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Jack Watling was born on 13 January 1923 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Night to Remember (1958), The Winslow Boy (1948) and Confidential Report (1955). He was married to Patricia Hicks. He died on 22 May 2001 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK.

Patsy Smart was born on 14 August 1918 in Chingford, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), The Elephant Man (1980) and Electric Dreams (1984). She died on 6 February 1996 in Denville Hall, Northwood, Hillingdon, London, England, UK.

Jill was one of televisions top soap stars as nurse Carole Young in ITV's Emergency Ward 10 from 1957 to 1964. She was 19 when she started in the series and 26 when she was unceremoniously dropped from from the cast. Her career rapidly tailed away leaving her with a little stage work here and there until 10 years later she was working in the service department of a freezer firm dealing with customer complaints. Four days after she left Ward 10 she married her 1st husband, John Alderton, who'd had a minor role of a doctor and divorced after 5 years. She found work difficult to get because producers could only see her in the nurses uniform and only had a brief run playing the hostess in a public house show called Stars and Garters. She survived acute peritonitis and a near fatal tumour and in 1971 married theatre producer Brian Wolfe. She died of cancer on December 5th 1991 aged 54

Christopher Blake was born on 23 August 1949 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Mill on the Floss (1978), Mixed Blessings (1978) and Love for Lydia (1977). He was married to Victoria Little. He died on 11 December 2004 in London, England, UK.

Jodi Albert was born on 22 July 1983 in Chingford, Greater London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Hollyoaks (1995), Popcorn (2007) and Popcorn: How to Compliment a Girl (2007). She has been married to Kian Egan since 8 May 2009. They have three children.

Paul DiAnno was born on 17 May 1958 in Chingford, East London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Iron Maiden: Running Free (1985), Me Me Me (2011) and Top of the Pops (1964). He was married to Beverley, Wife #4, Wife #5, Wife #2 and Wife #3. He died on 21 October 2024 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.

Ralph Smart was born to Australian parents in the London suburb of Chingford, some ten miles northeast of Charing Cross. He began his professional career in films as an editor, writer and director of documentary shorts in 1927. Smart collaborated on the screenplays of some of Michael Balcon's early films at Gaumont-British, before moving 'down under' to make propaganda films and documentaries for the Australian government during the Second World War. After the war, he worked as producer or producer/director on two seminal films shot by Ealing in Australia: The Overlanders (1946) and Bush Christmas (1947). From the mid-1950's, he was active again in Britain, affiliated with ITC as writer/producer/director of several popular TV period adventures, notably The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955), The Buccaneers (1956) and William Tell (1958). His best known contribution came about in the 1960's, when he created the action series Danger Man (1960) and its incorruptible lone wolf protagonist John Drake, played brilliantly by Patrick McGoohan. After the show was cancelled in 1966, Smart returned to working as a freelance screenwriter on the short-lived Australian-based series Riptide (1969), starring American actor Ty Hardin. Smart settled down in Bowen, Queensland, where the show was filmed and died there in February 2001 at the venerable age of 92.

Lewis Bloor was born on 28 November 1989 in Mansfield Hill, Chingford, East London, England, UK.

Harrison Foss was born on 4 November 1988 in Chingford, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Popcorn (2007), The Time of Your Life (2007) and Life Begins (2004).

Kenzie was born on 6 January 1986 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK.

Nancye Stewart was born on 19 June 1893 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Life and Death of King Richard II (1960), Homicide (1964) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She was married to Mayne Lynton. She died on 11 August 1973 in Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Allan Tyrer was born on 13 May 1915 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Civilisation (1969), America (1972) and Monitor (1958). He was married to Audrey Bennett. He died on 19 May 1997 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.

Martin Gray was born in 1950 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Tycoon (1978) and Mixed Blessings (1978).

Joe Dever was born on 12 February 1956 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Lone Wolf, Killzone (2004) and Lone Wolf. He died on 29 November 2016 in London, England, UK.

Gladys Gordon was born in 1899 in Chingford, Greater London, England, UK.

Michael Dutfield was born on 19 July 1947 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Battlecries (1992), Panorama (1953) and Everyman (1977). He was married to Heather Campbell. He died on 27 October 1995 in Bedfordshire, England, UK.

Born in Chingford, north east London, UK, author Helen has lived in the same area all her life. Her father Frederick Turner M.M. was a Town Councillor for many years and her one claim to fame as a girl was being invited to the Lord Mayor of London's annual children's fancy dress party at the Mansion House. She went as Alice in Wonderland and because she was so shy hated every minute of it. Helen's passion has always been reading; one of her earliest memories is choosing a book at the local children's library - she was about four. Wanting a pony, but not being able to afford one, she began writing pony stories at the age of 13, often adding a new chapter during school lessons, and even during a G.C.S.E. exam when she had finished the questions and had time to spare. Her school careers advisor turned down her desire to be a journalist, however, on the grounds that she could not touch-type (several 3-800 page novels later the inability to type does not seem to be much of a hindrance) Instead, Helen worked at South Chingford Library for thirteen years. During this time she progressed from stories about ponies to science fiction, and on discovering that there was more to King Arthur than the Medieval stories of Knights and quests for the Holy Grail, began writing the "what might have really happened" tale of Arthur, placing him firmly as a war lord, between the going of the Romans and the coming of the Anglo Saxons. The research and writing took ten years. When married to Ron, and after having her only daughter, Katharine in 1982,, Helen wrote a children's personal safety story (Come and Tell Me) - what used to incorrectly be called 'stranger danger'. Returning to her novel about Arthur, Helen met with historical fiction author Sharon Penman, and was encouraged to approach an agent. She accepted for publication a week after her 40th birthday by William Heinemann (Random House UK) For several years Helen was secretary then the Chairperson for the Waltham Forest Dyslexia association, both her husband and daughter being severely dyslexic. After completing what turned out to be a Trilogy, (The Kingmaking, Pendragon's Banner, Shadow of the King) Helen turned to writing a novel of the Battle of Hastings (Harold the King) - firmly placing it from the Saxon point of view. Becoming intrigued by one of the characters - Edward the Confessor's mother, Queen Emma - her next novel (A Hollow Crown) was devoted to this fascinating woman. From there Helen turned to the Golden Age of pirates, and a slight re-tracing of steps to write the first two in a series of historical fantasy adventures about her own pirate captain, Jesamiah Acorne. (Sea Witch and Pirate Code) Contacted by UK producer Robin Jacob, Helen has co-written the script for the movie 1066.

Bertram Tyrer was born on 13 May 1915 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for Excalibur (1981), My Sister and I (1956) and Go with Matt Monro (1966). He died in December 1995 in England.