Beatle George Harrison bought his parents, Harry and Louise Harrison, a bungalow, Sevenoaks, on Old Pewterspear Lane in 1965 to enable them to escape the pressures of fans who visited their Liverpool home. Harrison wrote
While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the bungalow. Screenwriter
Richard Curtis lived at Merricourt on Windmill Lane during the 1970s. His university friend
Rowan Atkinson was an occasional visitor to the house. Journalist and first female editor of the
Sun Rebekah Brooks (nee Wade) attended
Appleton Hall High School, now
Bridgewater High School. Playwright and screenwriter
Tim Firth, famous for
Calendar Girls, attended Appleton Hall High School. Actress
Ruby O'Donnell famous for playing as
Peri Lomax in
Hollyoaks was raised and brought up in Appleton. ==See also==