Claim to fame thread

[yola]

Following some silliness in the Bah humbug thread I thought it might be fun to start a thread where we all say what our 'claim to fame' is. Can be something as silly as bumping into a famous person right through to something stupendous like BEING a famous person!!! Or something completely different . . . me first

1. My cousin and her husband were married by Cardinal Karol Wojtila (the late Pope JPII)

2. I was at art school with Robert Plant's daugther, Carmen.

3. I was at (a different) art school with John Galliano

4. I went to Ronnie Wood's 40th birthday party (coz his brother Arthur used to do photographic retouching on a freelance basis at the 1st design studio I worked in). BTW - Arthur was in 'The Art Woods' (a jazz band) and was/is the most amazing harmonica player!!

5. There is lots more minor celeb stuff from my days at B&O when we used to do product launches and store openings but I won't bore you with that!!


Ummm - so that's it for now!!

[Donna]

I once told the guy who played Brian Tilsey in Coronation Street to sod off once!!! He was trying to get change for a parking meter and when i worked in London everytime i stepped out the office i got asked for change!!

[LMC]

My best one...

My ex-husband and I were staying in a hotel in Scotland which had a real kind of Edwardian house-party atmosphere - drinks before dinner in the drawing room, guests encouraged to socialise, etc. Well, the first evening we were there, I wondered into said drawing room and saw 2 ladies playing Scrabble. One looked a bit familiar, but I didn't think anything of it... then the dark lady appealed to me on a point of spelling (she was wrong) and the blonde lady introduced them both "I'm Frances, this is Holly" (obviously both American). I *still* didn't twig until another American couple saw them at breakfast the next morning and went completely overboard. I corrected Holly Hunter's spelling! (she's *tiny* in real life!)

[Moli]

I met all the cast from Emerdale at a country fair a few years ago....

[dinahsmum]

• I was married by the great great whatever grandson of the poet Coleridge.
• I stood in the breakfast buffet line between Martin Johnson and Laurence Dallalio (and felt very tiny)
• Have shaken hands with Princess Anne
• saw Auberon Waugh on a cross channel ferry
• ummm, other sporty ones you'd probably be bored with
• am a member of the best forum on the web

[Luke]

Pete Waterman and family lived next door to one of my aunt and uncles for many years, i can remember their house was very nice
One of my other aunts went out with someone from 'The Specials', that was before i came along tho
I once bumped into Zandra Rhodes (sp) whilst shopping with my parents in London a few years back.
My great-great grandparents (long since passed) lived in Birmingham next door to Black Sabbath bassist Terrence 'Geezer' Butler and his family when he was growing up.

[Mags]

1) My father's side of the family are distant relations of the Needler Sweet Company.
2) I have been kissed on the cheek by Ed (Stewpot) Stewart!
(I don't expect the younger members know who he is )

[smudgley]

* I met Darius & he sang a live gig at my workplace.

* I met Johnny Vaughn at crufts & was chatting to him.

*I met Princess Alexandra a few years ago (92) when she officially opened the Guide Dog breeding centre where I work

Ok ok - I know they are not very famous but it's the best I can do

[Jac]

Well my friend Pat (Moli's) best friend is the Dutchess of Hamilton but she wont name drop like that so I will for her.

I have met and dined with George Benson, Earth Wind and Fire but I'll stop there. I was a nanny to an American musician. Many Moons ago.

[CathyW]

an ex boyfeind of mine,well his mother was friends with the quess mum,there was pics of her all over the place.