Famous people I have met.
Aug 2nd 2007, 2:37 pm
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Trouble with this thread is that it shows my age and you won't have heard of some of these people
I've met :
Tony Blackburn in Aylesbury
Roger Moore opening a fete,
Val Singleton and her boyfriend DJ Alan Freeman? on a ferry to France
Jimmy Savill at Stoke Mandeville Hospital,
Frank Thornton of 'Are you being served'- he was a patient in Brompton Hosp. when I was a radio DJ.there.
Rod Stewart +Girlfriend in Harrods (I briefly worked there),
Cliff Richard - 2x in London,
Gerald Williams tennis commentator, Guildford
Leo Sayer on a plane,
Prince Andrew in Singapore,
Tony Tan Deputy PM of Singapore - often sat next to him and his wife in Church.-not famous to you guys, but he was in Singapore!
Derek Nimmo shopping in Singapore.
Brian Blessed - he started talking to me when walking our dogs,
Tom Paxton after his concerts in London 2x
A few Aussie jockeys at 2003 Melb. cup
A couple of actors from 'Neighbours' 'Stuart and Connor' . and the funny Aussie commentators at last yrs 'Toast' festive.
-our daughters w/e job is as a silver service waitress at local golf clubs and her first job was serving the ex President of R.S.A., then Bobby Davro and Kenny Lynch a couple of weeks ago.
I've met :
Tony Blackburn in Aylesbury
Roger Moore opening a fete,
Val Singleton and her boyfriend DJ Alan Freeman? on a ferry to France
Jimmy Savill at Stoke Mandeville Hospital,
Frank Thornton of 'Are you being served'- he was a patient in Brompton Hosp. when I was a radio DJ.there.
Rod Stewart +Girlfriend in Harrods (I briefly worked there),
Cliff Richard - 2x in London,
Gerald Williams tennis commentator, Guildford
Leo Sayer on a plane,
Prince Andrew in Singapore,
Tony Tan Deputy PM of Singapore - often sat next to him and his wife in Church.-not famous to you guys, but he was in Singapore!
Derek Nimmo shopping in Singapore.
Brian Blessed - he started talking to me when walking our dogs,
Tom Paxton after his concerts in London 2x
A few Aussie jockeys at 2003 Melb. cup
A couple of actors from 'Neighbours' 'Stuart and Connor' . and the funny Aussie commentators at last yrs 'Toast' festive.
-our daughters w/e job is as a silver service waitress at local golf clubs and her first job was serving the ex President of R.S.A., then Bobby Davro and Kenny Lynch a couple of weeks ago.
Aug 2nd 2007, 4:13 pm
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Oh, and
Princess Anne
Roy from Corrie - he lives next door to my Aunty
Princess Anne
Roy from Corrie - he lives next door to my Aunty
Aug 2nd 2007, 4:32 pm
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Re: Famous people I have met.
Trouble with this thread is that it shows my age and you won't have heard of some of these people
I've met :
Tony Blackburn in Aylesbury
Roger Moore opening a fete,
Val Singleton and her boyfriend DJ Alan Freeman? on a ferry to France
Jimmy Savill at Stoke Mandeville Hospital,
Frank Thornton of 'Are you being served'- he was a patient in Brompton Hosp. when I was a radio DJ.there.
Rod Stewart +Girlfriend in Harrods (I briefly worked there),
Cliff Richard - 2x in London,
Gerald Williams tennis commentator, Guildford
Leo Sayer on a plane,
Prince Andrew in Singapore,
Tony Tan Deputy PM of Singapore - often sat next to him and his wife in Church.-not famous to you guys, but he was in Singapore!
Derek Nimmo shopping in Singapore.
Brian Blessed - he started talking to me when walking our dogs,
Tom Paxton after his concerts in London 2x
A few Aussie jockeys at 2003 Melb. cup
A couple of actors from 'Neighbours' 'Stuart and Connor' . and the funny Aussie commentators at last yrs 'Toast' festive.
-our daughters w/e job is as a silver service waitress at local golf clubs and her first job was serving the ex President of R.S.A., then Bobby Davro and Kenny Lynch a couple of weeks ago.
I've met :
Tony Blackburn in Aylesbury
Roger Moore opening a fete,
Val Singleton and her boyfriend DJ Alan Freeman? on a ferry to France
Jimmy Savill at Stoke Mandeville Hospital,
Frank Thornton of 'Are you being served'- he was a patient in Brompton Hosp. when I was a radio DJ.there.
Rod Stewart +Girlfriend in Harrods (I briefly worked there),
Cliff Richard - 2x in London,
Gerald Williams tennis commentator, Guildford
Leo Sayer on a plane,
Prince Andrew in Singapore,
Tony Tan Deputy PM of Singapore - often sat next to him and his wife in Church.-not famous to you guys, but he was in Singapore!
Derek Nimmo shopping in Singapore.
Brian Blessed - he started talking to me when walking our dogs,
Tom Paxton after his concerts in London 2x
A few Aussie jockeys at 2003 Melb. cup
A couple of actors from 'Neighbours' 'Stuart and Connor' . and the funny Aussie commentators at last yrs 'Toast' festive.
-our daughters w/e job is as a silver service waitress at local golf clubs and her first job was serving the ex President of R.S.A., then Bobby Davro and Kenny Lynch a couple of weeks ago.
my parents and sister still live there.
Aug 2nd 2007, 9:11 pm
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OK guys, get it off your chest. Time to brag/ dish the dirt. Shout em out. I`ll start.........................following my bands of the 80`s thread....Paul Young . He was eating at the local Indian in Battle / east sussex . I bumped into him as he was coming out and said the
immortal words" Hey your Paul Young"
immortal words" Hey your Paul Young"Got a box of chocs and rosary beads off the Pope and kissed his ring-then gargled aplenty afterwards!!
Aug 2nd 2007, 9:19 pm
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I've never met anyone well-known. However, I once thought I saw Stevie Wonder driving a Bently, but then I thought, 'Hang on a second...'
Aug 2nd 2007, 10:38 pm
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Managed to dig out that photo of the day I met Alice Cooper,Madonna,Mr T,DonJohnson and Boy George.................think it was 1986 ..........boy those were the days...........was working as a typist at Smash Hits .......... tee hee
Aug 2nd 2007, 10:44 pm
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OK-The Pope,David Beckham,Robbie Fowler,Ste Gerrard,(ok,all the Liverpool and Everton teams for 14 years),Roger Daultry,Mel C,Frankie Dettori,and multiple jockeys,Mohammed Al Fayed (knicked his passport-wasn't happy),Liz McLarnon goes out with my mate Lee Trundle (now Bristol City,and I've nutmegged him),Bob Paisley,I sang at Bill Shankly's funeral,got bladdered with my dad with Kevin Keegan,Emlyn Hughes,and all the Liverpool 77 Euro Cup winners,Damon from Brookside,and Debbie,Sammy Lee,my wife met and watched Chicago Pete Setera) with my sis alone in a hall,Jamie Redknapp actually remembered my name. John Barnes,Graeme Souness (mental), Kenny Dalglish twice. Most of this was working on Child Cancer Unit-so unavoidable really. Some was just being pissed and brash,and the Pope and Bill Shankly was cos I san for Liverpool Cathedral Choir as a young lad!!
Got a box of chocs and rosary beads off the Pope and kissed his ring-then gargled aplenty afterwards!!
Got a box of chocs and rosary beads off the Pope and kissed his ring-then gargled aplenty afterwards!!
Aug 3rd 2007, 1:44 am
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Steve.
Aug 3rd 2007, 5:53 am
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OK-The Pope,David Beckham,Robbie Fowler,Ste Gerrard,(ok,all the Liverpool and Everton teams for 14 years),Roger Daultry,Mel C,Frankie Dettori,and multiple jockeys,Mohammed Al Fayed (knicked his passport-wasn't happy),Liz McLarnon goes out with my mate Lee Trundle (now Bristol City,and I've nutmegged him),Bob Paisley,I sang at Bill Shankly's funeral,got bladdered with my dad with Kevin Keegan,Emlyn Hughes,and all the Liverpool 77 Euro Cup winners,Damon from Brookside,and Debbie,Sammy Lee,my wife met and watched Chicago Pete Setera) with my sis alone in a hall,Jamie Redknapp actually remembered my name. John Barnes,Graeme Souness (mental), Kenny Dalglish twice. Most of this was working on Child Cancer Unit-so unavoidable really. Some was just being pissed and brash,and the Pope and Bill Shankly was cos I san for Liverpool Cathedral Choir as a young lad!!
Got a box of chocs and rosary beads off the Pope and kissed his ring-then gargled aplenty afterwards!!
Got a box of chocs and rosary beads off the Pope and kissed his ring-then gargled aplenty afterwards!!
Well ring a ding dong
That is very, very impressive.
I think they call that a thread ender !!!!!!!
Can anyone out there possibly beat that?
Aug 3rd 2007, 6:40 am
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Whos ya dad????????????
Saw that one from the Tops Twins who does the Hunting /fishing show dressed as a bloke in The Warehouse in Dunedin
Saw that one from the Tops Twins who does the Hunting /fishing show dressed as a bloke in The Warehouse in Dunedin
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