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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,908
    Gribbo said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Andy Roberts was also a customer of mine, he was a good lad, we had a laugh when I told him who I supported, he's not too keen on Charlton :D
    Used to knock about with him and Kieth Stevens. Not seen either for years after Rhino moved to Oz

    Of that era, out here in Brazil I am friends with the son of Paul Manning who was in the same squad as the pair of them.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,658
    DA9 said:
    I'm going to the Baftas Sunday as a seat filler, I may have some stories next week hopefully.
    Turned into a right lovey :-). 
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 1,684
    DA9 said:
    I'm going to the Baftas Sunday as a seat filler, I may have some stories next week hopefully.
    Don't get caught on camera sniffing Kate Hudson's seat while she pops to the lav.
    I worked in her house once near Regents Park BTW.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,527
    CaptainRobbo said:
    DA9 said:
    I'm going to the Baftas Sunday as a seat filler, I may have some stories next week hopefully.
    Don't get caught on camera sniffing Kate Hudson's seat while she pops to the lav.
    I worked in her house once near Regents Park BTW.
    To be honest I would have waited until she came back & mentioned that I needed a pee
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 1,684
    DA9 said:
    I'm going to the Baftas Sunday as a seat filler, I may have some stories next week hopefully.
    How did the Baftas go?
    Who did you fill in for?
    Any gossip?
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 6,007
    Robbie Coltrane stood on my foot at a party (ouch!).

    Got introduced to Pat Nevin at a Bluebells gig at Electric Ballroom, Camden. He shared his flat with Adrian Thrills, a writer at NME that I worked with.

    I saw Bananarama's first ever live gig  (supporting Department S); years later, I met Sarah Dalin at a party and mentioned it to her and we chatted about it (I was a bit squiffed).  In error I said that they mimed but she corrected me to say the music was the backing track and they were really singing. She was right of course!

    I was present when Julie Burchill first met Tony Parsons (in The Britannia pub, Hammersmith, now long gone), and spent the rest of the evening together with them, sharing a cab back to central London after the Patti Smith gig; six months later they got married. 

    I got stuck in a lift with ex-England cricketer Graham Dilley.  He was claustrophobic and after a couple of minutes forced open the doors with his bare hands!

    I saved Chris Dean (of The Redskins) from being beaten up by fascist skinheads at Charing Cross station.

    I once shook hands with the prime minister of Guyana.


  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 6,007
    I have played football against Madness, The Jam, Style Council, and Motorhead. Oh, and Andrew Ridgley (who I had great fun in fouling!).
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,165
    edited February 23
    CaptainRobbo said:
    DA9 said:
    I'm going to the Baftas Sunday as a seat filler, I may have some stories next week hopefully.
    How did the Baftas go?
    Who did you fill in for?
    Any gossip?
    Enjoyed it

    I was what they call a passive, sat in seats behind the cameras for the wider shot. 

    Tenuous link to fame, whilst waiting to get to the urinals in the toilet, Aidan Gillen was having a fight/interaction with the hand dryer and blocking my path, then he sat down right to next us in the communal sofas in the lobby outside.

    If you watched it, there was a 2 hour delay to TV, they did come out and say before the awards started that there was someone with Tourette’s etc in the audience and to be aware. Until that point we heard some shouting and assumed it was a protest, but he definitely shouted the N word when Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage, why they didn’t bleep it considering the 2 hour delay is anybody’s guess. 
    For context he was the inspiration for the film I Swear that won best actor.
    We believe he recused himself later on as we didn’t hear anymore as the show went on. Hopefully they didn’t remove him as they made a big announcement as to how it was involuntary and asked everyone to understand and not be offended.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,953
    A tenuous link to the above BAFTA chat…..

    My brother went to school in Eltham with Delroy Lindo. 


  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,293
    My mate, who has a much better memory than I do says that I was friends with a girl called Susan who used to hang around the Bromley area and was a regular at pubs such as the Apples and Pears off the Old Kent Road.  He said she was always a bit of a trend-setter regarding music and fashion. I have no recollection of her at all, so perhaps this doesn't count. Anyway, you would know her as Siouxie Sioux.

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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,953
    cafcfan said:
    My mate, who has a much better memory than I do says that I was friends with a girl called Susan who used to hang around the Bromley area and was a regular at pubs such as the Apples and Pears off the Old Kent Road.  He said she was always a bit of a trend-setter regarding music and fashion. I have no recollection of her at all, so perhaps this doesn't count. Anyway, you would know her as Siouxie Sioux.
    Susan Ballion. Another family with an Eltham connection. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,622
    Pedro45 said:
    I have played football against Madness, The Jam, Style Council, and Motorhead. Oh, and Andrew Ridgley (who I had great fun in fouling!).
    Wham.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,187
    edited February 23
    SuedeAdidas said:
    A tenuous link to the above BAFTA chat…..

    My brother went to school in Eltham with Delroy Lindo. 


    Name the future Charlton midfielder in that picture (without referring to the names on the right!).
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,953
    SporadicAddick said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    A tenuous link to the above BAFTA chat…..

    My brother went to school in Eltham with Delroy Lindo. 


    Name the future Charlton midfielder in that picture (without referring to the names on the right!).
    He was my brother’s best mate. 
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,430
    SuedeAdidas said:
    A tenuous link to the above BAFTA chat…..

    My brother went to school in Eltham with Delroy Lindo. 


    I Used to go to Ealdham Square , when i tell people we used to do boxing as part of P.E  they think im joking ! .  
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,953
    fadgadget said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    A tenuous link to the above BAFTA chat…..

    My brother went to school in Eltham with Delroy Lindo. 


    I Used to go to Ealdham Square , when i tell people we used to do boxing as part of P.E  they think im joking ! .  
    You can show them that paper cutting now. 
    Looking at that photo - I’d guess it’s early to mid 1960’s. 

  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,963
    SuedeAdidas said:
    A tenuous link to the above BAFTA chat…..

    My brother went to school in Eltham with Delroy Lindo. 


    OOOH ! 

    Wonder which one is Delroy?
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,953
    Fanny Fanackapan said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    A tenuous link to the above BAFTA chat…..

    My brother went to school in Eltham with Delroy Lindo. 


    OOOH ! 

    Wonder which one is Delroy?
    You can work it out using the names/location on the right 👍🏼
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 6,007
    SuedeAdidas said:
    cafcfan said:
    My mate, who has a much better memory than I do says that I was friends with a girl called Susan who used to hang around the Bromley area and was a regular at pubs such as the Apples and Pears off the Old Kent Road.  He said she was always a bit of a trend-setter regarding music and fashion. I have no recollection of her at all, so perhaps this doesn't count. Anyway, you would know her as Siouxie Sioux.
    Susan Ballion. Another family with an Eltham connection. 
    She lived on Westhurst Drive, in Chislehurst, and was best friends with my next-doors neighbours granddaughter.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,991
    A good mate ( sadly a Millwall fan) used to go out with the girl from the shake n vac adverts back in the day 

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  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 977
    lolwray said:
    A good mate ( sadly a Millwall fan) used to go out with the girl from the shake n vac adverts back in the day 
    Jenny Logan
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,334
    edited February 24
    The guy I sat next to in the east stand played the landlord (John) in Sean of the Dead. 
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,933
    Afternoon Delight said:
    lolwray said:
    A good mate ( sadly a Millwall fan) used to go out with the girl from the shake n vac adverts back in the day 
    Jenny Logan
    Strange name for a bloke who supports Millwall 
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,430
    I Returned Frank Brunos mobile phone to him that was in our lost property . Nice fella and very polite .
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,579
    DaveMehmet said:
    Afternoon Delight said:
    lolwray said:
    A good mate ( sadly a Millwall fan) used to go out with the girl from the shake n vac adverts back in the day 
    Jenny Logan
    Strange name for a bloke who supports Millwall 
    Best friends with Frank Moloney.
  • CharltonManor1966
    CharltonManor1966 Posts: 382
    fadgadget said:
    I Returned Frank Brunos mobile phone to him that was in our lost property . Nice fella and very polite .
    "Nice one Harry ha ha ha"

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