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Has anyone met anyone famous as flashy tried to ask people on ym other thread hehe ? so anyone? And alvin dont say Brian Adams Hehe (pj)

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ive met....Ken Dodd when i was 10, Yvette Fielding in Hamleys in London last year, Gayle porter and Shane Lynch in Dorothy Perkins in London, Bill Roach,Craig Charles on his way to the set of corrie last year and a few other minor celebs:D

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I already answered on tother thread, can be arsed typing it out again:D

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Hmmm, the only ones I can remember off the top of my head is all the Most Haunted crew when we went to a live show.

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Kwl, Never met accymel, tinkerbelle or flashytart but ive heard there famous accywebbers :D , Umm ive met johnny coleman haha :D , ummm ive met david dunn and matt jansen in a pub in great-harwood, thats about it

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I met lots of famous people when I lived in London. After a while you become blase, and you realise that they are just like everyone else, some nice, some not so, and most somewhere in between.

It would be perhaps easier to list people I havent met, but through work I met most of the Royal Family, Diana being by far my favourite. President Clinton, Dustin Hoffman, David Bowie, Brian Ferry, Enoch Powell, Zubin Mehta, Pavarotti, Audrey Hepburn, Mike Tyson, to name a few of the more regular people I saw.

Socially, from my time as a party whore, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Jodie Kidd, David Hockney, Jude Law, Stella McCartney, Kylie, Mick and Elizabeth Jagger, Liam Gallagher...and again lots more I remember partying with through a drunken haze,:D

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:rofl38: im regular up stanley just offset behind the goals as usual with the usual stanley family, be up there on sat:D

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Have you had counselling ? :D

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...I have another list, of more 'intimate' aquaintances, but that's being kept for the book.:D

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oh aye who've you been bumping & grinding with ....spill ....:D surely not Liam Gallagher:eek:

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Haha i need it for alot of things lancsdave ! If your willing to pay!

And accymel ill look out , ill have to meet you and get your autograph :D

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george best, marc bolan,mickey finn, charlie gracie, frankie ford, loads i cant think of offhand.

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Thats a coincidence i met Ken Dodd when i was five at King Georges hall in Blackburn that was 1977.

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It was probably Enoch Powell

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Oh yeah! LOL! That's just reminded me, I've met most of the Man United team too (can't remember what year) Beckham, Stam, Sheringham, Blomquist, Dwight Yorke, both Nevilles ect.

God I am soooo not star struck ;) :D

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I hope that group session was before you were with mthead ;)

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ohhhhhhhhhhh you met George Best??? i'm so in awe of you :bow8:

a true LEGEND, I was in Manchester the day they had the memorial for him

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got a great siguneter book met lots of stars 85 88 at liverpool empire .

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he gave me a lift in his 2tone jag, and had a drink with me flashy,will tell you the story next time our paths cross- but you,ll have to remind me.;)

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Dan Akroyd (he lives in Kinston so this might not count) John Candy, the Tragically Hip (thy live in Kingston too), Wayne Gretzky, Fergie Jenkins, Cal Ripken Jr, Hulk Hogan.

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too many :D

best one was ricky hatton

but i've met a few UFC fighters a few days ago when they were in manc

alot of the utd squad, etc a few hollyoaks corrie ppl, i saw keira knightly in london too but for the briefest of seconds...

i wanna meet calzaghe though, and maybe gary linekar

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charlie williams ,
bid daddy,
ken dodd,
jimmy tarbuck,
leslie granthem,
les dawson and mrs
frank carson... yawn.......
oh loads the guy who did catch phrase grrr cant think of his name now ..but he often drinks around lytham and is quite ignorant..only got talkin to him by chance cus of the company i were in ...anyway liked him on tv hated him face to face ...YUKKKK

but quite a few more..

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fame is a funny thing ,you can be famous in one place and unknown in another , a few years back I was in a bar in Toronto during 'happy hour' the place was busy and these two old gents came over and asked if we minded them sharing our table , ....."no problem , sit down" a few minutes later folks begin coming over and asking one of the old gents if he would give them his autograph , he obliged and away they went , this happened another 4 or 5 times , finally I leaned over and said , "excuse me , but are you someone famous" the one who had be signing the autographs said , " well some people do " me ......." well who are you then " the other old wrinkly then chips in "this is Mr Lawrence Welk " another blank look from me , I had never heard of the guy , seems at one time during the 60s and 70s the guy had the number one musical entertainment show on North American television.
nice old chap , years later I've watched his TV shows in re-runs and are they are pure smaltz , polkas and accordians ......... :D :D :D

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On august 2, 1988 spend the day working in the White house (Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and Press Room). The Republican National Committee was doing some media segments with Ronald Reagan. He was a very genuinely nice chap.

BEA

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forgot about him , met him in the Souk/Bazaar in Isfahan (Iran) in 76 , between his stint as Gov. of California and running for President a couple of years later .:cool: :cool:

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Tony Livesy, Tommy from Ground Force. Oh the glamour!!!

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The people I have met have been quite nice, Celia Imrie, Frank Carson, Lenny Henry, Phil Cool and Peter Shilton..:D

The Corrie crowd can be seen frequently in Manchester Restaurants.

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Does Accrington Stanley players & management count as famous:rolleyes: then another to my list:D

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stan boardman ,freddie starr, roy walker ,gene pitney, jerry lee lewis, alvin stardust, chuckle brothers, maxine barry (shirley bassey of stars in there eyes ) john major,barbara knox (rita off corrie),jimmy james and the vagabonds, jess conrad, emile ford, ron and bev (off brookside) jimmy cricket,little and large, cannon and ball, paul daniels, sir fred pontin, peter withe (aston villa fc),ken dodd,eric morecambe and ernie wise,joe longthorne, vince eager, red rum (yes its a horse) and the east end villian and hit man mad frankie fraser, the strawbs(70,s group) black lace ,tom o,connor,mick hucknell,(in london) frank bruno,mike summerbee,jimmy greaves, sam fox and marie whittaker (page 3 girls from the sun),chubby brown,wayne check allan (both blue comedianes)john parrot, silvino francisco (snooker players) kieth deller (darts player),frank carson, i think thats it so far

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Gary Glitter ?

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He did seem like a nice man.It was a tragedy what happened to him.

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Not As Yet But As I Am Only 450 Miles Away From Him,i Might Just Ask For A V.O. Once Again Your Accy Web Humour Excells Perhaps You Would Have Liked Me To Add Pete Townsend (the Who) And Jonathan King Or Maybe Michael Jackson

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OMG! Me too!!! :wub8: :D

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Wow and nice picture kisser. Met any more famous people on your airline?

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I have met......

Jimmy White
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Dennis Taylor
John Parrot
The Crankies
Most Haunted Team in Blackpool Live show (with Tinks)


And I'm sure some more!! but I can't remember now.

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Adam Faith, John Barry and Harry Secombe, (lovely man).

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forgot Frank Carson, many times, the last being about 2 weeks ago in a bar in benalmadena, he was appearing at a club across the road. also alex higgins who lived with me n mate on belfield rd 30 odd years ago.

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Played cricket against Richard Whitely and that dude who used to play Amos on Emmerdale. Whitely was an obnoxious git.
later as a student- met Deacon Blue and interviewed them.

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he will be dead obnoxious now then.:D

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who's jon anderson?

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I lived next to Jon Anderson [YES fame] what a legend. When I was at school I used to deliver milk with his brother, who was in a local band. I think they were called The Warriors.

See if you can name any of the [famous] people I have met in my [not so famous] career.

R------ G----
J--- M----
T--- B----
H-- M------ T-- Q---- [Easy One]
P------- A----
U-- G-----


Lat week I was with Arthur Smith [Grumpy Old Men] and there are a few more, but I can see you are getting bored.

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don`t forget michaels monkey stan..... oh no sorry that was bubbles...sorry:D

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Nice One . . . Princess Anne is the other. No Waffling there then . . . .

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:D She obviously never occurred to me

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I saw Jennifer Ellision in IKEA once (A 13 year old boys dream:p)

Also saw Johnathon Smith (Ex-Stanley Player) in Blackburn yesterday - now there is a true celeb :cool:

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There were only a couple of times when I had to pinch myself that I was actually there, when meeting well known people.

The first was when my housemate, a painter, was having people round to view his work. I was then living in a large Victorian house in Streatham in south London, and my housemate was always having these little 'at homes'. It was a Sunday morning, and I'd been out the night before, arriving home at about eight, and fely like death. The house was filled with Mark's paintings, and people wandered all over, glass of wine in hand, to view them.

I was rudely woken by my bedroom door opening, and in marched the late actor Alan Bates, Sir Ian McKellen and Lord Montague of Beaulieu. They then all decided to sit on my bed, and ask why I wasn't up, where I'd been the night before, and did I want a drink.

Well they say the hair of the dog is good for you, so it turned into quiet a good day.:)

The second time I couldn't believe I was were I was, was in early 2000. I'd been invited by a friend to a dinner at the Carlton Club, in London's St. James. It turned out the dinner was upstairs in a private dining room, and there were eleven other diners besides myself, Margaret Thatcher being one of them!

Being a student in the eighties, Mrs Thatcher seemed to be the Devil incarnate. Indeed my own Dad theatened to leave the country prior to 1979, and we even went to look at a water ski-ing school in Italy, which he was going to buy if she ever came to power, thankfully my Mum wouldn't leave my Gran, so that came to nothing.

At the dinner I was sat right opposite Thatch, and I must confess she was most charming. She seemed genuinely interested in other people, and we talked about lots of things...but happily not politics.

I was quite giddy at being there, imaganing what Jill, a miner's daughter from south Yorkshire, and my best friend from art school, would say if she could see me.

All in all it was a very enjoyable evening. I did nearly make a major social faux pas. After the table had been cleared, the waiters brought out the port and lots of ashtrays. I was just about to light up, when someone announced that we could smoke after the Queen had been toasted. Being a republican, I just smiled as they pledged their allegiance, then happily lit up my fag.:)

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I found that quite awsome, Garinda
When I was a building manager at Melbourne House, I arranged for a lunch buffet in the staff common room for Anne Widdicombe. Boy!! that woman loves her nosh! She sat with her legs apart scoffing like there was no tomorrow! (I had laid on smoked salmon and other delicacies). She then had a tour of the building and made nice comments about the plant displays (all my own work).
Even though she appeared 'ungainly' I quite liked the woman - no nonsense frills attached - liked her (even though she is tory and eats like a pig at a trough)
PS she was very amused to learn that I knew our (then) MP when he was in short pants.

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Just websearch Anne W's website - found this photo of her catholic confirmation ceremony - look hard at face centre back - its him!

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you sure its not being excorsized margaret?:D

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Was Ken her Godfather?

Did he have to buy her silver rattle?:D

Again, not that keen on her politics, but you can't help but admire the old girl's guts.:D

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Hope the first words out of your mouth wern't " well, I'll be buggered"
:D :D :D

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