QUOTE (Simon @ Dec 8 2009, 11:28 AM)
what makes you a VIP in newbury anyway? Im sure 40 non VIPs would be able to raise more than that amount. Gotta be a typo, NWN please can you confirm?
Well According to Wikipedia these are famous people from Newbury:
Famous people
A number of famous people have originated from, worked, lived or died in Newbury:
Richard Adams author
Roger Attfield thoroughbred horse trainer
Francis Baily astronomer
Captain Collet Barker - early Australian explorer
Michael Bond creator of Paddington Bear
Bruno Brookes radio and tv presenter
Duke of Chandos bought his 2nd wife in Newbury
Earl of Carnarvon killed at the 1st battle of Newbury
Keith Chegwin television presenter
Miles Coverdale co-author of the 1st English Bible
Emma Crosby television presenter
George Dangerfield journalist and author
Lord Falkland killed at the 1st battle of Newbury
Sebastian Faulks author
Gerald Finzi composer and founder of the Newbury String Players
Jill Fraser - theatre owner and director
Christopher Hall - artist and former Mayor of Newbury
Lord Hanson - industrialist
Alec Hopkins actor
Sir Michael Hordern - actor
Tom Hynes - bass guitarist of metal band Malefice
John Kendrick patron of the town
William Marshal given up as a hostage from 'Newbury Castle'
George Melly - jazz musician and writer
Jack O'Newbury cloth merchant & patron
William of Newbury 13th century Abbot of Abingdon
Baron Palumbo - property developer and art collector
Jacqueline du Prι one of the best twentieth century Cello players
Hannah Richings member of preteen UK pop group S Club 8
Lord George Sanger circus owner born in Newbury who presented the Queen Victoria statue to the town in 1902
John Septimus Roe the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia
Hannah Snell 18th century female soldier
Earl of Sunderland killed at the 1st battle of Newbury
Edward Charles Titchmarsh mathematician
Theo Walcott footballer, originally for A.F.C. Newbury
Sir Frank Williams grand prix motor racing manager
John Winchcombe II cloth merchant & patron, son of Jack O'Newbury
Will Young - singer/actor
Now that would have been an interesting meal........ I wonder if the Duke of Chandos got his monies worth?