5 things we have done (admirable, illegal, amazing, unusual etc)

Crossstitchfan

I have:-

1) Chatted (alone) to the late, much missed, David Bowie for about half an hour when he was at the height of his fame
2) Stood in the very centre of the Channel Tunnel, before it opened, obviously (the centre is a huge cavern-like place)
3) Been an extra in a Tony Hancock film in 1961
4) Had articles published in Craft magazines
5) Stayed happily married for 57 years, which would have been more had he not died. This is my best achievement of all

OMG !!!!!! As a life long Bowie fan I am most imptessed by no.1 !!!

impressed not imptessed

Been all the way around the world - twice!

Been to two Cambridge May Balls

Gave birth to my two gorgeous children

Flew to Singapore for a new job when I was 23.....

........ Which was where I met my lovely husband, and that was the best thing that ever happened to me.

rocketstop

Crossstitchfan

I have:-

1) Chatted (alone) to the late, much missed, David Bowie for about half an hour when he was at the height of his fame
2) Stood in the very centre of the Channel Tunnel, before it opened, obviously (the centre is a huge cavern-like place)
3) Been an extra in a Tony Hancock film in 1961
4) Had articles published in Craft magazines
5) Stayed happily married for 57 years, which would have been more had he not died. This is my best achievement of all

OMG !!!!!! As a life long Bowie fan I am most imptessed by no.1 !!!

David was absolutely lovely, you’ll be pleased to know and I could have chatted to him for hours. I was glad because sometimes you like a famous person, meet them, and they turn out to be, shall we say, less than you would like them to be. Not David. I had him all to myself and was worried he’d be bored, but if he was, he was kind enough not to show it. Certainly the nicest famous person I have ever met, and I have met a few. I was very upset when he died.

Some amazing things you've all done. Some have brought back memories of things I'd forgotten about so here's my 5.

Sang in my school choir on Cliff Richard's Sunday evening TV show as a teenager.

Appeared on a daytime TV quiz show - though didn't win anything!

Hitch hiked alone when a tenager as I went to catch a bus which wasn't running due to it being a bank holiday. The 2 guys who picked me up told me off and made me promise not to do it again!

As a teenager was challenged to dance to 'The Ying Tong Song' in a nightclub. I did - on the stage! I think I'd probably had a few too many drinks and was still underage!

Swam naked in a quarry while out for day with friends in school holidays as we hadn't taken swimming stuff out with us.

He was the best Beatle

Magenta8

^Sang Mahler's Resurrection under Sir Charles Groves' direction.^ I envy you. You are indeed a Luckygirl.

If we’re talking Mahler, I have sung all his
symphonies that have singing in them, including the massive 8th every night for a week, and once three times in one day! (For recordings and radio). Various conductors.

That's a marathon.... a wonderful.one.