Have you ever had a meal or drink when a personality is also in the building

John Lennon and Yoko Ono walking down Burlington Arcade where I was dressing a shop window. Alan Bates, Peter O'Tooles wife, Alan Clarke of the Hollies, who all used to come into another shop where I worked. Also Petulia Clark in Regent street, and several famous models . But this is all way back in the 70's of course ! Nowadays I might see a well-known actor in the country where I now live.

Ooh, I just realised it was meant to be in a restaurant !

As a student in Manchester I saw Olivia Newton John in a shop looking through a box containing ‘seconds’ of knickers. She drew a silent little crowd of fascinated onlookers before realising she’s been spotted and rushing to the till with handfuls of colourful bargains.

Prince Harry at the reading M4 services with a sidekick. He bought a baguette ???

I have trouble knowing who most of these people are so certainly wouldn’t recognise them !

I do have a friend who was recently at a party ( not that recently obviously due to Covid ) She spent some time taking with Paul McCartney but didn’t know it was him until her friend asked her what she had talked about with Paul McCartney !

Peter Dean (pete beale eastenders) in our local garden centre, Paul Martin (Flog it) in our local Tesco (he lives near by) used to bump into Anthony Head regularly in our local PO. Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal team at a wedding in Swansea ( I was at the wedding they were just staying at the hotel).
I have selfies with Ed Sheeran, Alfie Boe and Ronan Keeting. And I had afternoon tea with David Essex - oh that twinkle in his eye! Oh and a red carpet walk with the cast of Bridget Jones baby - that was fun

Socially Pete Murray (anybody remember him?!!) and Judi Dench. Business route, Prince Phillip, Charles Kennedy and Mrs Thatcher. Also attended a royal garden party where the RF were in abundance though I never got close to them. Very pleasant occasion. Had an invitation for this year but the function was cancelled, of course. Believe I'm now on priority list for next year. Believe it might be cancelled again. June seems a bit too soon for full recovery.

Seamus Heaney, long before he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, would occasionally visit where I worked. He was a really lovely man who always took time for a chat with me.

Staying in a hotel in Amsterdam i saw Henry Cooper in the lobby. Another hotel in Northern Ireland we saw Russell Watson eating dinner alone. On holiday in the Lake District Peter Kay was lunching with his family. That same holiday we stopped at Little Chef and Patrick Moore was eating with his female assistant. I stood behind George Best at the airport. I've met Jeffery Archer's wife Mary when I won a competition. Politician Peter Bottomley was also at my house and had his photo taken with our cat!

In the sixties we used to go to Sandown Races in the winter. Sid James was always there. Have autographs of Virginia McKenna, Burt Lancaster, Julia Andrews and many other celebs who used to go there on special Variety Club meetings.
The Queen and especially the Queen Mother were there most Saturdays. The Queen Mum stopped one day to speak to my Mum.
I was stationed near Windsor during the war so often saw the Royal family.

My sister met Prince Charles and Camilla on a walkabout in Cambridge- apparently he is very short - I had no idea until she told me.

Had fun reading this, sat in a public room on canberra the cruise line near to Patrick Moore, I have met many a sports person over years original wrestlers. I was almost bumped into by David Gower whilst walking in town. I'met many a horse person Harvey Smith and sons, the late Caroline Bradley too many to name all very nice people all in different situations. My daughter used to play football with stefan oakes an ex laicester city player his mum used to work in local supermarkets and his dad was in showaddywaddy met him a few times too. Its a small world really

My husband and I were on holiday in Ibiza many moons ago and we spotted Terry Thomas shouting at a local in a very irate manner. I never liked him after that.
Also was walking up a road in London I saw coming towards me was a very large handsome man in a beige coat. It was Roger Moore. We ignored each other.
Also waited for hours outside a London theatre after going to "Guys and Dolls" as we wanted to see Patrick Swaizee come out, which he did, and he graciously thanked the little crowd for coming. He did not have a dancing role. Seemed a nice man, but I think he was already ill as he died not long after.

Many years ago, I took Nick Knowles knocked on our door and a few months later I took him out to dinner in London.

Made coffee for Alan Whicker ( I must have been about 10) when he and his film crew came to our house to interview my Dad for a programme. Sat behind Richard Briars & wife on a coach trip in Australia, going to Ayers Rock. Ricky Tomlinson was on next table in the dining room at a hotel where we were staying. Most notable, about 2 years ago, was meeting, and having a lovely chat to, Billy Connolly as he arrived at the hotel where we had been staying. Sadly we were about to leave and I couldn’t pluck up the courage to ask for a selfie! Big regret!

Villa babe. I’m sooo jealous especially David Essex.
Prince Micheal of Kent asked me to recommend a wine when he came into the wine shop where I worked in the eighties. Went to a church service where Prince Charles and Diana attended.Princess Diana sometimes when she went shopping in Tetbury. Son sang in the choir and went to sing at Highgrove one xmas. Antony Andrews coming out of the Close Hotel Tetbury. Peter snow waiting for his lady friend or wife to come from the bakers in Tetbury. Fraser Hines came into my pub in Hay on Wye. Tom Philby son of Kim used to come into my pub also from time to time. Nice memories.
Martin Roberts winked at me when I spotted him in the cafe at Gatwick Airport.

We are keen theatre goers and have seen many actors at the theatre ie not in the play
Jo Brand (twice, both times in a theatre loo queue)
Dave Allen- In the bar
Lenny Henry- my husband had a long chat with him
Alan Rickman with Richard Wilson, also theatre bar
Michael Gambon - having a coffee before going to the theatre where he was appearing
Pauline Collins
Alistair McGowan
Anne-Marie Duff

The lovely Max Boyce at Jersey airport. I knew he had worked on the folk circuit with my boss years before so I cheekily spoke to him and he gave me £0.43 for my boss to buy a drink!

Good spot Vickysponge I didn’t mean Leonardo Di Caprio in Gard du Nord ... I meant Jude Law getting on Eurostar with the children and the Louis Vuitton luggage.

I can’t remember anyone’s names those days ... and my partner is just as bad ... so there’s no point in asking him.

But it was definitely Jude Law ...?

Just remembered - when working for a Solicitor Tom Stoppard and his wife Miriam were clients. They would stop and chat to us - he was lovely, can't say the same for her!

Just remembered that I was on holiday in India with my husband, and we went to the beautiful Taj Mahal. My husband took a picture of me sitting on a bench in front of it. Some years later Princess Diana sat on the same bench. I've seen that bench with Princess Diana on it many times since, on TV. I suppose this does not count as quite the same as actually seeing Princess Di?

Too many to mention as I was in the film industry and Cannes was awash with them during the Film Festival.

Judy Dench in the local pub

Ismael Merchant at the Nehru centre.

Shashi Kapoor at the ghastly Hinduja's Diwali party. Shashi was the loveliest man, met him a few times and visited him in his gorgeous appartment in Bombay.

Sayeed Jaffrey was a good friend

Anthony Minghella and Joan Baker at the BFI. Both of them were really lovely with not side to them at all.

Met Charles Dance in India, very aloof but lovely wife. Was friendly with his lookalike son, super guy.

My husband is in the rock music business so there've been lots of them (often here in the house) but when I'm out and about I never recognise anyone famous at all. I was walking along the Embankment with a friend and she suddenly said, 'That was Jimmy Osmond', as a couple of chaps passed us. I thought, how on earth would she recognise him? And was he even in the UK? But he was on TV the next night so I was v. impressed with her skill.

Robson Green at the next table..orkney!

Kylie in the Kings Road some years ago also Nigel Havers, not together.
Jody Morris playing beach football in Barbados about 18 years ago.
Bob Geldorf who came into a chocolate shop where my daughter had a holiday job and asked her to ice the names of his children on Easter eggs.