Famous Residents
Well known people who live, or lived, in Child Okeford and its environs include:
- Harry Corbett Sooty & Sweep creator
- David James, author, politician and adventurer lived in the village whilst Conservative MP for North Dorset
- Tom Mennard, comedian and actor, best known as Sam Tindall in Coronation Street
- Mick Robertson TV presenter, best known for Magpie
- Rodney Fryer Russell and his wife Pamela lived in the nearby hamlet of Manston, both widely acclaimed artists who often painted together
- Sir John Tavener, composer
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or residents:
“That a famous library has been cursed by a woman is a matter of complete indifference to a famous library. Venerable and calm, with all its treasures safe locked within its breast, it sleeps complacently and will, so far as I am concerned, so sleep forever. Never will I wake these echoes, never will I ask for that hospitality again ...”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)