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Any CELEBRITIES in Brentford?

Are there many celebrities living in Brentford; now or in the past? So far on this site I've only heard of Pocahontas, Julius Caesar and a mention of Stan Bowles. There must be many more. Who are they and are they seen around the place? What are they like?I'm amazed that a similar community site topic in Chiswick features more than a hundred posts on celebrities who frequent the environs of Turnham Green Terrace and Chiswick High Road. I know there are some pleasant parts a mile or so east of Brentford, but its not exactly a Notting Hill, an Islington, a Covent Garden or a Chelsea! What about celebs in sunny Brentford? Are there many? Are there any?

Gerry Tan ● 7981d74 Comments

SarahThanks for the information. my wife has now emailed Pat direct. thanks againKen

Ken Attewell ● 6589d

KenIf you open Pats posting and click on her name, you can e-mail her directly.

Sarah Felstead ● 6592d

I should have mentioned my name married name is "Audrey Walton". I guess I was too excited to be thinking straight!!

Audrey Walton ● 6592d

I've PM'd you Diane. Hopefully you get it!

Audrey Walton ● 6592d

Hi Pat,Was your maiden name Kemish?  Ken, my husband saw your item on the TW8 website about your membership of the Tiller Girls. I think that makes you a celebrity. My name is Diane Attewell (nee Bemmer) and I believe I was a Guide in the 3rd Brentford with you in 1959 - 60 era. We all thought it was great that you became a Tiller Girl. I have been running the 3rd Brentford Guides since 1963 and currently am organising our 75th Anniversary celebrations. I posted an invitation to you to your parents old address in Boston Manor.  I believe you also have a sister called Diane, but had forgotten about her until I found an old photograph.Would love to hear from yourself and Diane.Best WishesDiane

Ken Attewell ● 6592d

Hi Pat,Was your maiden name Kemish?  Ken, my husband saw your item on the TW8 website about your membership of the Tiller Girls. I think that makes you a celebrity. My name is Diane Attewell (nee Bemmer) and I believe I was a Guide in the 3rd Brentford with you in 1959 - 60 era. We all thought it was great that you became a Tiller Girl. I have been running the 3rd Brentford Guides since 1963 and currently am organising our 75th Anniversary celebrations. I posted an invitation to you to your parents old address in Boston Manor.  I believe you also have a sister called Diane, but had forgotten about her until I found an old photograph.Would love to hear from yourself and Diane.Best WishesDiane

Ken Attewell ● 6592d

Spare us Neil, not even to be thought of!

Nigel Moore ● 6635d

Even worse would be the "outsiders' from Brentford End in the Parish of Isleworth.

Neil Chippendale ● 6635d

Speaking of narrowed fields of view as to the merits of neighbourhoods and their inhabitants, Brentford appears to be growing ever less parochial, despite my allusion to the Brentford/Chiswick divide.I’ve been looking through old vestry minutes and papers from the 18th century, and found a fascinating reference to applications for membership/voting rights or something similar, to a local organisation. The cry from the crowd was recorded as being whether those of New Brentford really wanted the ‘outsiders’ from Old Brentford involved!A little 'off-topic' I know, but I couldn't resist sharing that one.

Nigel Moore ● 6635d

But gentlemen – is it not extraordinary, that no-one considers it sufficiently remarkable to comment directly, that I have found the answer to Blake’s famous hymn?And did those feet in ancient timeWalk upon England's mountain green?And was the holy Lamb of GodOn England's pleasant pastures seen?And did the countenance divineShine forth upon our clouded hills?When the answer is apparently ‘Yes’, and it was here in Brentford, I would have thought at the least, that people would want to wave this fact under the noses of those foreigners in Chiswick!So who’s had the biggest celebrity visit now?!

Nigel Moore ● 6635d

Steve, Kevin and Victor, when I first used this site some five years ago, there were no more than a half a dozen postings a week. Despite the present slanging matches and the politicos posting their points, I'm grateful this BrentfordTW8 is thriving now. I think there's room for everyone and all shades of opinion and I'm thankful for all the messages and comments on this excellent site.  ;-)

Gerry Tan ● 6636d

Very much agree

Victor Mullins ● 6636d

It's quite possible Steve that people were getting totally p***ed off by the same people using the site to have a slangimg match with their enemies rather than posting/replying to anything constructive regarding TW8.It'd be nice to get it back on track to where it was supposed to be!

Kevin Farnan ● 6636d

There were such interesting posts on this forum back in 2004. What happened??!!

Steve Taylor ● 6636d

Crumbs Gerry, you're right - I never noticed the date, just remembered the thread as running a little while ago!We hear too little from you these days. I reckon you count as a local celeb yourself, so come 'blabber' more often.

Nigel Moore ● 6637d

Crickey Nigel, this thread's a blast from the past!Can it be four years ago since I was such a blabbermouth on this excellent neighbourhood website?And in that time, how many more celebs have come to live in sunny Brentford I wonder?  ;-)

Gerry Tan ● 6637d

I think I can top this list – have just been reading through Charles Wesley’s journals (the Methodist man), and discovered something I’d never come across before: “Mon., June 17th. I preached at Brentford in our way to Bristol. The moment our Society met, Jesus appeared in the midst, and we lay an happy hour, weeping and rejoicing, at his feet.”Wesley visited Brentford a number of times on his travels thereafter, but apparently Jesus only joined him here that once.

Nigel Moore ● 6637d