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Old 15-12-2005, 21:19   #40
West Ender
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Re: Well known

I met Jasper Carrot before he became famous, when he was doing the Folk Clubs. I also knew the actor Ian McShane, when we were both children, as my dad was friendly with his dad, the footballer Harry McShane.

Older members may remember a BBC radio sports reporter, in the 1950s, called Tom Naseby who had a wonderful "dark brown" voice. My dad knew him and he came to our house one New Year. I was so disappointed that this man, whose voice made him sound like a film star, was short, fat and balding. He looked a lot like Norris Cole from Corrie - but fatter.

In my job I met a lot of the actors who were in "Brookside" on Channel 4 (Barry Grant was a sweetheart and "Sinbad" became almost a mate) and I was on "Good Morning" terms with Bobby Charlton when he used to live in our village. We have Matthew Corbett (Sooty) here now and he's a nice bloke. I also stood next to Johnny Briggs (Mike Baldwin) in our post office when he lived here. He's a lot better looking than on the telly, but very short!

My daughter had a brief conversation with Jimmy Tarbuck in the Trafford Centre, when she accidentally elbowed him in the gut, and my son knows Stuart Hall very well. Dennis Taylor used to live 3 doors away from one of my brothers.

My biggest claim to fame is my mother's cousin's cousin. She was the actress Patrice Wymore and was married to Errol Flynn. Unfortunately, I never met her.
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