stead (1701–1735) – noted cricket patron and team captain in the 1720s and early 1730s He finished in third place.He returned as an All-Star for the nineteenth series, where he was evicted in thirteenth place.Jess Smith was one of the most familiar faces on British television in the 1990s - as the chuckling Baby Sun.The former Chatham South and Horsted Primary School pupil also studied dance education at Canterbury Christ Church University.Singer/songwriter of The Pogues, Shane MacGowan, was born to Irish parents, however the location of his birth - Pembury, near He also attended Holmewood House School in Langton Green.The Pogues are probably best known for their hit Christmas single with Kirsty MacColl, Fairytale of New York.Cooling Castle's farmhouse in Rochester is the home of the musician Jools Holland, while the nearby barn is used as a wedding venue.Recently the singer-songwriter had got a bee in his bonnet about loud noises coming from the venue next door.For a decade he was locked in a dispute with the barn.Now he is celebrating after Medway Council imposed stricter regulations over late night live music at the venue next door.The irony is that Mr Holland, who also leads his own big-band, moved into the area in 2002 and chose the venue to marry his wife Christabel in 2005.Richard Hughes, best known as the drummer of British pop-rock band Keane, was born in He attended Tonbridge Grammar School, and it was here he met future band mates Tim Rice-Oxley and Dominic Scott.Keane reached international success with the release of their debut album Hopes and Dreams in 2004.