Your weakest claim to fame?

Once got in a lift with Tony Blair and two of his ‘minders’ . ‘Alright Tony’ I said. He looked at me with disdain haha. His minders both stated menacingly at me for all three floors before I got out. Never liked him.
 
Driving aimlessly around St Annes late 70s when car started to overheat. Knocked on nearest house door and Roy Walker
answered. Got me some water and hung around with me before I set off.
On same plane to Majorca as Tony Knowles early 80s soon after he had thrashed Steve Davis at World Championship.
Had work dealings with Denis Compton and Terry Downes.
 
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Appeared on 15-1 about 23/24 years ago.
I was No.1. When it started the Q/master said 'David.....' He was interrupted by a technical fault.
Eventually we got going and after the first two rounds I was in but the next 6 were out.
Of course I was the target, they all seemed to be aiming at me. I must have answered more than the rest put together.
I managed to get to about the last 5 or 6 but then was out.
Bastards.
 
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Used to run a carpet binding business and got a job for several large shaped mats from one of the shops in town . Turned out to be for the motor home used by Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin while they were here in NZ.
Well you did say tenuous...
 
Davepick said:
Appeared on 15-1 about 23/24 years ago.
I was No.1. When it started the Q/master said 'David.....' He was interrupted by a technical fault.
Eventually we got going and after the first two rounds I was in but the next 6 were out.
Of course I was the target, they all seemed to aiming at me. I must have answered more than the rest put together.
I managed to get to about the last 5 or 6 but then was out.
Bastards.
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I thought yours Dave would have been telling us the time you did a strip search on Elton John at Luton Airport.

Mines rather boring really was the day I stopped the opening seasons display of the red arrows performing in Oman in 2008.
We were out there with the new BAE System's Hawk AJT on a Middle East tour, we finished early for the day just as the red arrows were landing.
I went back to the hotel with the only set of fuel farm keys in my pocket hence they couldn’t refuel the jets for an afternoons display in front of the crown Prince.
I was about as popular as a pigs head left inside a mosque’s doorway that night in the hotel bar as all the reds and engineering team and officers were staying in the same hotel. 😳🤭
 
I met Boris Johnson on the tube going to the Millennium Dome in 2000.
He got on with his (then) wife and about 4 or 5 kids
He wrote a column in GQ about politics and life and wasn't in the Conservative party then...
I recognised him, tapped him on the shoulder and said I liked his writing and said it was very entertaining
He was over joyed and he looked really, really pleased and started chatting....until his (very small) wife shouted at him to take the pram....and he looked a bit dejected.....and wandered off

The then wife just said....who's that weird looking guy....I told her and she thought I was mad

Passed him a few hours later wandering around the Dome and looking sad, pushing the pram......
I can see why he shagged everything he could get his hands on.....The wife wasn't a looker
 
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I've been out for a pint in Manchester with legendary paper mache headed ivory tinkler Frank Sidebottom.

Even better, I once had a piss next to Stan McEwan in the Buccaneer bogs. It was new year's eve and he was dressed as Fu Manchu 👍
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I'd give my right arm to have been in the bogs with the legend..😇
 
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A former manager where I worked popped up on the Crimewatch "Have you seen this person" section

Sir Stan gave my dad a £1 to open my Post office savings account in Jan 62, still have the book ..minus the money.

Filled out Paul Stewart's store credit card application, just after he had broken into the first team.
 
Sat on a plane at Antwerp airport when Brian Blessed got on, he was walking towards the seat next to me when the stewardess caught him and said "Mr.Blessed, this is the flight to Manchester, you are flying to London". It's fair to say he'd had a few.
 
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Terrific stuff. Exactly the sort of thing this thread is about.

My dad used to know the guy who played the teacher in Kes who wasn't Brian Glover well enough to nod to but not well enough to call a proper mate.
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I saw Colin Welland (the other teacher) in the motorway services at Sandbach 35 years ago
 
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When I lived at home with my parents, Bobby Chalton came round the house to buy some vegetables, but I was out playing football, and missed him.
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Took some action photos of Tiger Woods on the practice day at Lytham. My disabled nephew was receiving an electric wheelchair so I thought it would be nice to give him some signed photos of Tiger but he refused to sign them so I got Bobby Charlton who was presenting the wheelchairs to sign them instead. So my nephew who supported Manu got photos of Tiger autographed by Bobby ! 😂
 
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Took some action photos of Tiger Woods on the practice day at Lytham. My disabled nephew was receiving an electric wheelchair so I thought it would be nice to give him some signed photos of Tiger but he refused to sign them so I got Bobby Charlton who was presenting the wheelchairs to sign them instead. So my nephew who supported Manu got photos of Tiger autographed by Bobby ! 😂
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That's the second time I've heard of Tiger Woods ignoring a disabled child when he was at Lytham. 🤬
 
Been out drinking with Gazza in Boston

Watched England v France with Noal Gallagher in Portugal, spent the entire second half talking to him about football and music

Been out drinking with Hunter from Gladiator fame in Skegness

Looked after Trevor Sinclair for about 3 months when he was a YTS doing work experience in Top Man

Played Golf with Ralf Little and Craig Cash

And got bought a double expresso by Paolo Di Canio in Sheffield
 
I was involved in some building works at Jonny Marrs house he came out chewing gum at a furious rate asking if all was OK. I was also involved at Tony Cotons house, right miserable git. Prob my fave is I had a romantic liason with an ex girlfriend of Malcolm Marshall
 
B_Side_The_C_Side said:
1.) I went to the same school as J R R Tolkien (but not at the same time)
2.) My sister went out with Andy Gray and when he called to pick her up...I asked him 'who are you?'......he wasn't very happy!!!
3.) Tony Clarkin, the lead guitarist with Heavy Rock outfit, Magnum...borrowed all my Journey LP's and never gave me them back..
4.) Lol Mason (lead singer of The Maisonettes) and writer of the classic 'Heartache Avenue' used to live across the road from me.....
5.) I can be seen storming the stage of the Marquee at the end of the Hanoi Rocks "All those wasted Years" concert video......
6.) I got a lift home to Chorlton from the Hacienda by DJ Mike Pickering
7.) I sold Bruce Springsteen a Calugi e Giannelli leather jacket when he played Manchester...
8.) I sold Jeremy Beadle suits, Tony Wilson white shirts, Salt & Pepper (the rappers) a Versace shirt...Ryan Giggs his first dinner suit....Bill Hicks a dinner jacket, John Thaw some trousers and Paul Ince a pair of purple Versace loon pants
9.) I had lunch with 2 of the Venga Boys....
10.) Owen Oyston bought me a drink.....
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Why did Salt n Pepper only want one shirt between two of them?
 
My mums neighbour (she worked in a recording studio) was knocking off Paul Weller. Mum came home one evening to find them both sitting on the front lawn high as kites.
 
Shandypants said:
I was involved in some building works at Jonny Marrs house he came out chewing gum at a furious rate asking if all was OK. I was also involved at Tony Cotons house, right miserable git. Prob my fave is I had a romantic liason with an ex girlfriend of Malcolm Marshall
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Got Malcom Marshall’s autograph when me and gf were in Durban SA, early 90s. Very gentle guy but flirty with my gf who had no clue who he was. Still got the bar mat somewhere.
 
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