ever met / know a celeb, beforethey became famous..?

[ofco8]

Holly Willoughby lived 3 doors from us after she was born, in Henfield.
Wife and I went to a fancy dress party her mum and dad had. Great night!!!!.
They later moved to Small Dole, then Woodmancote. We eventually came back to Brighton.
Bumped into the three of them in M & S Shoreham, a year or so ago, before Holly had baby.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

I mey jimmy Carr when he was till playing pubs.

he was a total cock!!!!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Oh and I lived a few doors down from Millie Clode at Uni and used to chat to her regularly.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Oh and I lived a few doors down from Millie Clode at Uni and used to chat to her regularly.

 

[jevs]

Worked with Chris Collins....Blue peter gardener, general TV gardener and former Brighton parks and gardens apprentice, for a few years on Brighton parks before he hit the big time.

 

[jevs]

Almost forgot to mention....Wendy James was in my class at Ringmer comp...1977-82.

 

[severnside gull]

I lived just round the corner from Mick Jagger's family home in the 60's and regularly saw and spoke to him when he visited his parents.

Often saw Leo Sayer (well he was quite famous once - if only briefly) on the bus from The Steine out to Portslade/Shoreham.

Ran against Steve Ovett as a youth - he was shit hot........I was just shit

 

[Mackenzie]

I was mates with Beth Cordingly's brother Matt, she was only 12 when I knew her though.

 

[Meade's Ball]

I used to work with the main two of Keane. The fat-faced singer gave me a dirty look on an evening out that i shan't forget.

 

[Milton Keynes Seagull]

I used to know and work with Peter Moores at a leisure centre in Macclesfield. It's strange to remember how I used to tell England's former cricket coach and Sussex CCC captain to clean the downstairs khasis before the punters came in! We used to practice in the indoor nets together and I used to spend time throwing in the ball to hone his wicket keeping skills.

I once removed his middle stump with an unplayable ball on one occasion!

 

[Noldi]

Harry Enfield when he was doing a milk round in his University holidays (Taylors Dairys Five oaks). And his mate Paul Whitehouse lived in Billingshurst.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

That bloke who narrates Come dine with me lives around here somewhere apparently Scarbrough Road I think. As does Michael Jayston. Well I am always seeing them anyway.

 

[Sam Ovett]

The main guy from JLS did some "drugs, alcohol, sex" drama thing at our school before he became famous - It was shite

 

[Noldi]

Harry Enfield when he was doing a milk round in his University holidays (Taylors Dairys Five oaks). And his mate Paul Whitehouse lived in Billingshurst.

And the most important one was Sebastian Vettle when he was 13 and was in the Red Bull driver academy. I built a special Soap box racer for him and he drove it at a Red Bull soap box championship race at Bocum (Germany) must dig out the pics.

Mind you then I must include
All racing drivers I have met through work when they first stated test driving F1 cars.
Kimi 1999
Massa 2001
Luizzi 2001
Kubica 2002
Shummi if he was not famous when he drove the Jordan.
and a few others that have come and gone.

 

[So.CalGull]

I was also very good mates with Jason Phats at secondary school

Used to work with him at Southern Publishing in the late 80's Jason Hayword as he was known then, long haired rocker, then found the Zap and changed overnight into a DJ. His partner the Small's fella used to work in Trawlers Chip Shop in Seaford.

 

[porkypie]

I have known ryan moore since he was a kid, being champion jockey. riding breeders cup, derby oaks, and arc winners has not changed the boy at all!

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

Used to work with him at Southern Publishing in the late 80's Jason Hayword as he was known then, long haired rocker, then found the Zap and changed overnight into a DJ. His partner the Small's fella used to work in Trawlers Chip Shop in Seaford.

Thats the fella! We both lived in Woodingdean in the early 80's and used to go to Falmer ( how that area has changed! ),
but I lost touch with him in 87
Don't know much about his mate except that I think he went out with Vanessa Feltz....make of that what you will!

 

[brighton terra]

I was a close friend of Saira Khan before she appeared as the gobbiest ever candidate on The Apprentice. In those days she lived in a bedsit in Alfred Road and worked as a planning consultant in Lewes.

 

[John Bumlick]

i went to school with Darren Freeman.

 

[Biscuit]

Also met Chris Tarrant, Millie Cloed and Gareth Malone through work!