Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Jimmy Saville once “fixed it” for me too milk a cow blindfolded too.
Wouldn't have wanted to go anywhere near him with or without a blindfold on. Quite a scary thought that.
Jimmy Saville once “fixed it” for me too milk a cow blindfolded too.
John Lennon said one of the reasons he moved to New York was because he could just be himself without being hounded by fans and the paparazzi like he would have been in the UK
Ed Giddins. A couple of years below me at school. A bit of a cheeky shit.
So you have never heard of Downton Abbey or the Paddington Bear films? Blimey...
Isn’t there a poster on here who has had horizontal jogging sessions with Jordan and the girl out of Transvision Vamp.
Paul McCartney apologised for his granddaughter pushing in the queue for sweets at the cinema in ashford, then found them sitting directly behind us in the film when the granddaughter kicked the back of my sons chair throughout the film, I didn’t like to complain
Mel Gibson at a diner on a trip to Death Valley California
Arnold Schwarzeneger sitting on the next table to us in a hotel in Chennai
Graham Swann, nasser Hussain, Ravi Shastri, VVS Laxman in the same hotel (not with Arnie)
Sat next to John Goodman, Thom Yorke, Ronnie Corbett on different flights and seen Rod Stewart, Lemmy, Nick Cave, Sebastian Coe, Cliff Richard on other flights.
Had a chat with Bobby Zamora when he sat opposite me on the train from london to Sevenoaks, nice guy.
That reminds me, many years ago my cricket team were doing a winter net session in the nets at the bottom of the Gilligan Stand. As we were finishing Giddins turned up with a bird he was trying to impress and started to bowl some looseners in the empty net next to us.
IIRC [MENTION=1663]Scoffers[/MENTION] was in bat and gamely volunteered to have Ed bowl a few at him when he'd finished in our net. Helmetless. It didn't stop Giddins sending down a bouncer, though he'd said something like "don't worry" just before starting his run up and, indeed, the ball thumped into the back canvas a good foot or so above my friend's head.
Hopefully he'll see the tag and let us know what it was like facing the cheeky shit from the other end of the net
I've also faced a pro cricketer's bowling but it was Mike Gatting luckily and I drove a slow half volley back past him. This was during a Red Letter Day experience in Lords and Gatting looked after us all day. A man very fond of pubs and cheese and pickle but not so fond of questions about Pakistan and umpiring.
This thread should be renamed “who’ve you seen that’s rich and famous...including on Television...and not necessarily rich...or famous either”! Hardly any of it’s exactly ‘mingling’ with the rich and famous. Or ‘Desperately trying to be associated with...’
In fact rename it “Name as many people as you can”, that’s about the sum of it!
I’d rename it “Famous people I’ve seen on an aeroplane.”
Lol! You’ll definitely have more than me. Although Anna Friel was good company and bizarrely we had a friend in common
I’d rename it “Famous people I’ve seen on an aeroplane.”
Anita Roddick and I knew each other enough to exchange pleasantries when I worked in Arundel. Colin Cowdrey used to come in the shop as well.
Saw George Lucas and Sandra Bullock (separately) at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Then Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine had a chat with me when he visited the then London and Edinburgh insurance in Worthing.
Once in the same tube carriage as Ian Duncan-Smith. Big bloke. Mark Francois walked past me while waiting for a meeting in parliament. Not such a big bloke.
Met most of the now Labour front bench team. Had a long chat with Aneliese Dodds in Brighton a few years back while she was still an MEP.
Held Noel Gallagher's drink while he signed my copy of What's The Story Morning Glory at 93 Feet East in Brick Lane in London. His tactic was to stand at the bar so everyone came and said hello early on and then left him alone.
Was in the same bar as Paul McCartney in the Royal Festival Hall before a Motown reunion show.
Bumped into Paul Weller a few times on my travels. Actually less grumpy than he makes on.
Spent the evening in the Cricketers after Sussex won the title where it depended on Lancashire v Surrey. Chris Adams did a speech and had a long chat with Matt Prior
Curiously my favourites are:
Spending a day at Hove with former Sussex wicket keeper Rupert Webb. Was perhaps a bit young to appreciate it at the time but his stories about the likes of Ted Dexter and Brian Close were superb.
Had a drink with Steve Lamacq. Lovely guy with an encyclopaedic knowledge of music.
Were you in Brookside too
That reminds me, many years ago my cricket team were doing a winter net session in the nets at the bottom of the Gilligan Stand. As we were finishing Giddins turned up with a bird he was trying to impress and started to bowl some looseners in the empty net next to us.
IIRC [MENTION=1663]Scoffers[/MENTION] was in bat and gamely volunteered to have Ed bowl a few at him when he'd finished in our net. Helmetless. It didn't stop Giddins sending down a bouncer, though he'd said something like "don't worry" just before starting his run up and, indeed, the ball thumped into the back canvas a good foot or so above my friend's head.
Hopefully he'll see the tag and let us know what it was like facing the cheeky shit from the other end of the net
I've also faced a pro cricketer's bowling but it was Mike Gatting luckily and I drove a slow half volley back past him. This was during a Red Letter Day experience in Lords and Gatting looked after us all day. A man very fond of pubs and cheese and pickle but not so fond of questions about Pakistan and umpiring.
I was walking through the woods one sunny Sunday lunchtime when I bumped into the Queen.
We had a nice 5 minute chat, she was very pleasant even though I called her Elizabeth.
She did not seem to mind but her 2 security men were not very happy about it.
I respect her but I have always said that I would never call another human being maaaam, sir or your majesty.
Having lived in Ascot for 10 years I have met many members of royalty, show business and sport people.
I used to have my breakfast with Glenn Hoddle in a cafe when he was England manager, Forsythe was often in my local Chinese in Sunninghill, Ruud Hullit lived across the road Russ Abott was often in my local pub and many many more.