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Jimmy Edwards. There has been a recent enquiry on Cookham.com as to a local celebrity Diana Dors who made her home near Boulters Lock. This triggered my thoughts to others of film, stage and radio that use to frequent Cookham and enjoy a drink in one of the village’s thirteen public houses. It was during the filming of Jerome K. Jerome’s “Three Men in a Boat.” That one would find the actor Jimmy Edwards propping up the bar in The Ferry after a day’s shooting along Cliveden Reach. If my memory serves me correct this was in 1956. There are many others of stage, film and radio who made frequent visits to Cookham during their professional careers.
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