“It’s a dynamic and diverse place” I was born in South East London in 1977 and moved to Thame when I was 18 months old. The M40 was being constructed at that time, and my father had a job as a sales engineer for a company that made air conditioning equipment in Birmingham. His sales… Continue reading Rae Young
Fiona Danks
“It’s the best of both worlds” I was born in 1960 in Kent, where my father was stationed for his National Service, and soon after we moved to Warwickshire where he took a job as a GP. We lived in a village surrounded by countryside, and I grew up with my two younger sisters. We… Continue reading Fiona Danks
Adrian Stanmore
“I’ve been keeping bees since I was at school” I was born in 1963 in the old Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, and was brought back to this house where I still live now. This was the first house the council built in the lane, so it was called number one. My Gramp was the first… Continue reading Adrian Stanmore
David Marcou
“I like the location and culture of Watlington” I was born in Kensington in 1944, and grew up there, with my three younger sisters. In my first year at senior school, I started to learn the clarinet, but words can’t describe how bad I was – I had absolutely no aptitude for it whatsoever. My… Continue reading David Marcou
Sinead Cusack
“The beauty of the hill sold it to me” I was in born in 1948 in Dublin, the child of two actors whose parents were also actors. My grandparents were travelling players – they’d go to a different town every week. I was brought up in a seaside town called Dalkey with my siblings. It… Continue reading Sinead Cusack
Nigel Adams
“It’s the best place in the country” I was born in Cheltenham in 1958. My father was a farm manager in the Cotswolds, but when I was five the farm was sold. We ended up at Shirburn Farm when I was seven as my father got a job as the farm manager. I went to… Continue reading Nigel Adams
Lionel Wilson
“The people are so friendly and helpful to an old man” I was born in 1928 in Barking, the second son of my parents. We moved to Upminster when I was about five and I lived there for twenty five years, until I was married. It was one and half miles away from Hornchurch RAF… Continue reading Lionel Wilson
Fergus Lapage
“I like Watlington, it suits me” I was born in 1949 in Stornoway, in the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. My mother was a Macloud, she had to learn English at school. My grandmother could only speak Gaelic. My dad was a doctor and my mother was a nurse. They met in India… Continue reading Fergus Lapage
Lexi Cheesman
“This would be a lovely place to grow old” I was born in London in Hammersmith in 1963. My parents divorced early on, and my mother remarried, so I had two dads! Both were in the music business. My stepfather Mike Hurst was a bit of a celeb, he was one of the ‘Springfields’ with… Continue reading Lexi Cheesman
Steve Nicholson
“It’s always good to see all the friendly and familiar faces.” I was born in 1952, in a deprived part of Leicester, to a single mother. She was in and out of prison so my grandmother looked after me quite a lot. My mother eventually married and had five other children; my stepfather didn’t want… Continue reading Steve Nicholson
