what is your claim to fame?

shrimp


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 00:25

We were talking about our claim to fame at work today........mine would be that Ravi Shankar came to our house to visit my parents when I was about 14, and I was asked to make him a cup of tea..........it didnt mean anything to me at the time! My father died shortly after so he never returned......More is the pity I am a big fan of his music these days......

apc2010


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 00:27

That nearly every post on here I get someone following my posts (2 People in fact ) ..I believe it is called "trolling "

shrimp


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 00:28

dont understand, explain?

Maz


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Posts: 1924

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 00:40

Claim to fame? Not a lot - but that is the lot of most of us lot. Both fame and finance have eluded me, but it has been fun trying.

apc2010


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 00:41

every post I am on certain people come on and either insult me or drag my posts from other forums ....



hey ho ...I must be affecting them in some way ..??

shrimp


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 00:46

ahhhhh, ok, sorry it is late.....we will have to wait and see on that score...........the point of this topic is that a fair number of people have either lived next door, worked for,or are related to ......somebody famous..... I thought it would be interesting...My husband lived over the road to Diana Doors in Mablehead!!

flowerfairy


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 08:59

Hi Shrimp,

my claim to fame is that I made a bouquet of flowers to be presented to HRH Princess Anne. I knew the press officer following the story of her visit. He informed me that even though she is given lots of bouquets, she actually took mine with her to her next venue. I took that as a compliment, and the press coverage did my business proud.

sienna


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 09:09

I went to Buckingham Palace and was presented to the Queen and Prince Philip to collect an award. Afterwards Princess Alexandra came to speak to our group and we all had canapes and champagne in the Palace seven royal members were in attaendance it was a lovely afternoon the most exciting bit was being chauffered through the Palace gates !!

deputydawg


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 10:42

Many years in the Army gave opportunity to meet, be photgraphed with, and sometimes dine with many of the Royal family and other VIPs. However, my fondest memories are that when I was a very young child I had a cricket bat made from a plank, stolen from our garden fence, with which I would play cricket in the street up against the old type gas lights. Dennis and Leslie Compton were born in the next street and would stop when passing to bowl balls to me and give encouragement. In the early 1950s I used to watch Chelsea juniors play on their training ground (behind closed doors) by climbing over the wall and was not evicted as I used to act as ballboy and I was the sole supporter. There played Jimmy Greaves who after every match, in all weathers, never failed to treat me to a 3p (old money) bag of chips at West Hendon Broadway. He was a superb footballer and so modest and kind even when dressed in smart blazer, me in rags. For me, he became the greatest goalscorer who ever lived.

bigOz


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 11:02

Meeting mum right after birth!

billyboy1


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 11:02

was in a club in London, dancing away with a friend when i saw this fat bloke, fully made up and with a striking hat on......"whos does he think he is....Boy George" says I.....





"yes, that is boy george"



boy was i embarrassed, but he chatted to us and was a real nice bloke......

YFred


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 11:11

APC/Oracle you never do that to my posts do you. You should be done for plagiarising. Where do you park your broom stick these days old girl.

YFred


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 11:17

Tracy Emins father came to my wedding with his wife and 2 other uninvited guests. Had 100 quids worht of food and 50 quids worth of drinks and pinned 5 pounds on me. The insult was really how much god his wife had around her neck.

yenibob


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Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 12:07

Religious type was she?

newlad



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Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 12:15

Supporting the smiths in 1982.



House Martins supporting us 1981 ish,

Paul.

TopTen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 13:14

Being right handed I once only once mind, wiped my backside with my left hand

metin


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Posts: 1588

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 14:46

Being asked to host a Karaoke Night in Farnborough, Kent for Shaun Williamson (then, Barry from Eastenders).

He sat and talked to me all night, and we sang the last song together.....

It was, 'I've Had The Time Of My Life' from Dirty Dancing.

We got a standing ovation and I went home on a 'high'......despite the fact that I was suffering with glandular fever !!!

martinD41


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 14:52

I thought Farnborough was in Hampshire..At least it was when I lived there

metin


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 14:57

Theres also one in Kent, just after Bromley.

martinD41


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 15:03

Oh No there isn't....................

YFred


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 15:14

Oh yes there is.

http://www.farnborough-kent-parish.org.uk/



There are two Ashfords and two Richmonds as well as quite a few Kingstons.

How come there is only one Bristol when it should be in pairs.

spider


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Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 15:17

Anyone meeting me could say they have met a page three girl, Well I was in Cyprus Today page three TWICE ))









Spider,X

TopTen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 15:18

Oh no there isn't, well it is pantomime season

shrimp


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 15:22

Oh yes there is..............it is very near Biggin Hill, I know cause I used to live there too!!!!

parkview



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Posts: 1123

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 15:33

My claim to fame was I used to work for George Martin at Air Studio's, worked with Paul McCartney, Julio, Elton John, Madonna, Bee Gees, Met Prince Charles, Sir Antony Quayle, David Jason.

spider


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 15:39

Oh that reminds me I met Prince Charles and had a little chat to him, and a very nice chap too. ) and



OH YES I DID )







Spider,X

shrimp


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 16:24

parkview.....................that is quite impressive! Just one of those would be a substantial claim to fame!! Lucky you........

parkview



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 16:28

They were fun times and George Martin was a really nice person.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 16:34

RE msg 8, sienna: (...) I went to Buckingham Palace and was presented to the Queen and Prince Philip to collect an award. Afterwards Princess Alexandra came to speak to our group and we all had canapes and champagne in the Palace seven royal members were in attaendance (...)

▶ They were born naked like you, didn't grow wings on their back while alive (neither did you) and will die the way you will. So, they are just as special as you are. Stop this medieval attitude to normal people who claim divine support - based on the stupidity of people who escape in fairy tales.

jakki



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Posts: 865

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 17:13

I used to be a Friend of Dulwich Picture Gallery and I was invited to the opening of the new extention being opened by The Queen - I don't how it happened but all of a sudden I found myself standing beside the Queen having our pictures taken.

martinD41


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 17:23

msg21...My apologies, I am from Guernsey,not the one in Ohio USA,,,As a claim to fame, I suppose living on Guernsey amongst the "TAX EXILES"(I am NOT one) you get to see and occasionally meed quite a few resident/part resident celebrities ...Paul Young,Jim Davidson,Frank Bruno,But the one that I remember above the others and built a house for, was the late great OLIVER REED......

shrimp


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 19:05

Oliver Reed used to come down to Devon and stay at a country house hotel near us.....not as a guest, as a friend of the family, for his holiday he liked nothing better than to become a 'normal' person so used to spend his time there washing the floors tending the garden and just blending in...........he even was known to wait at table occasionally!!! This was after he became well known not before he was famous!!

swannee7


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 19:26

I often meet up with famous people, including Royalty, and we're always on 1st name terms. In my dreams though !! (haven't a clue what all that signifies).

In real life, when in my late teens and living in Nicosia in the '50s, got to know Jackie Trent quite well while she was over there entertaining the troops and performing in cabaret. Always knew she'd be a big singing star. I was also involved on the admin. side (very junior position!) in the final days of the British Colonial Administration's handover of power to the fledgling Republic of Cyprus and during that time met Archbishop Makarios at a special function at Government House. Still in Cyprus - perhaps my greatest claim to fame was being one of the original (i.e. first) British TV announcers with Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. B/W television then, of course! Even got recognised by a viewer while trying my hand at skiing in Troodos area & dressed in woolly gear! Now that's fame!

cypgab


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 19:34

Deputydawg quote: There played Jimmy Greaves who after every match, in all weathers, never failed to treat me to a 3p (old money) bag of chips at West Hendon Broadway. He was a superb footballer and so modest and kind even when dressed in smart blazer, me in rags. For me, he became the greatest goalscorer who ever lived.

He's still around, we went to his show several weeks ago - brilliant performance.

Glasbury


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 19:35

I met Bill Clinton at the Hay Festival a few years ago. Several celebrities have holiday homes not far from me and have frequented the local pub including Lionel Bart, Frank Finlay, Viv Phillips (manager of Traffic) and most memorably Steve Winwood who was playing the piano and was told to "get off and let someone decent play" by a knowledgeable local !

muadib


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 19:57

A long time ago in a town far far away we lived opposite a family called Clarke who had a young son called Vince became a founder member of,i think Depeche Mode.A few years later i played rugby with Allison Moyets dad,the town was Basildon

sienna


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 20:10

message 39 - am I supposed to bite at your back biting hmmmm same old on here



I also do not have to listen to your holy than thou attitude either have a nice evening

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 20:13

sienna - there isn't a message 39!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 20:13

Sorry, just realised you meant 29!

shrimp


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 20:18

Sienna, well done, what an achievement ........well done for your award, you must have been very proud, I know I would have been!!!!!!x

martinD41


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 20:22

msg32 Shrimp... Oliver was an "Amazing Man" and I feel very privileged to have known him personally for some 8 years ........ Dear Ollie RIP.....

JohhnyLee


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 20:40

When I worked in my Dads music shop met many big groups. Knew Lenny Henry well, he got soaked in my Car one night going through the car wash and the sun Roof leaked

Had drinks with Noddy Holder and other Slade members, Knew Roy Wood and went to court on his behalf.

Met Nyree Dawn Porter,Arthur Lowe, The Iron Lady, Big Jim Sullivan, Mike Harding, Had Tea with the Three Degree's, Also turned down lunch with Linda Lusardi, ( I was too busy) must have been mad.



Met lots of Big stars at my Restaurant, and also many snooker players, and the one who really stood out as one hell of a nice guy was Willy Thorn,



Almost forgot, Also met Barry Snakes, and sang with Danny Fisher.

jonkay


Joined: 01/04/2008
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 20:41

My claim to fame is:-



A couple of years back myself, husband and two children where in Woman's magazine regarding an article on Expats.



In the late 80's my husband came 4th in the Windsurfing World Championships.



A family friend is married to Paul Young., another friend is a friend of George W.Bush ( though who wants to shout about that hahaha). Our friend went on tour with Depeche Mode during there Rose Bowl ( USA venue) days and had a great time!!!!!



I live within 10 minutes to Michael Schumacher, Phill Collins, Christina Onassis ex husband, Alain Prost, 15 minutes to Lewis Hamilton, Sophie Loren, Alain Delon ( French actor) and several other celeb's. Kofi annan, who was president of the UN has just moved into the village and my neighbour is part of the smirnoff family.





And my greatest claim to fame is that I live in one of the best country's in the world, Switzerland, I have a great husband and two wonderful children

shrimp


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 20:46

WOW!!!!!!!!!!

sienna


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 20:50

thank you shrimp yes I was indeed very honoured and proud indeed - a woman in a mans world collecting a Queens Award for Innovation a fantastic achievement for anyones CV don't you think!!



beats backbiting from Dutchy eh perhpas its just green eyed monster syndrome !



Yes I meant message 29

jimchris09


Joined: 13/02/2009
Posts: 547

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 21:09

Claim to fame seems to be having met or had contact with famous/infamous people...so....I once met Mike Harding in a bar in Manchester waaay back in the early 80's; chatted with cricketing types such as Gary Sobers, Clive Lloyd, Hansie Cronje and suchlike by being a member of a Central Lancashire League Cricket Club; played snooker with Stan Milburn (recently deceased uncle of Jack and Bobby Charlton); had dinner twice with the Sultan of Oman (along with hundreds of others); met and chatted with George Melly after a concert; met Ian Douglas Smith ( Good ol' Smithy from Rhodesia); got ordered off the road as Robert Mugabe was passing!!! That's enough and all I can remember at the mo!

deputydawg


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 21:18

We lived in a village a few hundred yards from Delia Smith. Most of the villagers were Ipswich supporters. Every time Norwich City were beaten the villagers used to put up a sign saying "Welcome home to Suffolk Delia" The telling thing for me was that after the filming of her television episodes showing her preparing lots of meals in the conservatory of her cottage she used to send the film crew to the village pub for something to eat !

deputydawg


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 21:28

Cypgab. I have previously googled for his website so that I might e mail him to wish him well and give belated thanks some 60 years late ! However, can only find companies who do his marketing for books and speeches. As you say, he is special.

stevie-d



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 21:39

Myself and 3 friends took Barry Mcguigan down to the ring from the dressing room, ( and back again )then1 of of us stood at each corner, when he beat Pedrosa to win The World Title at QPR Fotball ground, what a night that was. The party afterwards was awesome.

Stevie-d

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 21:40

stevie - I've never met Barry McGuigan but he comes across as a really nice guy.

hattikins


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 21:50

Many years ago, when I was just a teenager, my friend and I skipped school and headed off for Liverpool to try to find The Beatles, we eventually found the houses of John, Paul and George and got all of their autographs. John Lennon lived with his Aunt then and he spent ages standing outside the house talking to us, a really lovely person.

stevie-d



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 21:53

A very very nice guy as was his wife. The only thing I regret is I reorded over the video of the fight by accident, I suppose I could write to the BBC and ask them to send me a copy, they must have it in the archives somewhere.

Stevie-d

hattikins


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Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 21:56

Fight, what are you talking about, this thread is about claim to fame.

deputydawg


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:01

Saddened that Dutch seems to be again crusading from post to post to lay his bile and jealousy upon anyone he seems to identify as having exceeded his worth in this world when he should be applauding Sienna. I had the privilege of being in a New Year's Honours List and I fully understand why Sienna should enjoy the glow of receiving recognition for something which must have brought benefit for many and was preceded by a lot of devotion and hard work. To know that superiors and colleagues have made such a nomination to the Queen gives a wonderful sense of being part of a team and gives more power to the elbow. Heartiest congratulations Sienna. Dutch, if you strife for recognition, go to Holland, cut off an ear, and stick your finger in a dike ! (and perhaps your tongue as well) :(

flowerfairy


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Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:02

Awwww Hattikins, I'm NOT jealous...no I'm not!!!!!!!

I did hold hands with Paul and Barry Ryan, and was in the Cambridge newspaper!!!!!,

also was taken into a shoe shop doorway and got the Hollies autograph. Mmmmmm, those were the

days.........

hattikins


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:02

Sorry Stevie, our posts got mixed up, and yes, Barry Mc Guigan did come across as a lovely person.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:03

hattikins, stevie was replying to my message 50. (sorry)

elkiton



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:39

During the Cold War, stationed here in Cyprus on a missile base, we needed to test the acquisition parameters on a fast moving target, scanning the skies in hope, we never found one, until one day Concord appeared on a special test run and we tracked her live over the Gulf with 8 Bloodhounds locked on.....apart from that, sharing a lift with Dianne Keaton, and sitting in a theatre 2 seats away from Jeremy Irons....sad I know....

TonyE

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:41

Not sad at all TonyE - very interesting.

Lilli



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:42

Well I have met Elvis.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:47

I had a photo taken with Bill Clinton and met Silvio Berlusconi the Italian Prime Minister.

Lilli



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:52

Bill I have also met both of those but the greatest man i met was Nelson Mandella.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:53

I visited one of his buildings in South London once. )

Lilli



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:55

oops pressed too quickly, also our last pope, I have been very lucky through my jobs to meet so many famous people. I would have loved to have met mother theresa

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:55

Bill - I have to say that you do tend to fraternise with some very dodgy people

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:56

Liz. Have they all eaten in Guido's? )

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:58

Jeannie. I've eaten with the best of them. )

Lilli



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 22:58

We have had a few famous people in Bill. Pavarotti actually dined is his restaurant in cardiff as did many other celebs

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:02

I bet he had a Korma and followed it with a Nessun Dorma! )

stevie-d



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:21

Worked at Webely Stadium during Live Aid, both back and front stage, met quite a few of the performers. What a fantastic day everyone had. Just thinking about it brings back some brilliant memories. Oh to be young again, Or should I say younger.

Stevie-d

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:24

oh stevie if only, we didnt even think to write books about those days, yes this has taken me down memory lane. Now I know Im only when I call it memory lane. Bill not quite but he did give us a few songs. The press were there and he was with his little sparrow before the world knew of his relationship with her, ooops x

tarry67


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Posts: 1053

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:25

My years in the ambulance service in suffolk as a paramedic gave me the opportunity to meet most of the royal family when they landed in the royal helicopter,and a few pop stars at portman road football ground in Ipswich, like Phil Collins and Tina Turner. I am not saying this was a claim to fame, but it was an experience when I took Moira Hindley to hospital from highpoint prison in suffolk when she became ill.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:29

tarry67, I hope you drove slowly from highpoint prison. )

Lilli



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:29

i guess here in the trnc we have met a few famous for the wrong reasons. xxxxx

magicart


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:31

My best school friend was Jeff Lynn from ELO.

flowerfairy


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:31

Oohhh Tarry, weren't you tempted??????

shrimp


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:46

What an eclectic group of famous celebrities between you all.............. wouldnt it be amazing to have each and every one of these in a photograph.....it would resemble something along the lines of sergeant Pepper!!!!!!!!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:47

shrimp - more like Sergeant Bilko! )

Lilli



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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:55

magi i also know jeff. shrimp we could make a great book between us all.I met Elvis in Germany in the 50s . I was an air stewardess so met so many went onto corporate hospitality, and i was a bit of a girl in my day. Could have been a WAG but too high spirited. At the risk of sounding a real groupie had dinner with Omar Sharif many times also Anthony Hopkins and Michael Caine. Ok I am a groupie x Met most of the royals many times , my favourite was the queen mum.I could go on and how the hell i end up here and meet famouis villians well I will write the book xxxxxxx

Nicky30


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:58

Jonkay, can you let Lewis Hamilton know I'll be at the Turkish Grand Prix in May, and that I'm in the market for a racing driver?



I once spat out some foul crab paste-type stuff on a table cloth in front of Liam Gallagher at a party. I didn't know he was watching. He laughed and walked off. Fair play.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
14/12/2010 23:58

Liz, careful what you say about Michael Caine - I'm related, not a lot of people know that!

flowerfairy


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Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:01

Lilli.......... you're a tart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOu must be in front of Liz Tayor,

flowerfairy


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Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:02

Oohhps meant to

TimothyCadman


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Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:03

I appeared on stage with Robbie Williams and pushed him over.

It was before he found fame and was starring in the stage show 'Oliver' as the 'Artful Dodger. I was a member of the chorus of boys.

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:03

i could never say anything bad about him, got the pun though. Got to tell you the best was going to a party at rod the mods in marbella, got to the door big sign above the door bell. Dont ring if you cant swing , dont knock if you cant rock xxxx

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:22

I met Betty Turpin (Coronation Street - Bettys Hotpots) Twice in the cash and carry. (She said both times I must be having a big bbq, invited her both times) Very nice lady. Also let Ken Barlow out of asda car park once and he waved at me in thanks.



I've also had Judy Finnigan watching me play solo on a steel drum before an ITV Charity thing years ago.



My mum sat at a table in a restaurant next to Mike Baldwin once.



All totally pathetic I know. ;-)

Glasbury


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Posts: 268

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:26

LaptaMike - When you mentioned your Mum it reminded me of when my Mum was a taxi driver and Lady Betjeman used to ring her up and ask her to take her home complete with her pushbike up into the hills where she lived. She could cycle down but not back up !

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:29

who's Lady Betjeman?

Glasbury


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Posts: 268

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:31

The former poet laureate John Betjeman's wife - Penelope. She was famous in her own right as an explorer

shrimp


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Posts: 939

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:33

No 1 Doyen, Michael Caine lives next door to my sister in law in Leatherhead, not alot of people know that either!!! X



Lilli, I am stuck for words, Omar Sherrif???Anthony Hopkins, two of my heros.......Dr Zivago.........ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...never tire of this film.......

LaptaMike


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:34

ah right Not really into poetry even though I am very good at writing it ;-) (Used to be anyway)

Glasbury


Joined: 13/08/2010
Posts: 268

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:37

LaptaMike - Can't say that I am really into poetry either but John Betjeman's is amusing.

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 00:42

Are their any famous celebs with homes in the TRNC????

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 01:31

Message 79 Lilli,



You have put me in the pale!!



I have only been friends with George Best, Van Morrison and the very brave Brian Keenan, all before they were famous. And strangely enough my friend's sister is married to Terry Waite.



Blackpoolfan, other chums of mine who have homes in TRNC are John Taylor ( Lord Killclooney ) & the brillaint Ken Maguiness ( Lord Maguiness )

pollymarples


Joined: 08/08/2010
Posts: 1778

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 06:55

Living with Pauline.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 08:05

Lilli, did you ever meet anyone famous who owned a dictionary?

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 09:39

Love your style Lilli, tell me.........did you ring?.............. ..or.............did you knock????? Do tell ....................xx

Goonerboy


Joined: 01/04/2009
Posts: 723

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 11:06

met and spent time with Melinda Messenger,



Played Cricket in the nets with Lamby (Alan Lamb)



Took the p*ss out of Jo Brand at uni while she was playing live, she gave as good as she got..if not better!



Spent an hour talking politics with Tony Blair at UNI in the S.U.

zookeeper


Joined: 17/03/2010
Posts: 168

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 12:36

Went to the same school as Reginald Dwight (Elton John) and to the same tennis coaching class. Been dining at the same time as the late Diana Dors, Jimmy Saville (and his mum), and Lisa Goddard and family at hotel restaurants in Surrey. Met Sol Campbell and Tom Sellick in the rooftop restaurant of the Burj Dubai.

rigsby


Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 912

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 12:43

I had an Aunty who had books published,Her name was Winifred Foley and she wrote about her childhood in the Forest of Dean.I worked for a haulage company who took on the Arther Scargill,s union and won.I sold our house in Birmingham to Ashley Giles the cricketer.I have played pool with John Lowe the darts player and yes he beat me.My wife has waited on Prince Charles a few times at Aston Villa,s ground.She used to work at the Odeon in Birmingham and has met many stars,Ray Charles being her favorite.

tarry67


Joined: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1053

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 16:05

Messages 73 & 76

I must say I would be very famous myself now if I had of done something very unprofessional in the back of that ambulance, but alas it was not to be.

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 16:35

Gave a good home to a brown pointer rescue dog. No more fame needed.

parkview



Joined: 12/03/2009
Posts: 1123

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 19:47

Lilli, can't believe you met Elvis you lucky thing!

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 20:17

Actually I have met lots of very well known people, and it really does not phase me in anyway, because they are no different to you and I, some are good some are not so good, Lenny Henry turned out to be a not very nice person, several of us who had grown up with him, met him at various shows etc. in later life,



He blanked us and denied knowing us. Talk about forgetting your roots.



Jan and I have met and spent several hours with little Ismail. Now he really is one bright Star and alittle Hero.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
16/12/2010 00:26

well said lee.xxx Parkview I will tell you all about it when i see you next, also cliff, tom boy we lived next door . I should write a book. Many years ago I was asked by the Sun Newspaper to spill the beans on a very famous footballer, they offered 35k. When I gave the hack a bit of my tongue and a call to my companies lawyer he backed off.This guy was my best friend for 30 years, how would I sell him out. They funny thing was they all thought it was me he was having the affair with. When I called him he said take the money, all the others do, what price do you put on friendship xxxxxxx

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
17/12/2010 09:14

I, and many of my friends, met Shakira Baksh in British Guina/Guyana long before Michael Caine married her ! Now a lot of people do know that.