Notable People
A number of celebrities, including Victoria Beckham and Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie, have lived in or around the village. In the Swinging Sixties, one of the founding members of Unit 4 + 2 pop music group, Buster Meikle, came from the village. Buster started his career as lead singer of Buster Meikle & The Daybreakers. Cheshunt Boys' Club was a regular venue of theirs in the early '60's.Cliff Richard lived in nearby Cheshunt on the Bury Green estate from 1951 and went to Cheshunt Secondary Modern, the secondary school close by. This was the same school that Buster Meikle attended. Leon Everitt, a top '60s disc jockey, also lived there. The tennis player Richard Lewis lived in Jones Road, Goffs Oak and attended Goffs School during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He went on to represent Great Britain in the Davis Cup, and is now Chair of SportEngland. In April 2012, Richard Lewis was appointed Chief Executive Officer at the All England Tennis Club, Wimbledon.
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