The Knowhere Guide

Local Heroes in Knowle, Bristol*

Knowle, Bristol Famous Residents

Cringing Cult of Celebrity (Famous residents and ex-residents.)

• Tricky, and that woman who used to sing with Tricky. My Mum claims snooker player Ray Reardon used to live here. Tony Benn MP. The bloke who wrote Pugwash once visited my school. Acker Bilk lives a few miles down the road.
• Well it is a liitle known fact that Liam and Noel from Oasis hail from Knowle and not Burnage as previously thought. Famous residents include Catherine Zeta Jones, Mick Hucknall, Rod, Jane, Freddy, Richard Ashcroft, Terry Venables, Robin Cook, The Teletubbies, Doodles out of the tweenies, Challenge Anneka, Betty Boo and the man from the insurance ads, you know the fat one.
• Daniella Nardini, of This Life fame Sam Torrance Daphne from Neighbours John Sessions Couple of Supernaturals

Buskers, Street Entertainers

• A slightly nutty all-be-it friendly old guy called "Stan the man"! He's a Jimmy Saville look-a-like with a ghetto blaster in a pram, a stunning line in shell suits and a splendid array of legwarmers! SUPERB!!!
• The alcoholic tramps round Broadwalk are quite entertaining.
• A man grinds his organ occasionally, no really he does, his fairground organ.
• The Viking Festival in Aug/Sept. has processions through the streets with lots of people dressed up as Thors and waving various battleaxes. And the Burning of the Ship. And the Viking hut village on the prom provides much drunken Viking entertainment

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Credits

Last updated: 2007-06-21