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Carol Vorderman
With an I.Q of 154 Carol Vorderman was producer, researcher and host to a variety of t.v. programmes, and once one of the most popular and highest paid presenters on television.As a young girl Carol grew up with her family in Palmeria Gardens, Prestatyn.Born in Bedford in 1960 she had been working for an electrical retailer, when on the insistence of her mother Edwina she applied for work on the Countdown t.v. programme, and was at the inception of the show when it was first aired in 1982 becoming the legendry letters and numbers girl on the show.
After 26 years and 4,750 programmes Carol stepped down from Countdown in July the 2nd 2008.Once appearing in a advert for ariel washing powder she was to learn more about her roots in Prestatyn during the filming of the BBC 1 history series, "who do you think you are" shown on September 27, 2007 and that i myself took part in.Carol was to learn that her great grandfather Daniel Davies had a butchers shop in Prestatyn (the bistro restaurant today) and that also her father was an active member of the dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation, but sadly died during the making of the programme, Carol aslo learnt that her great grandfather Adolphe Vorderman participated in a major role in the discovery of vitamins.
In 2001 Carol received a belated and well deserved M.B.E for services to broadcasting.A fitting tribute to an admirable woman who's character was shaped as a young girl in the town of Prestatyn.Today Carol lives with her two children in Bristol.
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