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Another vacuous thread! Tenuous Claims to Fame

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FannyCornforth Thu 19-Nov-20 14:23:18

The more tenuous and obscure the better!
My aunty went out with the bloke who designed * both*
A) the Cadbury's Chocolate Orange packaging, and
B) Buzby, the British Telecom mascot

Beat that Gransnetterssmile

JadeOlivia Fri 20-Nov-20 15:52:46

This may top the lot ...I once met a Saint. Mother Theresa who came to my Catholic girls school in late seventies ...

silverlining48 Fri 20-Nov-20 15:45:36

I think I saw you Coppernob, you looked very smart. well done.

Tedd1 Fri 20-Nov-20 15:45:25

Thank you for these lovely stories!

silverlining48 Fri 20-Nov-20 15:44:24

Good on him

Coppernob Fri 20-Nov-20 15:43:40

Many moons ago my auntie came up with the slogan 'Soft, strong and very very long' for the Andrex toilet paper advert.

I was on national television last Wednesday. I was interviewed by the BBC and read a prayer at the service in Westminster Abbey to commemorate the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior.

suziewoozie Fri 20-Nov-20 15:42:45

notnormal

My ex husband is the Deep Throat who ratted on Dominic Cummings, ha ha!

Seriously impressed?

MissAdventure Fri 20-Nov-20 15:42:13

shock
Good on him!

notnormal Fri 20-Nov-20 15:40:59

My ex husband is the Deep Throat who ratted on Dominic Cummings, ha ha!

MissAdventure Fri 20-Nov-20 15:40:14

Or son! Oops! blush

MissAdventure Fri 20-Nov-20 15:39:30

I was in the audience that was watching Joseph, played by Phillip Schofield which had the daughter of someone I don't personally know, but whose daughter, she said. was also in it. smile

hf59 Fri 20-Nov-20 15:37:18

My late mother in law was Welsh and so the boy she went out with who claimed to have invented powdered milk could very well be the same “holidaying Welshman” who claimed to have invented the Zimmer frame ....... small world!

FannyCornforth Fri 20-Nov-20 15:34:35

Nannatwiglet
I bet your cousin could tell a tale or two!

Nannatwiglet Fri 20-Nov-20 15:31:42

Yes..in answer to lovelycardigan1955...The Beatles did make an appearance on a school playing field in the film A Hard Day ‘s Night and landed by helicopter. It was in Isleworth and my school used the playing field. We all got to hear about it...It must have been about early 1960s...

Frank Allen of the pop group The Searchers went to our school. He was a few years above me.
My next door neighbour’s nephew was Princess Margaret’s Private Detective and my second cousin went out with the blonde bloke Rick Parfitt from”Status Quo”...
My mum met Shirley Bassey whilst she(mum not S!) was working in a hotel..
My cousin used to babysit for Peter Sellers’ children...

Jennyluck Fri 20-Nov-20 15:31:30

As a child, my son appeared in Joseph and his technicolour dream coat, with Phillip schofield. It was a wonderful show.

FannyCornforth Fri 20-Nov-20 15:24:57

hf59

During WW2 my late mother in law went out with a boy who claimed he invented powdered milk ....

This is a lovely companion piece to the story of the holidaying Welshman who claimed to have invented the Zimmer frame.

Hang on - surely the Zimmer frame would have been invented by Herr Zimmer?

Also re the boy and the powdered milk, what...oh never mind ... probably best not to know.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 20-Nov-20 15:24:28

I’ve never seen anyone famous nor met anyone famous. Nor related etc.

I think that’s a first??

Mollygo Fri 20-Nov-20 15:23:03

My cousin was the nanny for Cilla Black’s children and we’ve met Dave Guest, Princess Anne and the Duke of Edinburgh. Oh and we are remotely connected to Terry Wogan. That’s the bit I like best.

CBBL Fri 20-Nov-20 15:20:43

Tom Jones poured me a Gin & Tonic after appearing on stage, at a concert organised by my Uncle! TJ was incredibly "hot and sweaty" - and I didn't taste my drink (I was only 15, but looked older), as I was too busy watching perspiration drip from his face and neck! Ew!

hf59 Fri 20-Nov-20 15:13:58

During WW2 my late mother in law went out with a boy who claimed he invented powdered milk ....

Topcat7 Fri 20-Nov-20 15:12:22

I kissed Lewis Collins and Leslie Phillips used to chat in the corner shop when I lived in Maida Vale

Blinko Fri 20-Nov-20 15:04:17

I used to work with a cousin of Ozzie Osborne.

I met Princess Di at a Turning Point lunch where she was guest of honour. Briefly on TV in the background as a result.

Stood close to HM at a Buck House Garden Party as she spoke with an injured veteran. The Prince of Wales and Camilla were there but in the distance.

My parents once lived in the same apartment block as Peggy Ward, divorced wife of Stephen Ward, mentor of Christine Keeler.

Nvella Fri 20-Nov-20 14:54:09

I gave birth to my first child just before Francesca Annis had her second in the same hospital. She appeared a few hours later on the ward for lunch looking stunning - fully made up, not a hair out of place, white silk negligee. The rest of us were perched on our rubber rings looking like complete wrecks.

jerseygirl Fri 20-Nov-20 14:47:19

I made Lionel Blairs bed and cleaned his room when i worked as a chambermaid in a hotel in manchester in the 1990's.

Callistemon Fri 20-Nov-20 14:46:00

I think you mean HRH Prince Philip...not HM. That title is reserved only for the Monarch.

There is an important punctuation mark in the sentence, which you may have missed, OmaforMaya.

Namsnanny Fri 20-Nov-20 14:44:14

Hello Lucca having a good day?
I've just put up my Christmas lights in the garden, so I've been busy. I expect you are too.