Our small town was once the home to Winston Churchill: an honour much referenced in the naming of local dogs, schools, shops and so on. The great man himself sits immortalised in black granite, on the town green: his knees worn smooth by clambouring children over the decades. Other famous residents nearby have included Adam Faith, Judi Dench, Gloria Hunniford, Jackie Gold (the boss of Anne Summers) and the woman with a bun from How Clean is Your House? Even in the case of the latter this is a town that remains sniffy at best about celebrity.
Until we had a visit from ONE DIRECTION. Oh yes, the boys were in town recording their first single (Simon Cowell's record company SyCo - see what he did there? owns a studio here). Girls quickly establised a fan camp on the green, sending out for pro plus and water when the going got tough and jumping up on shaky legs that have been folded for too long when one of their heros was spotted through a window. It was like waiting for Duran Duran to land at Gatwick in 1982.
I fear for the price of a full English in the cafe. A sustained pop idol incursion could push it pass the £10 mark.
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