Jaymo Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 My lips are sealed 🤫 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butchdickason Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 I have met some of the Royal family and many prominent people as the owners of the estate I worked on entertained lots of Lords and Ladies etc. In the shooting world the high has to be pegged next to the late great AJ Smith when shooting in Devon, he was quite a character. After the shooting when we were in the lodge having dinner he produced a Woodward shotgun that he had had won or been given, can't remember which, but he wanted 7 grand for it, more than any of us could afford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 Mine mainly from my spannering various race cars. Colin McRea raced a ascar the team ran. Vicky butler Henderson was a close friend of one of our drivers sporty spice her brother drove one of the cars. heart beat ver tally all of the cast my friends worked on it and all turned up for he’s wedding that I was best man at ! Jenson button once as he was very interested in our pit girls a pair of drop dead gorgeous blond twins Bumped into Lewis Hamilton and dad and brother ( once literally) in his formula Renault days regularly Lots of the touring car drivers of the early 2000’s Agriv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 Many years ago I met Stephen King in Maine. I was also called a "blithering idiot" By prince Charles when the motor launch i was bowman in tried to sink his sailing boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 1 hour ago, DUNKS said: Many years ago I met Stephen King in Maine. I was also called a "blithering idiot" By prince Charles when the motor launch i was bowman in tried to sink his sailing boat. Is that why your called Dunks , sorry can't help myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 Was on a feature on "Landward" a few minutes of fame that was forever forgotten by my embarrassed children, walk on parts in a couple of films and drinking buddy of Gary Lewis [Gangs of New York, Billy Elliot] for a while.. managed to remain anonymous for the rest of my long life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I was at senior school in the 60's with the footballing brothers Tony and Paul Currie, Olympic middle distance runner Dave Bedford and the late rock musician Paul Kossoff from the band Free. My grandmother lived in Hampstead Garden Suburb in the 50's and 60's and I lived with her for a while. She had several actors as neighbours, Tony Britton and his daughter Fern who I used to chat up, Gwen Watford, Donald Sinden and his two sons and James Maxwell. That area was quite showbizzy and you could always spot someone from TV or stage. I used to work in Hampstead in the 70's and frequented the Flask pub which was across the road from my office and chatted to Robert Powell with his wife Babs Lord from Pan's People and John Hurt quite often. I used to play darts for the Kings Cross team in the BDO London Super League in the mid 70's and two of my team mates were Eric Bristow and Bobby George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retromlc Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 Was on "holiday hit squad" with Nick Knowles and live next door to a household name (we were here first) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 set fire to chris patterns trousers....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseplant Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 6 hours ago, ditchman said: set fire to chris patterns trousers....... Part of the Hong Kong handover ceremony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 6 hours ago, Houseplant said: Part of the Hong Kong handover ceremony? he was doing the rounds in africa visiting various high commisions and embassy's....i was at a BBQ at the first secatary's gaff in kampala...where mr pattern was also ...needless to say i was semi slaughtered and was talking to some bird on the terrace...and casually leaned against the BBQ....which was still bloody hot..jumped outa my skin and knocked the BBQ over full of red hot coals which went all over the terrace.....which resulted in all and sundry daancing about and patting themselves down and putting out smouldering trousers and socks... nobody really minded as most were all slaughtered.......... still got the invite somewhere....will try and find it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted October 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, ditchman said: he was doing the rounds in africa visiting various high commisions and embassy's....i was at a BBQ at the first secatary's gaff in kampala...where mr pattern was also ...needless to say i was semi slaughtered and was talking to some bird on the terrace...and casually leaned against the BBQ....which was still bloody hot..jumped outa my skin and knocked the BBQ over full of red hot coals which went all over the terrace.....which resulted in all and sundry daancing about and patting themselves down and putting out smouldering trousers and socks... nobody really minded as most were all slaughtered.......... still got the invite somewhere....will try and find it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 42 minutes ago, ditchman said: he was doing the rounds in africa visiting various high commisions and embassy's....i was at a BBQ at the first secatary's gaff in kampala...where mr pattern was also ...needless to say i was semi slaughtered and was talking to some bird on the terrace...and casually leaned against the BBQ....which was still bloody hot..jumped outa my skin and knocked the BBQ over full of red hot coals which went all over the terrace.....which resulted in all and sundry daancing about and patting themselves down and putting out smouldering trousers and socks... nobody really minded as most were all slaughtered.......... still got the invite somewhere....will try and find it Cooor you really cannot be trusted to behave in company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, dead eye alan said: Cooor you really cannot be trusted to behave in company. hey ...thats the story of my life....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, dead eye alan said: Cooor you really cannot be trusted to behave in company. He can’t be trusted full stop 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 59 minutes ago, Jaymo said: He can’t be trusted full stop 🤔 harsh but fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boybrit Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Had a double date arranged by a pal, he did not like his but the other one wrote to me for as it turned out to be a one night stand. She collected me from Walmer in her 205 Peugeot gti and she drove back to her pad. It was the young offenders nick high above Dover, she was the governor and the portcullis raised to let us in. She had dealt with Myra Hindley while doing training at Holloway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 If we are doing claim to fame by acquaintance - My Dad used to stay in digs in London above a cafe that the Krays used to frequent - he used to see them quite regularly. My Grandad fixed Jonny Saint's car for him and ended up being called Uncle Tom by him (you would have to have been a fan of 70/80's wrestling) - and through that I got to know him - last time I saw him though was 93 when he had a corner shop by Pleasure Beach (where his B&B was as well) A relative was a member of Hope Street Masonic Hall in Liverpool - and new all the famous members but he was a very good friend of Sir Ken Dodd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 1 hour ago, discobob said: If we are doing claim to fame by acquaintance - My Dad used to stay in digs in London above a cafe that the Krays used to frequent - he used to see them quite regularly. My Grandad fixed Jonny Saint's car for him and ended up being called Uncle Tom by him (you would have to have been a fan of 70/80's wrestling) - and through that I got to know him - last time I saw him though was 93 when he had a corner shop by Pleasure Beach (where his B&B was as well) A relative was a member of Hope Street Masonic Hall in Liverpool - and new all the famous members but he was a very good friend of Sir Ken Dodd Jonny saint versus Mick Manus..........christ that was a long time ago ...thank you for reminding me ........NOT Kendo Nagasaki.....dont make me laugh....all them old ladys around ringside battering the **** out of them.....they were worse than the bloody wrestlers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 On 06/09/2022 at 13:06, welsh1 said: I have met two UK Queens. I have been the Queen's guard of honour. My Section had a chat with Elton John at an airport for 15 mins while waiting to fly to the Gulf, a very nice man. Two Queens. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 14 hours ago, ditchman said: Jonny saint versus Mick Manus..........christ that was a long time ago ...thank you for reminding me ........NOT Kendo Nagasaki.....dont make me laugh....all them old ladys around ringside battering the **** out of them.....they were worse than the bloody wrestlers.. My Grandparents had a caravan at Fleetwood - we would go and watch the wrestling at the Tower a couple of times a year Another old time wrestler I knew was a neighbour of my grandparents, father to my Dad's best man and I knew his Granddaughter as well - Billy Beach - https://www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk/bbeech.htm He knew all the wrestlers back when I was young and had all their numbers in a little book that I remember him showing me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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