Who's the most famous person you've met, and what were they like?

Carole Boyd

Sorry but I do not have a clue who Carole Boyd is!

David Attenborough, he opened a centre at Warwickshire Wildlife some years ago. I found him very unfriendly ?

Oh no! Young friend met David Attenborough not long ago and found him charming.

Clearly not an Archers Addict Charleygirl?

No, never listened to it once MawBroon.

Don't think I ever encountered her at St A, maw.

New id again, *MB^? Hard to keep up!

She was at The Byre when we were in 2nd or 3rd Year I think. The "old" Byre, the one where the audience were requested not to rest their feet on the stage!

Remember the old Byre but not her. About the same time - mid to late 60's- Jill Gascoigne was leading light at Dundee rep. Only met her once. She went on to star in The Gentle Touch which I enjoyed.

To be fair to Denise Black, she didn't make a bitchy remark.Iwas told she wasn't very nice,and asked her,she just said "I've heard that too.Perhaps she was just having a bad day.

Elenkalubleton
Okay, in fairness to Denise Black, maybe she didn't make a bitchy remark.

It was apparently you who broached the subject with Denise, and she replied that she'd "heard that too".
Surely neither of you should express an opinion based on 'hearsay',
Making such comments about someone whom you have never met isn't really fair is it?

Maybe an apology for your comment "We also discussed a famous red haired singer who's statue was recently erected, she was not a very nice person" is in order.

I gave met Princess Anne and thought she was great! She was really on top of the aims etc of the charity but easy to talk to - very natural.

As we are all fans of musicals, we took DD3 to see Howard Keele in concert. She wanted his autograph so we queued for ages. He was absolutely charming and fabulous with DD who was about 8. She wrote to him afterwards and got a personal, handwritten reply.

DH and I met Roy Jenkins on the train as we set off on honeymoon. Years later, as members of the SDP, we met him again. DH told him that we had met before and he reeled off the date and time.

I have met Nick Morgan a few times and found her to be lovely - friendly and interested.

DH has looked at Seb Coe's teeth and I have almost been sent flying by Paul Ratcliffe who was very apologetic and fast!

We were sitting next to Woody Allen and his sister, who is also his manager, at a French cafe. He was completely neurotic and I sensed that he would have hated us saying 'hello Woody I'm a big fan of your films etc'! He spent the whole time rubbing at a wine stain on his cream coloured chinos. I've never seen such a frightened face.
His sister on the other hand! She started talking to us and dropping heavy hints that we were in Woody's presence, just to annoy him I think. But we didn't rise to it, as I honestly think Woody couldn't have handled it. So we just carried on with our conversation and eavesdropped theirs a bit, but it was very dull, mainly talking about the quality of the burgers!
Must be horrible being so famous......

As I live in Warwickshire I have heard of the Edgar Broughton Band, didn't they come from here?

Oh I am reminded by kittylester's post that apparently I used to teach Paula Radcliffe when she was at Sharnbrook. I can't really remember her but she mentioned me in one of those TES articles about people who shaped (?) her life. My athletic example clearly inspired her

Mawbroon

I've just remember that DD3 was at school with the grandson of a member of Shawaddywaddy (spelling) and I've chatted to him at parents evenings and another one of them is a neighbour of my brother - that one is very nice to chat to in passing!

Before they were famous, I met Mark Carney, Nigel Farage, David (later Lord) Triesman, Victoria Bottomley and two members of the Angry Brigade. I met them all mainly because of where I happened to be at the time rather than the circles I was in.

We saw Martin Clunes filming Doc Martin in Port Isaac. He was lovely and posed for photographs and chatted with people.

kittylester
I never met Howard Keel, but many moons ago he appeared in a variety show at the (long gone) Tivoli theatre in New Brighton alongside my Grandad. He wasn't super famous then, both he and Grandad were young. For the eight week run of the show he stayed at my Great Grandmother's house as a guest.
I have the letter he sent her just after he left thanking her for making him feel at home.
My grandad always said HK was one of the nicest people he'd ever met.

That's lovely juggernaut! When he was on 'This is Your Life' he asked to appear on screen at the end to say thank you to everyone.

I was so impressed by his attitude to DD - he talked to her for much longer than the grown ups! I love his voice and he was still very good looking.

Sometimes I ask London cabbies about famous people they had in the cab, mostly asking about the nicest. One mentioned Michael Palin and I asked whether he was as nice as he seemed on tv. We were stopped in traffic. The cabbie turned right round to look at me and solemnly said 'No!'
Then cheerfully added 'He was even nicer!'
Joanna Lumley was very well thought of in a tiny North Wales village she visited in her Purdy days.
In the 60s I was going to a meeting in a big hotel, met Dave Dee etc. In the main entrance. Had a chat about the local paper reporting they been banned from the dining room for being tieless. Then they invited me to the gig they were heading for. Did I join them? No, went to my meeting. Missed opportunity!
Huge fan of Tommy Steele, went to his dresser's flatwarming in the early 60s, invited by a dancer from Half a Sixpence. Did I speak to my hero whose phot had adorned my school locker? Nah, far too shy!

The Queen: for afternoon tea - absolutely tiny and worked the room (a marquee actually) meeting as many people as possible, very interested and charming - must have been exhausting.

Prince Philip: at a military parade where he was introduced to families who had lost a relative in Afghanistan - made the effort to speak to individual widows and families.

Prince Charles: husband and daughter met him and he was charming and knowledgeable and very sweet with our grandson who was a baby at the time.

David Cameron: at number 10 - met my husband and our daughter at a reception and my daughter during discussions about the Military Covenant - businesslike.

He's not dead famous, but I was never a big fan of Les Miserables, which we saw in Edinburgh ( many, many times!) , and the only thing which made me return was the lovely Michael McCarthy as Javert.
So, one time we were in London, and the Bodach wanted to see it yet again. I agreed to accompany him ( as I had seen that Michael was playing Javert!)
After the show (and with no strong drink having been taken!) I boldly went to the stage door, and asked to speak to Michael. I was directed to his wife Stephanie, who took me upstairs to the dressing room for fizzy wine & nibbles.

I met Screaming Lord Sutch in Berlin in 1966 he was playing at a concert with The Fortunes and The Kinks, we went to a club they all went to, they were all perfect gentlemen, I was rather taken with Ernie, guitarist with The Savages, lord Sutchs backing group.