We used to live in Langley Green, Crawley in the 1980s. Three redeeming features: One: excellent train connections to London , Brighton and Havant .. Two: the local bus fare was 50p to Gatwick Airport for flights to Spain.. Three: going sideways round roundabouts under the flight path at Gatwick after a rain shower..
Would have been difficult as he was hung in 1949, but maybe he was like Tony Hart and kept coming back to life.