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  • Harrow
    Harrow Posts: 16
    The Wealdstone Raider has started drinking in my pub.
  • BertieB
    BertieB Posts: 843
    My best mate punched Des Lynam at Epsom races
  • Ashers
    Ashers Posts: 418
    fattmatt said:
    iainment said:
    I beat Haile Gebrselassie in the London Marathon. Admittedly he only ran half of it and then pulled out but I finished. He didn’t so I, and a few thousand others, beat him.
    So hah to his World Records and Gold Medals.
    Was that 2007? I think I did too!
    That makes three of us!
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,995
    I met Nick Cave yesterday and Stings dad was my milkman 
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,733
    BertieB said:
    My best mate punched Des Lynam at Epsom races
    Dunno why but this genuinely made me lol. 
  • HerneBayaddick
    HerneBayaddick Posts: 44
    I once played table tennis against Chester Barnes, for those who remember him. Regarded back in the day as the George Best of the sport.

    Kenneth Noye once demanded I move my car because it was ‘in his parking space’! 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    BertieB said:
    My best mate punched Des Lynam at Epsom races
    Back in our Prem days one of my mates verbally abused Steve McManaman who was with about a dozen of his mates in a Liverpool night club. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    Covered End said:
    BertieB said:
    My best mate punched Des Lynam at Epsom races
    Back in our Prem days one of my mates verbally abused Steve McManaman who was with about a dozen of his mates in a Liverpool night club. 
    About 25 years ago my mates and I were in the upstairs of the Chinese Restaurant next to the Queens Head in Chislehurst.

    I spotted Andy Roberts but no one else thought it was him.
    I then realised it was half the Millwall team, Andy Roberts, Ben Thatcher, Kenny Cunningham, Mark Kennedy and Rhino Stevens the manager, plus their partners.

    As were leaving one of us said good luck for the rest of the season.
    They smiled and said thanks.
    He then said well you're gonna need it cos you're going down.

    They chased us down the stairs and outside and were in our faces for a good 5 mins with a bit of handbags telling us to apologise but we refused.

    Aaah, the good old days.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    Harrow said:
    The Wealdstone Raider has started drinking in my pub.
    Did you give him some?
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,142
    LargeAddick said:
    Literally bumped into Amanda Burton at M&S in Bexhill a little while ago. It’s a Mecca for stars there, also seen Tom Baker, the woman who played Cassandra in Only Fools, her husband actor Jesse Birdsall and Robert Bathurst.
    I have known Jesse for years. Only met Gwyneth once though. 
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  • Shag
    Shag Posts: 4,555
    A mate and I were on the opening titles of ‘fare dodgers at war with the law’

    im in Peter Crouch’s tv documentary 
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,498
    I once blocked two consecutive maidens from Les Berry. 
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,733
    Simonsen said:
    I once blocked two consecutive maidens from Les Berry. 
    Are we talking cricket or birds?
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,733
    HerneBayaddick said:

    Kenneth Noye once demanded I move my car because it was ‘in his parking space’! 
    And I’m guessing you complied?
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,838
    edited 11:11AM
    I once did a VAT inspection on John Inman.

    But it was at his accountants, so I didn't meet him. He wasn't free. 

  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    I went to the same school as Les Berry and my cousin once appeared on Crackerjack and won a Crackerjack pencil .
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    Interviewed one of GBs greatest ever Olympians on stage at a conference. They sent me a signed copy of their autobiography and said I was “better than Parky”.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 601
    Off_it said:
    I once did a VAT inspection on John Inman.

    But it was at his accountants, so I didn't meet him. He wasn't free. 

    Where was Mrs Slocombe's Pussy at the time?
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,899
    Algarveaddick said:
    LargeAddick said:
    Literally bumped into Amanda Burton at M&S in Bexhill a little while ago. It’s a Mecca for stars there, also seen Tom Baker, the woman who played Cassandra in Only Fools, her husband actor Jesse Birdsall and Robert Bathurst.
    I have known Jesse for years. Only met Gwyneth once though. 
    Christ he must know everyone I know him too..I play walking football with him
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,593
    CaptainRobbo said:
    Off_it said:
    I once did a VAT inspection on John Inman.

    But it was at his accountants, so I didn't meet him. He wasn't free. 

    Where was Mrs Slocombe's Pussy at the time?
    Up to her gusset in ladies' lingerie.
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  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,849
    Worked in a 5* hotel and got to meet and chat with a couple of people: Joe Cocker, Mark Knopfler, James Brown, Dave Brubeck, Placido Domingo, Jackie Stewart, John Surtees, Tina Turner, Joe Bonamassa and a few more whose names escape me (it must be the age!).
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 601
    Stuart_the_Red said:
    Worked in a 5* hotel and got to meet and chat with a couple of people: Joe Cocker, Mark Knopfler, James Brown, Dave Brubeck, Placido Domingo, Jackie Stewart, John Surtees, Tina Turner, Joe Bonamassa and a few more whose names escape me (it must be the age!).
    All very nice, but did you ever meet anyone famous?
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    Stuart_the_Red said:
    Worked in a 5* hotel and got to meet and chat with a couple of people: Joe Cocker, Mark Knopfler, James Brown, Dave Brubeck, Placido Domingo, Jackie Stewart, John Surtees, Tina Turner, Joe Bonamassa and a few more whose names escape me (it must be the age!).

    I’ve only met one famous person, Jim Davidson and Steve Davies.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,899
    Back in the day I used to play cricket regularly with Lennie
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 601
    SporadicAddick said:
    Stuart_the_Red said:
    Worked in a 5* hotel and got to meet and chat with a couple of people: Joe Cocker, Mark Knopfler, James Brown, Dave Brubeck, Placido Domingo, Jackie Stewart, John Surtees, Tina Turner, Joe Bonamassa and a few more whose names escape me (it must be the age!).

    I’ve only met one famous person, Jim Davidson and Steve Davies.
    Which one is famous?
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,775
    edited 7:47PM
    Three that spring to mind for me. I used to date Denise Brown, the very outspoken sister of Nicole Brown Simpson who OJ Simpson did away with back in the 90’s. She was the spitting image of Nicole but with long dark hair and always on the news at the time. She wasn’t a OJ fan!

    Back in the 70’s when I was living in Bath, I was walking around the boundary at a Somerset cricket match with a tray full of beer, and Ian Botham had a quick laugh and a chat with me and took a slurp of my beer. It was really hot and he was stuck out on the boundary. 

    Finally, a surreal moment for me 6 or 7 years ago. I got invited to an art exhibition that Gerald Scarfe was holding in San Francisco. He was selling off the original paintings that he did for  Pink Floyd’s The Wall album. His wife is Jane Asher of Paul McCartney fame and she and I had a long chat. She was charming. Surreal for me as I remember watching black and white TV  footage of her with all the Beatles back when I was a wee lad. They were always on the news. She was an ultra mod back then, as they all were. She was still very attractive. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Rob said:
    Three that spring to mind for me. I used to date Denise Brown, the very outspoken sister of Nicole Brown Simpson who OJ Simpson did away with back in the 90’s. She was the spitting image of Nicole but with long dark hair and always on the news at the time. She wasn’t a OJ fan!

    Back in the 70’s when I was living in Bath, I was walking around the boundary at a Somerset cricket match with a tray full of beer, and Ian Botham had a quick laugh and a chat with me and took a slurp of my beer. It was really hot and he was stuck out on the boundary. 

    Finally, a surreal moment for me 6 or 7 years ago. I got invited to an art exhibition that Gerald Scarfe was holding in San Francisco. He was selling off the original paintings that he did for  Pink Floyd’s The Wall album. His wife is Jane Asher of Paul McCartney fame and she and I had a long chat. She was charming. Surreal for me as I remember watching black and white TV  footage of her with all the Beatles back when I was a wee lad. They were always on the news. She was an ultra mod back then, as they all were. She was still very attractive. 
    That's a half and half Scarfe then.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Stuart_the_Red said:
    Worked in a 5* hotel and got to meet and chat with a couple of people: Joe Cocker, Mark Knopfler, James Brown, Dave Brubeck, Placido Domingo, Jackie Stewart, John Surtees, Tina Turner, Joe Bonamassa and a few more whose names escape me (it must be the age!).
    A couple? 
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 601
    Was doing some work in a private hospital in Wimbledon and saw Nerys Hughes in her nightdress.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    edited 10:33PM
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