Life in Beckworth » Richard Branson http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Beckworth Star Spot: Richard Branson http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/gilbert-barnstable/beckworth-star-spot-richard-branson/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/gilbert-barnstable/beckworth-star-spot-richard-branson/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:52:18 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=2011 Continue reading →]]> I’ve just seen Richard Branson, airline pilot and founder of the Branson Pickles empire, waiting to pick up a take-away from The Bamboo Caravan. He told me he was getting spring rolls, a number 36, a 42 plus a 89 with boiled rice and was so hungry he could eat a horse. Mr Branson was very chatty and not at all like a millionaire pickle magnate, he even left his Sun newspaper for me to read (though he’d torn out Page 3 girl Samantha from Bolton). What a top bloke. Thanks Gilbert

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(Above) Mr Branson waiting to pick up his chinese take-away this lunch time

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