Coldeanseagull
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30 odd years ago, I taught the brother of a famous England footballer for a while
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[Film] Do you know someone related to someone famous but....
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5Ways Gull
È quello che è
My wife briefly worked with Danny Cullip's other half. The only bit of gossip was that when he won PoTS they got a telly.
HastingsSeagull
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Taught/Coached direct relations of a couple of well known Sussex folk. Not mentioned but obvious from surname and then other people's conversations overheard confirmed. Nice kids at the time and not treated differently by their friends from what I could tell.
HastingsSeagull
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Plus over here in Asia I've done that even more often actually, though much of the fame doesn't reach the UK 
(some might/would) and the kids DO seem to get treated differently by most.
(some might/would) and the kids DO seem to get treated differently by most.
My cousin is married to a best selling writer /author who has sold north of 30m books.
I found out recently that I am also distantly related (we have to go back a short while) to a current Olympic gold medallist, same surname too, so I mention it all the time!! I have met her parents a couple of times, but not her (yet).
I found out recently that I am also distantly related (we have to go back a short while) to a current Olympic gold medallist, same surname too, so I mention it all the time!! I have met her parents a couple of times, but not her (yet).
Mullet of Ken Tiler
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- Oct 16, 2008
- 39
My son's classmate is the grandson of an England footballing legend, but despite his father having also been a decent level ex-pro/semi-pro, the young lad currently shows no sign of following in either of their footsteps.
Ha - no (well, he might be - I have never met him).
It was a pure guess, based on knowing loosely your field of work, and having heard various people in my past credit Porritt's writing having had such an impression. (My own degree was in Countryside management / Ecology).
My best FACT about Porritt, is that his father won a bronze medal in the 100m sprint at the 1924 Paris Olympics (behind Harold Abrahams of 'Chariots of Fire' fame).
Klaas
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- Nov 1, 2017
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That's great. How did you play it? Cool and calm, oh I haven't seen that, I'll have to look it up kind of thing?
Did your girlfriend look anything like this? If so her cousin was probably Shaun Williamson aka Barry Evans.
And at what point in your relationship did you come to the realisation you were punching above your weight?
Not exactly the same but...
When I was living at a student housing in Lund, I had a friend who worked at the music venue "Mejeriet" only a 5-10 minute walk away.
We had an agreement where I'd provide drugs and a place to chill to the artists. My friend was massively uncomfortable with drugs and that kind of stuff and we agreed to never talk about it (though admittely it has happened a few times when talking old memories).
At the time I had no idea who any of the people were as it was two years when I was 100% engaged in doing and selling drugs. You could have put Elvis in my room and I'd be too stoned to give a f***.
In retrospect it turns out I had a bunch of Swedish B celebrities over. My friends best memory from those days was bringing Sisters of Mercy to my room, which was locked, and then me screaming "leave me the f*** alone and take your band with you!".
No idea why I was so moody, but embarrassing to him as he was a fan (I've never heard them) + had told them to stay with me for half an hour while he sorted their taxi to the airport.
Only meet the guy maybe twice a year and in the first few years we didn't bring any of it up as he didnt want to - no mentions of celebrities, drugs, Mejeriet or my room - but now we usually share a few laughs about it despite me having like zero memories from all these Saturday nights.
When I was living at a student housing in Lund, I had a friend who worked at the music venue "Mejeriet" only a 5-10 minute walk away.
We had an agreement where I'd provide drugs and a place to chill to the artists. My friend was massively uncomfortable with drugs and that kind of stuff and we agreed to never talk about it (though admittely it has happened a few times when talking old memories).
At the time I had no idea who any of the people were as it was two years when I was 100% engaged in doing and selling drugs. You could have put Elvis in my room and I'd be too stoned to give a f***.
In retrospect it turns out I had a bunch of Swedish B celebrities over. My friends best memory from those days was bringing Sisters of Mercy to my room, which was locked, and then me screaming "leave me the f*** alone and take your band with you!".
No idea why I was so moody, but embarrassing to him as he was a fan (I've never heard them) + had told them to stay with me for half an hour while he sorted their taxi to the airport.
Only meet the guy maybe twice a year and in the first few years we didn't bring any of it up as he didnt want to - no mentions of celebrities, drugs, Mejeriet or my room - but now we usually share a few laughs about it despite me having like zero memories from all these Saturday nights.
Told him it was me, and a bit about the issue I'd been writing about - and he bought me a beer.
(Probably on expenses - but hey!)
- Oct 17, 2008
- 14,487
Really, really lovely bloke. Genuine, friendly, kind - one of the nicest guys in showbiz.
The sister of someone I know (knew really, haven’t seen him for some time) is married to Kenneth Branagh. It’s very rarely mentioned.
I met and hung out with fair few well know actors in my stunt performing days.
Without sounding blasé, it really isn’t that big a deal. They are just people you work with and nobody ever fan-boy’ed them.
Most of them were very nice people. Not all of them. But most.
I met and hung out with fair few well know actors in my stunt performing days.
Without sounding blasé, it really isn’t that big a deal. They are just people you work with and nobody ever fan-boy’ed them.
Most of them were very nice people. Not all of them. But most.
I went to a friend's 60th birthday party at Hove rugby club last year or the year before. The host's wife invited an old university friend of hers who was Scottish and had written some very famous books about a character called H Potter.
Stephen Seagull
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I was in the same class as a brother of someone who is now a very famous footballer and has 1 or 2 England caps to his name