I delivered wine to Robbie Williams (nasty cheap Aussie red) and the lady from the Bisto adverts (very nice Burgundy).
The house my sister lived in Swansea, while she was a student, was the same house The Manic Street Preachers were formed in.
They even had a plaque put into the wall inside! Arrogant gits!
My mum's cousin's husband played Dougal 'off of' 'Take the Highroad' (now defunct Scottish soap that was the Queen Mother's (gawd rest 'er) favourite telly prog.
Slightly less tenuous is that when I used to hitch-hike a lot, I was given lifts by Stan Collymore and Malcolm Ri****d. Stan drove a beamer and showed me pics of himself in a footie mag 'cos I didn't know who he was.
And Mr Ri****d's wife calls him "Malkie"
Harvey Smith ended up on my stag do
I've had coffee with a member of Hezbollah's executive committee.
At uni, I did the same course/was in lectures with Michael Howard's (tory MP)daughter - and probably lots of other offspring of the 'great and good' that I didn't know about.
I know someone that knows Sheldon (ayatollahofniche)
My great grandfather worked for Sir Anthony Eden.
My brother accidentally roadied for the Levellers.
As a baby I apparently met Maureen Lipman and Miriam Margoles and Miriam dropped me.
My Dad's, Granny's, brother married one of Harry Ramsden's daughters. Harry Corbett was Harry Ramsden's nephew.
Ergo, Sooty is my distant cousin.
Apparently I'm not eligible to inherit any of the sub-par fish and chip empire.
Diane Youdale (Jet from Gladiators) borrowed my diving gear, then later that day accidentally (she says) hit me in the gentleman's area.
My dad met Alan Sugar back in the early 80's, I asked what he was like back then my dad replied " he was a git"
1) I used to go to Slimming World with Peter Kays Mum & his Aunty Pat (he also came to lose weight for his wedding) I'm the 'Debbie' in his routine about Slimming World.
2) I nearly kneecapped James Martin with an A-Frame Board when I worked for the Wildlife Trust trying to sneak in the side of a marquee where he was signing books.... yes that is a rubbish one..... 😳
One of my ex-girlfriends is Adam Ants cousin.
My wife's great uncle was John Cobb.
I was the Otter called Edal who bit off Terry Nitkins fingers.
Last weekend Steve Pete cycled past me then when he got to a slight climb he hopped off and pushed his bike up. I was about to heckle him but in theory you can only heckle someone who is racing.
Paid for Kylie's lunch, brown roll with only lettuce.
Once told Leslie Crowther which bus to get on in London.
Said hello to the bloke with the beard off that old programme with Sarah Kennedy and Jeremy Beadle, when he was walking his dog.
Had Emlyn Hughes push in in front of me at a queue in a petrol station.
Had Christopher Biggins push in in front of me in a pub.
Was slightly off-hand with Jimmy Edwards whilst serving him in a pub.
Did a couple of mountain marathons with Ranulph Fiennes.
Sat a couple of tables away from Posh and Becks in a restaurant.
Interviewed Mark Radcliff for a student magazine (and was made tea by Lard).
Spoke at a public meeting immediately prior to Edward Fox.
Was an extra in a TV drama with Christopher Ecclestone.
Was at a party with Mick Jagger and Kate Moss.
i forgot to add that another friend is related to madonna,and one time i was at a pub outside (the cross guns at bradford upon avon) having a coke.when i finished i got my mountain bike and was wheeling it past the table next to me.i think it was tym manley (the editor of mbuk)he looked at my bike and smiled at me (it's definitely close enough to bath that it could've been him) i'll get my coat
Great thread. Here's mine....my dad boxed with Dennis Waterman when he was in the RAF.
Mate i play poker with dad's appeared in Star Wars dressed as some weird creature and has his name in the credits.
I cycled with Jeremy Hunt (sky) when he was about 17 and Colin Lewis who was in the same team as Tom Simpson in the TDF.
Oh yeah, and in a previous life, I've designed personal stationery for Ruud Gullit, Graeme Le Saux, Clive Mantle, Loyd Grossman, Mike Catt, Alan Rickman... Anne Robinson...... Bronson Pinchot........ erm....
Just seen rightplacerighttimes post and remembered that i ran past Ranulph Fiennes in a half marathon.
I have shared a lift/elevator with Sonic Youth and I once drank Dinsosaur Jr's redstripe rider.
Also Johnny Dawes (the mental as a monkey climber feller) once called me up at work...
When I was a student doing part-time cleaning at a London Hotel, I cleaned the room after Angus Deaton shared it with two working ladies, there's was a distinct wiff of poppers and a lot of white powder left on the bedside table.
I also once shared a lift to the top of the BT Tower with Chuck D from Public Enemy.
My parents' cottage in the valleys has a plaque on the door saying in Welsh something to the effect that [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/cymruaryrawyr//database/rhydderch.shtml ]Rhydderch Jones[/url] was born there.
Who? And why can't I find out anything about him in English?
Translating that page gives a clue, but is a bit scrambled.
Also the cottage was used for location filming by the BBC in the making of Swallows, about WWII evacuee children. It was dull. They stuck up horrific wall-paper, my brother's bike appeard in one shot (set a good few decades before the bike existed) and put us up in a nice hotel along with our cat and her four kittens.
Snogged a girl called Carol at a party many years ago.
Her mum isn't dead yet, but lots of people will dance on her grave.
I offered tea to the crew of the Young Ones when they were filming outside my house.
I almost bumped into Germaine Greer in a London tube connecting tunnel.
I also once shared a lift to the top of the BT Tower with Chuck D from Public Enemy.
Daaamn! I wish I was you!
My Honda and I overtook Jordan in her Ferrari on a slip road some years back... Dick Strawbridge's brother worked at my school (just after I left) - that's pretty tenuous!
I was in a Rosie and Jim Video!
Billy Connolly was in the audience of a pantomime I was also attending
I pulled Jack Duckworth a pint when he turned up to turn on the local Christmas lights. He drinks Guinness.
- Ate dinner in a restaurant a couple of tables away from [b]Jilly Goulden[/b] (from the "Food and Drink" TV show)
- Got [b]Eddie Large[/b]'s autograph at a golf tournament.
- Saw [b]Nicholas Lindhurst[/b] in a music shop in chichester. He was trying (badly) to look inconspicous but a little girl shouted out "look mummy, there's Rodney!!!)
- Sneaked in to an after gig party at the Dominion and met [b]Joe Lynn Turner[/b] (nice guy, friendly) [b]Jens Johannson[/b] and [b]Yngwie Malmsteen[/b] (a bit distant but not arrogant)
- Talked to [b]Griff Rhys Jones[/b] at the Architect's I worked at in Soho. He gave me a look that said "Don't you dare recognise me".
- [b]Jenny Agutter[/b] came in the same place (above) She was *lovely*
- My great, great, grandfather was [b]Stonewall Jackson[/b] (a famous confederate general).
- Bought an amp on Ebay. When the seller gave me the collection address, it came up as "Adrian Smith holdings, Dave Murray holdings etc. etc.". Turns out he was Maiden's tour manager.
..and my most treasured one: bumped into [b]Ed Wynne[/b] (from the Ozric Tentacles) in Tin Pan Alley in London. He seemed quite surprised to be recognised. Shook his hand and told him how much I loved his music.
1.My brothers piano teacher was Justin & John Fashanu's foster mum.
2.My dad christened Ian Anderson's kids.
3.My other brother was at college with the tech director who got fired from Maclaren.
4.My sister was at college with a guy from the Blow Monkeys who went on to produce some stuff for Madonna.
5.I went to school with Peter Keen
etc etc etc
I used to work with Mark Millar's sister
I currently work with cousins of Jim & William Reid from Jesus and the Mary Chain. In fact I can see one of the cousins right now.
can-uk - MemberMs orena45 used to go out with comedian Richard Herring.
She also may be distantly related to Michael Jackson's kids.I'm tenuously connected to Orena45.
I'm a distant cousin to Priscilla Presley (wife of Elvis) and mother to Lisa Marie (ex-wife of Michael Jackson)
We're practically related then 😆
2.My dad christened Ian Anderson's kids.
And I was in a band with one of them!
My Ex-fiancé was a Daltrey,
. . . something like her Great, Great Granddad had a brother, who is the Great, Great Granddad of the Who's Roger Daltrey, . . . or something like that!
Michael Caine and Graham Gooch are my uncles. Or, their namesakes are at least.
Came home once to find Dick Lucas (Subhumans, Culture Shock...) washing his feet in my sink.
All years ago so seems like someone else's life!!
1. Simply Red (never a fan) once trashed my house, sent them back to their hotel - all just before as they became famous - my sister was going out with one of them and they were doing a gig locally.
2. Went out with a distant member of the Royal Firm.
3. Last time i met Prince Charles in a crowd (years ago) he knew my name - no connection to one above.
4. Was on Blue Peter.
5. Was on Magpie!!
6. Went in a Red Arrow.
7. Always told Great Grandad Allen created the Allen key - don't think this is true but family seem to think it is.
8. My old man designed the 'Kent' head (wish he had a pound for each one made) and worked on the team that created colour telly
9. Once had a American Secretary of State breakdown in front of me - because it was all too much.
But wish Jenny Agutter was my auntie!!
Me and Proff Brian Cox (now off of the Sean Keaveny 6 Music breakfast show and telly box) both gave talks about our research to a schools science conference in '98.
The kids were more impressed with his D:Ream video than my trips to use telescopes in Hawaii or it might just have been the floppy fringe.
And I was in a band with one of them!
blimey how time does fly, probably a toddler when I last saw them 😳
I know a bloke who uses a telescope in Hawaii.
I knew a bloke who used a telescope in Hawaii, then he got a job in IT 🙁
off to google big mirrors and dream of my not very miss-spent yoof
I know 'the phantom flan flinger' from Tiswas.
well,he says he was,but he was pi55ed when he told us in the pub one night,and had absoloutely no proof what so ever,and he knew Sally james,an she was a propper babe.
so I believe him.
oh and he did 'the dying fly' on the floor,as his idea of proof.
My old man designed the 'Kent' head (wish he had a pound for each one made) and worked on the team that created colour telly
My grandma invented Essex head, which is much better and more easily available.
Dr Alice Roberts (apparently she has some fans on here) is a friend of a friend. I even spent this New Years Eve with her (and her husband, my GF and several others).
Aged 8 we saw Little and Large in a multi story in Torquay, my Dad couldn't resist tugging is invisible braces and shouting 'rock on Tommy'.
John Pertwee dressed as Wurzle Gummage, poked me (in in the chest) with a straw finger.
Aged 8 we saw Little and Large in a multi story in Torquay, my Dad couldn't resist tugging is invisible braces and shouting 'rock on Tommy'.
Fantastic. I look forward to the day that i can do that for my kids!
