Your weakest claim to fame?

Sat in a hospital in Martha’s Vineyard Massachusetts and some lady sat across from us offered my sister a piece of chocolate it was Maggie gyllenhaal and Peter sarsgaard, also met Sarah Jessica Parker in saks fifth avenue Manhattan.
 
Bumped into Frank Le Boef in a bar in Paris. He was happy to chat. Said he was on the bench when Chelsea played at Blackpool. A fan asked him to sign a tangerine balloon which he did. As soon as he had finished the fan popped the balloon. Not in itself a brilliant story but it is the best anecdote ever told to me by a World Cup winner.
 
Got given Harry H Corbett's old Renault by Maureen his wife .
Got my mates to tow it down the lane to where I worked only to discover it had no brakes and we had to swing it up the grass verges to slow it down.Never met Harry , sadly, but was always a big fan of Steptoe and son!
Incidentally it's a bit disconcerting nay disturbing how many toilet queue stalkers have outed themselves in this thread 😱
 
Shirley Williams MP once asked me where to catch a bus in Buxton.
Ken Dodd sat in front of me in the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.
Su Pollard sat in front of me at the Playhouse, Preston.
Went to an after show drinks backstage at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and spoke to Dawn French.
My Dad once did a plumbing job for Lynne Carrol (Martha Longhurst in Coronation Street) and her husband (actor Bert Palmer) was sat in his armchair with his feet in a bowl of hot water.
 
I was in the restaurant when George Galloway and his entourage walked in to celebrate winning his libel case against the Daily Telegraph.

"Free, free Palestine" was the cry.
 
Was in Just Ji's on a midweek night in the 80s or early 90. Kirk Stevens came in late after he'd been playing snooker at the Norbreck Castle. He had a small army of "fans" with him. We decided he must have lost as a pro snooker play wouldn't have been out so late in the middle of a tournament. So my mate pushed past a couple of Kirk's fans, shook his hand and said better luck next year mate.

Found out the next day he'd won 5-0 😁
 
Delfino said:
Was in Just Ji's on a midweek night in the 80s or early 90. Kirk Stevens came in late after he'd been playing snooker at the Norbreck Castle. He had a small army of "fans" with him. We decided he must have lost as a pro snooker play wouldn't have been out so late in the middle of a tournament. So my mate pidged past a couple of Kirk's fans, shook his hand and said better luck next year mate.

Found out the next day he'd won 5-0 😁
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Talking of snooker at the Norbreck....I used to see Sylvano Francisco in the Chinese on Norbreck Road when he was playing there.
 
Flew down to London from Manchester one Sunday morning in 1990 for the Zenith Data Systems final as a guest of Zenith.

Michaela Strachan was sat in the row behind me. She'd be doing the hit man and her show at the Palace.
 
Delfino said:
Was in Just Ji's on a midweek night in the 80s or early 90. Kirk Stevens came in late after he'd been playing snooker at the Norbreck Castle. He had a small army of "fans" with him. We decided he must have lost as a pro snooker play wouldn't have been out so late in the middle of a tournament. So my mate pushed past a couple of Kirk's fans, shook his hand and said better luck next year mate.

Found out the next day he'd won 5-0 😁
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Was it your mate Motty by any chance?
 
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Further on the snooker, I once had a frame with Alex Higgins.

We'd been bowling at Bispham Cons, during the usual after match pint someone announced Higgins is downstairs. One of our team was s member there, and knowing I was a big fan took me down.

Sure enough there he was. It was in the early mid 90s once the game went open and they had the Norbreck qualifying sessions. Higgins was eat outside automatic entry to anything by then, so he was on at Norbreck the night after. He just walked into Cons unannounced and asked if anyone wanted a game, so played the handful of blokes having their usual night out.

He peered into the darkest recesses of his fag packet and said he had enough for one more game. May I, I asked. Be my guest he replied. So I got a game with my snooker hero, even if he could be a pratt at any given moment.
 
I used to drive for Red Cab back in the 80's parked up on the rank opposite Rumours, ignored my call sign from the office ....... so the job goes to the next cab ..... pick up Linda Lusardi at the Grand !! 😒 ... Never got over it. ... didn't make up for it, but I got to collect Dave Lee Travis from a club on the prom and he wanted a burger, so only the choice back then was Greasy Joe's !!
 
Stood in the foyer of the Manchester opera house with the Hoff dressed as Captain Hook whilst about 20 Germans with t-shirts with his face on sang him a song.

Surreal.
 
Played a game of Snap on the Blackpool bus with Brett Omerod because my friend's Dad was the coach driver.

Met the Barcelona team at Palma airport and the only paper I had to get their autographs was a sick bag my sister took from the plane. Eto'o thought it was funny and passed it round the team to sign.

Non football, absolutely surreal experience and probably in the TV archives somewhere, there was a program called the Animal Hospital Roadshow and my primary school got us all to send in questions. I didn't have a pet, so mine was whether it was better to buy a gerbil or a hamster. 😅 For some reason that was seen as a great question and I got invited to appear on the show and ask it.
So there's footage somewhere of a 6 year old me sat on Rolf Harris's knee, holding a hamster borrowed from a classmate whose Mum was an actual brass, and he tells me something along the lines of them both being good. Cheers Rolf.

Loads from China that won't mean much here. Unintentionally dissed a beautiful Chinese actress while being a waiter, was in a commercial for a saucepan pretending to be a German CEO called Max.
 
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I was playing snooker in a club and Steve Meakin the Blackpool snooker Pro was playing on the next table. As the tables were quite close together, he had to wait while I took a shot and I made a stunning long pot with the white ball on the baulk cushion. He commented 'great shot'.

It was the only ball I potted all game.
 
Lala said:
Same childhood dentist as you ! So a tenuous claim to Babs by default 😆
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In the mid sixties, my parents took my brother, Marc and sister to stay in a swanky hotel in Tenerife, following a bad car crash my dad had had. Marc was in the buffet queue behind Sid James who smiled at Marc and insisted that he go in front of him..

So you can see that you’ve now got both Sid and Babs tenuously through talking to me! 😂

Ps .. As a baby, I was left at home with an auntie.. the tight bastards!
 
TSSJr2 was a gymnast from the age of 3 until she was 12. Beth Tweddle opened the new gun gym, MIT daughter wouldn't ask for her leotard to be signed, so I had to do it.

From the age of 12, she became a dancer. This Easter, she was performing in Newcastle with Bobby Davro - I asked if she got his autograph. Why would I, is he famous? She had no idea who he was...

TSSJr3 played with Ben Stokes's son at the primary school (my son being a few years older, but it is a tiny school with c.100 children). Ben Stokes also wandered across to watch his cricket team whilst they were warming up. End of warm up, lots of selfies and all round hero worship.
 
Put one of the Bros twins on his arse. Rushing to see a live filming of only fools and horses at the BBC, they where coming out of a lift, bumped into them and one fell over. Shouted sorry as I rushed off
 
mull said:
Got given Harry H Corbett's old Renault by Maureen his wife .
Got my mates to tow it down the lane to where I worked only to discover it had no brakes and we had to swing it up the grass verges to slow it down.Never met Harry , sadly, but was always a big fan of Steptoe and son!
Incidentally it's a bit disconcerting nay disturbing how many toilet queue stalkers have outed themselves in this thread 😱
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Harry H Corbett yes he was superb as Harold. Harry served in WW2 in the Far East and from what I have read he disposed of two Japanese soldiers in close combat.👍👍
 
Right, here goes with my rubbish claims to fame:
1. Went to school with Chris Lowe (of Pet Shop Boys) brother and one of Sir Jimmy's sons
2. Went to an Old Boys do and Sir Jimmy was there. I got chatting to him and told him how good his book was. He told me to bring the nook round to sign the next day - the great man had assumed I knew where he lived (which I did)!
3. In the No 3 at Xmas eve one year. Chris Lowe's brother had joined us. When he left, my mate said "do you know who was with him?" I said no. It was Chris and he happened to be Xmas No 1 and I (along with rest of pub) had ignored him
4. Played football against Jason Euell and I kicked him off the park.....well, he was only 15! I believe a very young Rio Ferdinand was in the same game
5. Played football against Neil Arthur of Blancmange (I think for London Blackburn Rovers supporters)
6. Got a lift home from Alan Simpson, comedy writer of Steptoe & Son fame. I don't think he was under the limit!
7. At the 1982 World Cup, I told Kenny Sansom's mum to bugger off. We were waiting for the England coach to arrive at the ground and she tried to barge in. We were embarassed when Kenny shouted "Hello Mum!"

I am sure there are more. But that will do!!
 
Delfino said:
I was playing snooker in a club and Steve Meakin the Blackpool snooker Pro was playing on the next table. As the tables were quite close together, he had to wait while I took a shot and I made a stunning long pot with the white ball on the baulk cushion. He commented 'great shot'.

It was the only ball I potted all game.
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Just reminded me of an evening playing snooker at the Commonwealth club with then in-laws including grandad & let’s face it we were all we’re pretty crap. Who should be on the table next to us but the then world champion Steve Davis with Frank Callon I think, it proved rather distracting if memory serves me right. We were crapper than usual 😬
 
Josuah98 said:
Put one of the Bros twins on his arse. Rushing to see a live filming of only fools and horses at the BBC, they where coming out of a lift, bumped into them and one fell over. Shouted sorry as I rushed off
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Well done shame you didn't get the other one as well though.😂
 
Wizaard said:
Back in the 70s I used to work at North Station buffet bar. The shift used to begin at 6.00am, so I used to cycle from Poulton then get home on the train with the bike, back in the days when there was a guards compartment.

Anyway, one day the train was packed as the Labour Party conference had just finished, standing room only. I got to the guards van door and handed my bike to a passenger before following it in. Got on and said thanks to Tony Benn.
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I used to work at North Station buffet bar back in the seventies. I used to open up at 6 am. I remember when Tommy Doc’s Red Army were there in their numbers one morning and thought I was the Pool ‘welcoming party’🙄. It was a lady who used to be manager but I can’t remember her name.
 
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I used to work at North Station buffet bar back in the seventies. I used to open up at 6 am. I remember when Tommy Doc’s Red Army were there in their numbers one morning and thought I was the Pool ‘welcoming party’🙄. It was a lady who used to be manager but I can’t remember her name.
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Yes. I can't remember her name either.
 
I was born in the same hospital as 3 World Cup winners.

I rose to the heights of Blackpool and
Fylde Division One B.
 
I was pulled up out of the audience at a regional party back in the 80's, to come on stage and do some kind of "turn", and I managed to persuade 2000 people to "Swing their pants"
 
Met Mark Clattenburg at the British Embassy in Riyadh after he recognised my Blackpool shirt and mentioned he refereed the Forest v Pool play off semi final. 😁
 
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