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Title: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Martin_1962 on 13 February 2010, 09:41:32: Quite funny when you think about it.

A few of my NWOBHM friends have been in bands with well known musicians, even if they never got big.

My dads old boss had personal friends of Nigel Mansell and Marty Wilde. Mansell used to drive for the garage.

There are others but I bet a lot of other members can say the same.
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: ScottieMV6 on 13 February 2010, 10:36:31: I am distantly related to Dame Judi Dench (very distantly I might add) and I once had dinner with a guy called Kenneth Colley who was in the Star Wars movies (the original ones) as he is a very good friend of my uncles :y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Debs. on 13 February 2010, 10:43:27: I was once barged out of the way at an airport check-in desk, by a well known pugilistic Labour politician and his entourage......I even heard that 'old chestnut': "don`t you know who I am?" when I objected to my check-in being interrupted and I was then physically pushed aside by an aide.
.....a true legend in his own mind! ::)

I have no time for the famous (or the not-so famous) and their attitudes. >:(
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: waspy on 13 February 2010, 10:49:02: Quote
I was once barged out of the way at an airport check-in desk, by a well known pugilistic Labour politician and his entourage......I even heard that 'old chestnut': "don`t you know who I am?" when I objected to my check-in being interrupted and I was then physically pushed aside by an aide.
.....a true legend in his own mind! ::)

I have no time for the famous (or the not-so famous) and their attitudes. >:(

In other words- They're far up their own arses :y

I hope you gave the useless Labour &^%$£ a mouth full :y :y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Plomien on 13 February 2010, 11:03:16: Not related to but have friends who are friends with the likes of catherine zeta jones, Joanna Page.
I also went to college with a couple of people who were in eastenders.
If you want famous people I have met there is loads as I met them while working on cruise ships and when I was on TV
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Richie London on 13 February 2010, 11:11:38: i used to hang around with gary numan when i was young,we found paul gardiner a member with tubeway army dead in the park opposite my mums house one morning after that i never see numan again. used to drink with big audio dynamite in ealing in my 20s. i watched one of my mates batter boy george mate marilyn for coming on to him in a rockerbilly club in camden, he smashed his face to pieces in a sink in the toilet :)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: ScottieMV6 on 13 February 2010, 11:18:25: I used to go drinking with Shaun Ryder and Bez from the Happy Mondays as well.

I think my memory has tried to block that out ::) ::)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: sexydaz on 13 February 2010, 12:53:27: Quote
I used to go drinking with Shaun Ryder and Bez from the Happy Mondays as well.

I think my memory has tried to block that out ::) ::)
im jealous
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Shackeng on 13 February 2010, 12:55:33: Quote
I was once barged out of the way at an airport check-in desk, by a well known pugilistic Labour politician and his entourage......I even heard that 'old chestnut': "don`t you know who I am?" when I objected to my check-in being interrupted and I was then physically pushed aside by an aide.
.....a true legend in his own mind! ::)

I have no time for the famous (or the not-so famous) and their attitudes. >:(

I do so agree with that. :y :y :y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: sexydaz on 13 February 2010, 12:59:26: wife used to work at hartshead services on m62 and shes seen loads of peeps,one day beckham came in and when hed gone there was reporters and the like offering small fortunes for the cctv footage i think it was round the rebecca loos time
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Martin_1962 on 13 February 2010, 13:19:49: Quote
I was once barged out of the way at an airport check-in desk, by a well known pugilistic Labour politician and his entourage......I even heard that 'old chestnut': "don`t you know who I am?" when I objected to my check-in being interrupted and I was then physically pushed aside by an aide.
.....a true legend in his own mind! ::)

I have no time for the famous (or the not-so famous) and their attitudes. >:(

So tempting to say - "No - who are you?"
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: omegadti on 13 February 2010, 15:32:03: my other half had to accompany someone to hospital from the call centre she works at - turns out this guy was the lead singer in the group H2O in the 80's - found his hit single on youtube and played it a couple of times - brought back memories of a bygone era!!!!
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: John Lewis on 13 February 2010, 18:08:51: Got a few of these...

I used to go drinking with Paul Waterman (RIP god bless him) - he introduced me to Manchester when I moved here and was a good mate of mine. Because of this I've also had a few pints with Pete Waterman too and done a bit of work in PWL studios In The North.

This is a bad one...I once DJed on stage with Take That during one of their early performances (they had only just charted then) - I am a dance music DJ and was uber embarrassed at the time. One to tell the grandkids though!

A few weeks ago I ended up having a ciggie and a chat with Badly Drawn Boy and one of Shane Meadows' actresses (The mum out of This Is England, I forget her name now) after they came and joined me outside a gig at Ruby Lounge in Manchester.

One of my old mates Charlotte was the little girl on the old Royal Mail tv ad where the girls looking out for her birthday cards from the postie..one for the oldies there!

There's a few more but it would get really boring! ;D
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Lazydocker on 13 February 2010, 18:11:57: swmbo and I used to go to school with Aled Jones' wife ;) ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 13 February 2010, 20:14:34: Quote
I am distantly related to Dame Judi Dench (very distantly I might add) and I once had dinner with a guy called Kenneth Colley who was in the Star Wars movies (the original ones) as he is a very good friend of my uncles :y

He has been in quiet a few films but not after Vader finished with him ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 13 February 2010, 20:16:36: Quote
I used to go drinking with Shaun Ryder and Bez from the Happy Mondays as well.

I think my memory has tried to block that out ::) ::)

Ya twistin me melon man!
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 13 February 2010, 20:19:11: Quote
swmbo and I used to go to school with Aled Jones' wife ;) ;) ;) ;)

Snow~~man~~ joke you know!!
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Amigo on 13 February 2010, 20:26:25: Quote
I was once barged out of the way at an airport check-in desk, by a well known pugilistic Labour politician and his entourage......I even heard that 'old chestnut': "don`t you know who I am?" when I objected to my check-in being interrupted and I was then physically pushed aside by an aide.
.....a true legend in his own mind! ::)

I have no time for the famous (or the not-so famous) and their attitudes. >:(

Wish i'd have been there Debs. I'd have slung the so called aide across the terminal, see how he liked it. I'm not a chauvinist & know many women who are more than capable of standing up for themselves but i have a protective nature & despite my gob was brought up to be well mannered... i still hold doors open etc. ::)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: wakeyomega on 13 February 2010, 20:30:36: I much prefer the tenuous link. I once took James Hunts alsation dog for a walk.

Pat
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: rob in gib on 13 February 2010, 20:39:01: I have amongst my customers 2 knights of the realm and a member of Australia`s top 20 riches list

also know both Chay Blyth and Sir Robin knox Johnson

OH and wife`s cousin is Wayne Sleep
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Debs. on 14 February 2010, 09:51:43: Quote
I much prefer the tenuous link. I once took James Hunts alsation dog for a walk.

Pat

::)James Hunt: Attractive, enigmatic and talented thespian......or just cockney rhyming-slang? ;D
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: TheBoy on 14 February 2010, 10:07:23: Have a well known ancestor, who briefly was head honcho for England. Thats on my mother's side. Know very little about my dad's side, sadly, despite speanding a lot of time and effort trying.

In a previous job fixing phones, I've met lots of famous people, in their own homes (my area included the South Bucks area (Midsomer country), which had a high number of TV/Film personalities).

Talking of Midsomer, Mrs TB has a photo of her and her mate, with John Nettles stood between with his arms around them, back in his Bergerac days.
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: wakeyomega on 14 February 2010, 11:03:46: Quote
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I much prefer the tenuous link. I once took James Hunts alsation dog for a walk.

Pat

::)James Hunt: Attractive, enigmatic and talented thespian......or just cockney rhyming-slang? ;D
Tut Tut Debs :) , however he was certainly attractive and charasmatic and oddly enough, when he finished formula one driving he became a successful budgerigar breeder - those two professions just don't seem to go together do they.
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: zirk on 14 February 2010, 11:15:07: Went on a date with Miss Piggy once, well it looked like Her.
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Kevin Wood on 14 February 2010, 11:24:32: Quote
"don`t you know who I am?"[/i] ...

Saw another of his type try it at the UK immigration desk once. That bull doesn't wash with those jobsworths.

"I don 't care. Get to the back of the queue like everyone else."

I didn't PMSL much. ;D

Kevin
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 February 2010, 11:34:31: Gabrielle Drake...(Who?).....sorry..... but it's the best I can do.... :-/ :-/ :'(
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 14 February 2010, 11:36:31: My Brother in Law used to lodge with the Captain of Rotherham United before he married my Sis I also used to work for a guy that was a Rotherham United player in the 60's

My mate used to be a designer and photographer for the Sunday and other newspapers and has a littlebook with all the page models parsonal numbers in it.

I also know a couple of page 3 girls,one of which used to do the Benny Hill show.

My ex, used to live in a house opposite the Mum of Duggie Brown and Lyn Perry.

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Plus of course, You all know MOI. :D :D[/size]
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 February 2010, 11:41:57: Quote
My Brother in Law used to lodge with the Captain of Rotherham United before he married my Sis I also used to work for a guy that was a Rotherham United player in the 60's

My mate used to be a designer and photographer for the Sunday and other newspapers and has a littlebook with all the page models parsonal numbers in it.

I also know a couple of page 3 girls,one of which used to do the Benny Hill show.My ex, used to live in a house opposite the Mum of Duggie Brown and Lyn Perry.

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Plus of course, You all know MOI. :D :D[/size]

........Luscious Linda Lusardi... ;)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Debs. on 14 February 2010, 13:06:24: Quote
Gabrielle Drake...(Who?).....sorry..... but it's the best I can do.... :-/ :-/ :'(

Oh, I craved one of those purple wigs (back in in the day). ;)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Debs. on 14 February 2010, 13:08:32: Quote
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I much prefer the tenuous link. I once took James Hunts alsation dog for a walk.

Pat

::)James Hunt: Attractive, enigmatic and talented thespian......or just cockney rhyming-slang? ;D
Tut Tut Debs :) , however he was certainly attractive and charasmatic and oddly enough, when he finished formula one driving he became a successful budgerigar breeder - those two professions just don't seem to go together do they.

::)Hahaha!...I had a blonde moment; `thinking of Gareth, not James! :-[

...a right pair of hunts! ;D
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 February 2010, 13:24:32: Quote
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Gabrielle Drake...(Who?).....sorry..... but it's the best I can do.... :-/ :-/ :'(

Oh, I craved one of those purple wigs (back in in the day). ;)

.....UFO......great stuff Debs.......Gabrielle was a real beauty in her time....Surprisingly petite..... diminutive even...... in real life. ;)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: mudflap on 14 February 2010, 13:44:09: I worked in various department stores in and around London during the 90's, and had many famous people as customers, Paul McGann, Rolf Harris, Ian and one or two other Eastenders (Adam was a very pleasant chap nothing like his character!), Barbara Windsor, David Platt, Rodney Marsh at my tyre shop in Fulham in the 70's (also had David Frost's and Laurence Olivier's vehicles in but never met them), Stephen Fry, Mariella Frostrup, John Virgo, Annabel Croft, Glenys Kinnock (one of the most pleasant people i ever met), and many others who i cannot remember for now, but i knew a bloke who was a mate of Ian Gillan... ;)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: unlucky alf on 14 February 2010, 14:25:13: met rowan atkinson when he filmed mr bean at the airport bowling alley, it was the one where he is trying to get out of the car park, i had to go in early to fix the barrier as it was vandalised the night before,
also met jim broadbent, allison steadman, george cole & gary webster (ray daley) all filming various programmes,
picked up francis de-la-tour (miss jones on rising damp) when i was a cabby in berko.
when i worked at sutton superbowl francis rossi used to come in quite often & was a great bloke,
& the one that sticks out was also at sutton bowl it was lindsey dawn mackenzie & her rather large bits, thats when she was going with some bloke from eastenders (bepe?), not that i noticed him of course :o :D :P :y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: sexydaz on 14 February 2010, 14:38:44: my mate supplied cars for films and i met steve coogan on the set of 24 hour party people i missed out the week before of meeting richard harris i was upset about that,and my dads garage looks after richard thorpe(alan turners)cars also the batchelors (group)when i worked there one of the page 3 girls came in cant remember who now maria rings a bell :)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Amigo on 14 February 2010, 15:51:32: Barry Foster (Vandervalk) tried to chat my Mum up in a London cafe but she knocked him back as she'd just met my Dad. Mums best mate & my godmother Dawn shared a place in Chelsea (overlooking the ground) with Simon Dee's ex wife & i kissed her daughter. Ironically a few years later i was in Borstal with the son. I saw Sean Connery, Ronnie Corbett & Cliff Michlemore at the west sussex golf course when i was a caddy in my teens, & when i was a van driver i delivered a parcel to Roger Daltry's pile in E. Sx but did'nt see him. :y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Lazydocker on 14 February 2010, 16:50:54: Gok Wan keep asking my step brother out ::) ::)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Debs. on 14 February 2010, 17:04:08: Quote
Barry Foster (Vandervalk) tried to chat my Mum up in a London cafe but she knocked him back as she'd just met my Dad. Mums best mate & my godmother Dawn shared a place in Chelsea (overlooking the ground) with Simon Dee's ex wife & i kissed her daughter. Ironically a few years later i was in Borstal with the son. I saw Sean Connery, Ronnie Corbett & Cliff Michlemore at the west sussex golf course when i was a caddy in my teens, & when i was a van driver i delivered a parcel to Roger Daltry's pile in E. Sx but did'nt see him. :y

;) Name ~~multi~~ dropper! ;D
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Pitchfork on 14 February 2010, 17:26:32: Ronnie Wood once asked me if I would like him to sign my guitar in a Dublin pub - no thanks (he was very, very drunk), & Eric Clapton once bought me a beer one lunchtime in Alresford
We can all drop names :)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 February 2010, 18:57:12: I'm a decendant of Adam & Eve. ::)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Amigo on 14 February 2010, 19:56:21: Quote
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Barry Foster (Vandervalk) tried to chat my Mum up in a London cafe but she knocked him back as she'd just met my Dad. Mums best mate & my godmother Dawn shared a place in Chelsea (overlooking the ground) with Simon Dee's ex wife & i kissed her daughter. Ironically a few years later i was in Borstal with the son. I saw Sean Connery, Ronnie Corbett & Cliff Michlemore at the west sussex golf course when i was a caddy in my teens, & when i was a van driver i delivered a parcel to Roger Daltry's pile in E. Sx but did'nt see him. :y

;) Name ~~multi~~ dropper! ;D
Forgot to mention an ongoing connection with a lady friend & Marty Wilde. Would love to elaborate but discretion is the better part of valour & we're still in touch so gob firmly shut for a change!!
No, it's not his daughter Kim but was'nt she lovelty back in the day?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hWZqllm3mQ&feature=related. I never met her but had a coffee with her dads bass player. Can't say more much as i'd like to but.......a long term friend has to be afforded her privacy.
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: sexydaz on 14 February 2010, 20:08:59: Quote
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Barry Foster (Vandervalk) tried to chat my Mum up in a London cafe but she knocked him back as she'd just met my Dad. Mums best mate & my godmother Dawn shared a place in Chelsea (overlooking the ground) with Simon Dee's ex wife & i kissed her daughter. Ironically a few years later i was in Borstal with the son. I saw Sean Connery, Ronnie Corbett & Cliff Michlemore at the west sussex golf course when i was a caddy in my teens, & when i was a van driver i delivered a parcel to Roger Daltry's pile in E. Sx but did'nt see him. :y

;) Name ~~multi~~ dropper! ;D
Forgot to mention an ongoing connection with a lady friend & Marty Wilde. Would love to elaborate but discretion is the better part of valour & we're still in touch so gob firmly shut for a change!!
No, it's not his daughter Kim but was'nt she lovelty back in the day?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hWZqllm3mQ&feature=related. I never met her but had a coffee with her dads bass player. Can't say more much as i'd like to but.......a long term friend has to be afforded her privacy.
aye when in my younger days i shared many a kleenex with her ::) ::)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Amigo on 14 February 2010, 20:16:15: Quote
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Barry Foster (Vandervalk) tried to chat my Mum up in a London cafe but she knocked him back as she'd just met my Dad. Mums best mate & my godmother Dawn shared a place in Chelsea (overlooking the ground) with Simon Dee's ex wife & i kissed her daughter. Ironically a few years later i was in Borstal with the son. I saw Sean Connery, Ronnie Corbett & Cliff Michlemore at the west sussex golf course when i was a caddy in my teens, & when i was a van driver i delivered a parcel to Roger Daltry's pile in E. Sx but did'nt see him. :y

;) Name ~~multi~~ dropper! ;D
Forgot to mention an ongoing connection with a lady friend & Marty Wilde. Would love to elaborate but discretion is the better part of valour & we're still in touch so gob firmly shut for a change!!
No, it's not his daughter Kim but was'nt she lovelty back in the day?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hWZqllm3mQ&feature=related. I never met her but had a coffee with her dads bass player. Can't say more much as i'd like to but.......a long term friend has to be afforded her privacy.
aye when in my younger days i shared many a kleenex with her ::) ::)
She was incredibly pretty or reet bonny...gorgeous basically, phwooaarr!!!! :P
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: webby23 on 14 February 2010, 21:13:51: We used to rent a house in Hartlepool from the mother of the Gladiator "Jet"....from the original Gladiator UK tv series as hosted by Ulrika "Droopy" Johnson....

:y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: PhilRich on 14 February 2010, 21:23:40: Quote
We used to rent a house in Hartlepool from the mother of the Gladiator "Jet"....from the original Gladiator UK tv series as hosted by Ulrika "Droopy" Johnson....

:y

What were you doing in a drop dead ~~gorgeous~~ place like Hartlepool Webby? ::) ;)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Amigo on 14 February 2010, 21:28:42: Quote
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We used to rent a house in Hartlepool from the mother of the Gladiator "Jet"....from the original Gladiator UK tv series as hosted by Ulrika "Droopy" Johnson....

:y

What were you doing in a drop dead ~~gorgeous~~ place like Hartlepool Webby? ::) ;)
Hanging a monkey??? :o
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Martin_1962 on 14 February 2010, 21:39:27: Quote
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Barry Foster (Vandervalk) tried to chat my Mum up in a London cafe but she knocked him back as she'd just met my Dad. Mums best mate & my godmother Dawn shared a place in Chelsea (overlooking the ground) with Simon Dee's ex wife & i kissed her daughter. Ironically a few years later i was in Borstal with the son. I saw Sean Connery, Ronnie Corbett & Cliff Michlemore at the west sussex golf course when i was a caddy in my teens, & when i was a van driver i delivered a parcel to Roger Daltry's pile in E. Sx but did'nt see him. :y

;) Name ~~multi~~ dropper! ;D
Forgot to mention an ongoing connection with a lady friend & Marty Wilde. Would love to elaborate but discretion is the better part of valour & we're still in touch so gob firmly shut for a change!!
No, it's not his daughter Kim but was'nt she lovelty back in the day?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hWZqllm3mQ&feature=related. I never met her but had a coffee with her dads bass player. Can't say more much as i'd like to but.......a long term friend has to be afforded her privacy.

Ever see his red BMW 750iL?
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: webby23 on 14 February 2010, 21:43:04: Quote
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We used to rent a house in Hartlepool from the mother of the Gladiator "Jet"....from the original Gladiator UK tv series as hosted by Ulrika "Droopy" Johnson....

:y

What were you doing in a drop dead ~~gorgeous~~ place like Hartlepool Webby? ::) ;)

Used to work at Dream Machines in 1993-1994 selling imported video games to the trade

Loved the area to be honest.......!!

:y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
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We used to rent a house in Hartlepool from the mother of the Gladiator "Jet"....from the original Gladiator UK tv series as hosted by Ulrika "Droopy" Johnson....

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What were you doing in a drop dead ~~gorgeous~~ place like Hartlepool Webby? ::) ;)
Hanging a monkey??? :o

lol

No......shagging a bird.........

:y :y :y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
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We used to rent a house in Hartlepool from the mother of the Gladiator "Jet"....from the original Gladiator UK tv series as hosted by Ulrika "Droopy" Johnson....

:y

What were you doing in a drop dead ~~gorgeous~~ place like Hartlepool Webby? ::) ;)
Hanging a monkey??? :o

lol

No......shagging a bird.........

:y :y :y

DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Elite Pete on 14 February 2010, 21:47:11: My wife uncle is Terry Bate who used to own Radio Caroline.

We spent a couple of weeks over in Malta with him a few years ago. He might be minted but he's a really nice bloke.

http://jdmessinger.com/guest/terry-bate
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 14 February 2010, 21:58:49: Ive taken Dom Jolie (of Trigger Happy TV fame) to London a couple of times.

Also taken Chris Moyles and Greg James (Radio 1) :y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Vamps on 14 February 2010, 22:00:43: Quote
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We used to rent a house in Hartlepool from the mother of the Gladiator "Jet"....from the original Gladiator UK tv series as hosted by Ulrika "Droopy" Johnson....

:y

What were you doing in a drop dead ~~gorgeous~~ place like Hartlepool Webby? ::) ;)
Hanging a monkey??? :o

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :-X
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Andy B on 14 February 2010, 22:05:05: SWMBO used to say that her best mate's godfather was Len Fairclough, and she used to swim in his swimming pool. But she doesn't now!!!! ::) ::) ::) ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Elite Pete on 14 February 2010, 22:05:58: Quote
SWMBO used to say that her best mate's godfather was Len Fairclough, and she used to swim in his swimming pool. But she doesn't now!!!! ::) ::) ::) ::)
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;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Andy B on 14 February 2010, 22:09:08: Quote
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SWMBO used to say that her best mate's godfather was Len Fairclough, and she used to swim in his swimming pool. But she doesn't now!!!! ::) ::) ::) ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D

;D ;D ;D
A tale for the older members I think! ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Radiomarko on 14 February 2010, 22:29:28: Had the not-at-all glamorous role of a news camera operator in the late 70's and '80s, there were many politicians bung holes I would have gladly hidden my tripod in, describing them as arrogant does not even begin to capture the reality. Names go to the highest bidder ;)

A much more enjoyable task was threading the tie-clip mic cable inside the clothing of attractive celebs, my sound recordist and I used to fight over that one..... specifically Elle Macpherson on two occasions - but strangely not Michael Foot :-X
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: jereboam on 15 February 2010, 05:06:36: Paul McCartney's dog pee'd against the rear wheel of my car once. Not recently, though. :)
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: albitz on 15 February 2010, 05:14:55: Do you know what Tony Newley said to me ?

Who are you?

One for the Derek & Clive fans. ::) :D ;D
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: Kevin Wood on 15 February 2010, 09:39:41: I have a friend through amateur radio who is nearly 90 but still sharp as a blade. I was at his house a couple of years back when I asked to use his toilet. He apologised that it was a bit of a mess as he was in the process of changing the bathroom and off I went.

When I returned he said that I was in good company and that old toilet had been used, on many occasions, by someone apparently quite famous.

I quizzed him a little further and he said that an old friend of his used to take his little boy to the park at the end of the road and that often he would get "caught short" on the way home and he'd pop in to let his little lad use the loo.

I was intrigued and asked who this little lad grew up to be. "Brian was his name", he said. "Now, what was his surname... ah, yes. May. Brian May. Apparently he's quite a successful guitarist now." You could say that, I suppose. ;D

Kevin
Title: Re: Famous friends or friends of friends
Post by: STMO999 on 15 February 2010, 09:41:39: Quite a few famous people know me. I've asked them not to brag about it and, so far, they've been very good.