The Knowhere Guide

Local Heroes in Mount Hawke, Cornwall*

Mount Hawke, Cornwall Famous Residents

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

• Alex Parks has put Mount Hawke on the map!
• The presenter of top-rated mexican TV show "Don-Jumpy" (Equivalent of "Trigger Happy TV") has been known to stay in Mount Hawke when in Cornwall to visit the skate park and his family near the Eden Project.
• Nigel from Eastenders lives on Fore Street. Barry Mcguigen, ex boxer and gladiator referee lives on Banns Hill. Porn Starlet Anal Crooker also has been seen on Banns Hill.
• Pickles
• Reg Genaux...Belgium international footballer has appeared at the local cricket club.
• Mo Mowlam lives at 6 Short Cross Mews
• Apparently Steven Spielberg owns a property down Banns Road. Ronnie Corbett frequents the cricket club and Bernard Gee (famous cornish impresario) can be seen performing in the local public houses.
• Bob Monkhouse was an evacuee in mount Hawke Chris Chynoweth once made front page of the West Briton for building a wall.
• Aparently Oliver Reeds mum and Dad lived on the Banns Rd

Buskers, Street Entertainers

• A regular crowd pleaser is Bernard G and the Bernadettes who often play the Old School! Classics such as Build me up Buttercup, Hammer to Fall, and occasionaly Bernard with Big Willy with a fantastic cover version of Fame!
• Pickles will dance for a fiver! dance dance dance dance!
• Pickles is the most entertaining creature on this earth. if you are lucky you might catch a glimpse of him dancing in the moonlite to German techno.
• Jarvis Cocker played an impromptu version of "sorted for E's and Whizz" at "Chynoweth's"
• Excellent traditional cornish story and joke time regularly at Will's

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Last updated: 2007-07-23