Claim to fame

I once dropped a single arum lily I'd just bought and was busily gossiping to a friend outside our little rural PO, when the captain of the Titanic appeared (in the film that is, the one with Kate Winslet in) I forget his name - and he picked it up for me. I did say thank you...

I once dropped a single arum lily I'd just bought and was busily gossiping to a friend outside our little rural PO, when the captain of the Titanic appeared (in the film that is, the one with Kate Winslet in) I forget his name - and he picked it up for me. I did say thank you...

I had tea at Lambeth Palace and supper with George Carey at Canterbury in the early 90s. I also met Terry Waite, 10 days after he had ben released and he shook my hand. Amazing man.

Claim to Fame.
I'm probably showing my age here. I have a photograph taken with Tex Ritter (85 movies, lots of records) taken in The Top Hat Club, Prenton. I think it was a Press Ball.
I was there with three other couples giving a Jive/Rock N Roll demo.

Phew, Nanasam you had a lucky escape there?( Keith Richards) he now looks about 150 years old ( bet your DH looks so much better.)

No claims to fame.?

I taught Katy Sexton and her sister, Kelly at Primary School. They were both lovely girls and swam regularly before school even then.

Two claims to fame....I used to be in the same primary school class as the actress Maureen Lipman. Also a few years ago while I was still working for a Housing Association they purchased a property in a beautiful coastal location that had belonged to Sir Lawrence Olivier. This they had converted into convalescent care for less fortunate people. My husband and me were extremely lucky to work and live there. The original features of the house were kept as far as possible.....we felt quite in awe of it all.

I have seen the Beatles live at Finsbury Park Empire. I also worked with someone who said Helen Shapiro had got off a bus and stepped on his foot. These claims to fame were in the early sixties - since then I have seen Tim Brook Taylor coming out of our local W H Smith, and chatted to Paul Barber (Denzil in Only Fools and Horses ) when I came out of a hair salon and bumped into him. Nothing as remotely exciting as some posters here!

I have only one - when I was 11 I presented a bouquet to Virginia McKenna at Newmarket Races (because my Red Cross uniform was the neatest of the bunch, apparently).

My mother, on the other hand, as secretary to the Estates Manager at the Jockey Club, was as good as on first name terms with lots of celebs, Lester Piggott, of course, and King Hussein of Jordan to name a couple she mentioned.

I used to work in a small branch of a big bank in a village and a lady came in who I thought looked familiar. Once she spoke to me I knew exactly who she was. The well loved Joan Hickson, or as we will always think of her as 'Miss Marple'. She was an amusing regular customer, with no airs or graces.

This isn't my claim to fame, but somebody I know had taken her granddaughter, who has a learning disability, to a London restaurant
They saw Simon Cowell there, having what appeared to be a business lunch, with papers etc spread over the table
Her granddaughter went up to him before her Nan could stop her, and he apparently was absolutely lovely, and very patient.

I used to work in Promotions at a newspaper so I've been chatted up by Stuart Hall (ugh! as if!), Francis Matthews (lovely man), just a little while ago Ken Dodd did his whole show directed at me (don't I just attract the handsomest men?), loads more but very in the past.

My brother wrote "Mother of Mine" which was sung by Neil Reid and it was written about my mum, she was SO proud!

He played lead guitar for all sorts of stars including Tom Jones, Sammy Davis Junior, PJ Proby, Petula Clark, etc etc -I didn't meet any of them but it is my claim to fame!

Ooh MissAdventure Mike Read asked my Mum out in about 1970!

I think he asked me in about 1985, thirdline. I wonder if anyone ever said yes?

Oops! Thirdinline. I forgot the 'in'.

Ken Dodd (twice) after a Dinner/Cabaret got his autograph & a tickling stick + a kiss.

When working as a waitress I served Stuart Hall (charming man), Denis Law (Manchester United footballer) & Martin Dobson (Burnley footballer, my team)

Martin Dobson & his wife moved into a house near my DM, became quite friendly with his wife.

Met Seb Coe when he lived in Twickenham & he went to his "Local" for Lunch.

DD met Kriss Akabusi when he came to her School.

My biggest claim to fame is someone you've probably never heard of, Mark Wolff, but I'm sure many of you have seen his films. If you've seen Cliff Hanger, he was the helicopter pilot. Mission Impossible, same again, most of the latest James Bond films.
We sold a boat to him in the late 90s and he stayed with us for a few days while the survey was done. Fascinating stories from him particularly about his two close friends, Steven Spielberg and Jimmy Carter.
When the deal was done he asked us to take ( with him &. family) to their new berth in Chelsea.

two claims to fame ...
In the sixties I answered an ad for a second hand car.
When I arrived at the London address, it was Margot Fonteyn selling it. A nice Hillman Minx, and I had it for years.
She was charming and so gracious that to this day I have no idea how much I paid for the car.
And currently, I regularly chat to Michael Carrick (Man. United fame) in GS's playground when we both go to pick up the children.
He is friendly and easy to get on with. We discuss the prowess of the school team....well he does ....I just nod knowingly.

A group of us chased a very scared Ray and Dave Davies (from The Kinks) around the streets of Birmingham. I'm not sure what we would have done with them if we'd caught them! From the sublime to the ridiculous - in the days of Crossroads, I would regularly see members of the cast walking around Birmingham city centre. I saw Lulu shopping in the city and David Soul (who I loved at the time) shook my hand.

Silly one I know but....I sat next to Mr Blobbys brother at Junior school ?

Some years ago my former H and I spent a weekend at a hotel in Cambridge, I think it was The University Arms but not sure of the name now.
We went in for breakfast, chose a table, I put my glass of juice on the table and hung my bag on the back of the chair while we went to the buffet. When we returned to the table a lady was sitting there and I had to ask her to move as we were already at that table. She did move to another table and it was only when her husband joined her that I realised she was Prunella Scales! Later we spotted a theatre poster featuring the two of them in the reception area.
I've also spoken to and obtained the autograph of Rudolf Nureyev twice. Once at Covent Garden and once at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford after he had performed. Always remembered a dark blue Bentley with flowers all along the back window and a silver haired older lady inside, waiting for him. I often wondered who she was.

Just remembered that my ex is also quite friendly with Kriss Akabussi after working with him on his pet charity in Nigeria. My ex went to Nigeria with him and I've met him many times, including going to his daughters 18th birthday party at his house, several years ago.

Frank Ifield once said 'that's a bad cough' to my two year old daughter, a long time ago.

In 1953 I was running my hometown stand at the Rhodes Centenary Exhibition in Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia. My stand was visited by Peter Sallis (Cleggy in Last of the summer wine) and Basil Henson who invited me to lunch. I accepted and at the lunch we were joined by Sir John Gielgud. They were there appearing in Richard 11.
I was also invited and accepted an invitation to a reception at Government house which was attended by The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.