Famous people (Non-Football) you've met face to face

[Spunk Bubble]

Said hello to Derek Nimmo at Goodwood Racecourse years back. That is my lot

 

[Beach Hut]

Lord Coe at Gatwick Airport last October - nice bloke as well

 

[pasty]

Having worked at the Grand Hotel, far too many to mention. Robert Maxwell gets my "biggest twathead I've ever met" award, and Wendy Richards gets the female version. Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart were probably the nicest.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

John Major
Steve Ovett
Robson Green
The Levellers
Bruce Foxton

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Lord Coe at Gatwick Airport last October - nice bloke as well

I've met him numerous times and have a different view.

He's done a great job with 2012 though.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Michael Johnson [9.1]
Gail Devers [6.0]
Steve Cram [2.3]
Roger Black [4.0]
Sally Gunnell [7.5]
David Moorcroft [7.5]
Des Lynham [8.5]
Brian Johnners Johnston [9.5]
Sir Vivian Richards [sadly 2.5 but maybe I cuaght him on a bad day]
Imran Khan [5.5]
Alan Pascoe [0.9 thunder***t]
Michael Caine [8.2]
Shakira Caine [2.8]
Jeremy Irons [7.2]
Sinaed Cusack [8.4]
Anton Rogers [7.1]
Rick Astley! [5.4]
Sybil Roscoe [7.4]
Sue Barker [4.5]
Colin Jackson [6.3]
Ian Thorpe [6.0]
Alexander Popov [8.4]
Pippa Funnell [7.5]
Harvey Smith [8.0]

I must point out that this is all through work, rather than some galmourous dwaynesque lifestyle at Chinawhites and the Ivy!

*edit; except Johnners, Viv Richards and Imran Khan whom I met at the county ground as a nipper. Sir Viv gotme and two of my mates to carry all the visiting WI team's kit bags up the back steps to the changing room, then grumbled when we wanted a few autographs.

Johnners on the other hand, who was sat in the Gillingan stand eating a picnic, signed happily and offered us some fruit cake!

 

[Captain Haddock]

Gail Porter
Johnny Lee Miller
Sean Pertwee
Jack Straw
Clive Anderson
Salman Rushdie
Penelope Wilton
Sam West (theatre actor...son of Timothy W)
Ronnie Corbett
Harry Enfield
Nick Higham (BBC journo)
Omara Portuondo (Buena Vists Social Club singer - the lady's got style I tell yer!)
George Sewell (RIP...died 1/4/7 - actor - Detective Superintendent Frank Cottam in Detectives; con in Get Carter; various TV roles eg Minder). Top bloke.

 

[El Presidente]

Robert Maxwell once told me to f*** off
Greg Chappell once told me to go home and play with myself
Andy Crane
Johnny Marr........GOD

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Seeing as we are name dropping, although David Bowie told me that you shouldn't...

Waisale Serevi (Nightclub in Fiji)
Lead singer of Republica (Can't remember her name)
Sir Tim Rice
Fatboy Slim
Princess Anne
John Thaw
Millie Clode
David Attenborough
Aled Jones
Paul Parker (Cricketer)
Viv Richards & Ian Botham
Chris Eubank

 

[Captain Haddock]

Oh and, er, Norman Lamont, Dickie Attenborough (lovely bloke), Christopher Lee, Clive Owen (nice bloke), Mark Kermode (BBC Film critic), William Friedkin and Arthur Miller.

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[RM-Taylor]

Jimmy Carr
Shaun Murphy
Paul & Barry Chuckle

 

[Lord Bracknell]

There are far too many politicians on my list ...

Jim Callaghan, Neil Kinnock, Tony Benn, Denis Healey, Eric Heffer, Glenda Jackson, Tessa Jowell, Roy Hattersley, Arthur Scargill, Derek Hatton, Michael Heseltine, Michael Portillo, Charles Kennedy.

Getting pissed with John Prescott stands out as a good evening.

Showbiz highlights ... Noel Edmonds, Barbara Windsor.

 

[pasty]

Okay, as people are making lists, can anyone beat me on Royalty? All due to a catering career in the RAF and then The Grand Hotel

King Hussein of Jordan
Prince Feisal of Jordan
King Baudouin I of Belgium
Prince Phillip
Princess Margaret

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Okay, as people are making lists, can anyone beat me on Royalty? All due to a catering career in the RAF and then The Grand Hotel

King Hussein of Jordan
Prince Feisal of Jordan
King Baudouin I of Belgium
Prince Phillip
Princess Margaret

I can only manage Prince Andrew, Lord Snowdon and Lord Lichfield.

King Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda (first President of Uganda), aka King Freddie, lived in the flat above my granny - until he was murdered by thugs hired by Milton Obote (the second President, who was overthrown by Idi Amin). Does that count as royalty?

 

[Buzzer]

I've met a few but the 2 most worthy are Natalie Imbruglia (she is absolutely goregeous) and the gretest living human, Nick Cave.

 

[Lady Bracknell]

I was never allowed to meet Royalty when they visited various workplaces of mine. But my mother absolutely DETESTED Princess Margaret. An opinion gained from too much personal exposure to her.

 

[Jello]

The Queen and Prince Phillip.
It was brief but got to shake their hands when introduced at Buck Palace. My old company won Queens Award for export and 3 of us went up for afternoon. Her pad's not bad!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I can match El Pres' Johnny Marr - he signed my mates KFC receipt and had a chat about his new band.

Also Noel Edmonds at Hickstead, who was very odd.

Buzzer's winning I think, though for me Michael Johnson was pretty cool

 

[pasty]

But my mother absolutely DETESTED Princess Margaret. An opinion gained from too much personal exposure to her.

Not too impressed by her either. One of King Hussein's entourage wanted to me to go back to Jordan with him and become his "batman". I left him alone pretty quick smart after that.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Bumped into Prince Philip once at a polo do in Tidworth,or rather the arrogant bas**rd bumped into me.An apology?

You ARE having a larf!