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Tenuous Claims to Fame
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I was at the same school that Alpha Centauri was at, who was a mate of Cathy Dennis' brother Alan, she was a couple of years below Alpha and a year below me. An even more tenuous claim to fame than Alpha's tenuous claim claimed to be.
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My sisters boyfriend is a painter and decorator who was recently working on a job with Louise Redknapps dad. I can't believe he's still working! I also live near to where the dentist Ruth Ellis married used to live.
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My uncle's cousin is/was Jeremy Beadle.
One of my nans was a teenage maid in the household of the bloke who wrote Goodnight Sweetheart (the song). |
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My Aunty ( married to my mum's brother ) is the cousin of cricketer Wayne Larkins. ( joined rebel tour to South Africa in 80s)
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One i forget ..i worked for 2 years with Michael Sams ...who killed the girl in Leeds and kidnapped the estate agent
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I gave Thierry Henry the Arsenal Player of the Month Award on the Highbury pitch.
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A good friend of mines wife's sister is married to Alan Sugar.
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The physio/chiropodist who once attended the Stoke City players at the old Victoria Ground (including Stan Mathews, who he reckoned was a tight git) treated (and eventually got rid) of my verruca when I was about 10.
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I've still got the scar on the sole of my foot.
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A good friend of mines wife's sister is married to Alan Sugar.
Saw a programme about him and her a couple of years back. She seems like a very pleasant woman. Is the wife you mention the mother of Roxy from enders? |
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I should have said is the friend the father of Roxy
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Said hello to Big Cliff Lazerenko whilst he was mowing his lawn .He aint so big you know,but he is called Cliff though.
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Beat that Tommy Toes with your poxy verruca story,pathetic.
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You silly sod!
Can't stop chuckling! |
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christ you're up early.have you crapped the bed again.
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i_agree_with_nick 17 May 14 08:47
A good friend of mines wife's sister is married to Alan Sugar. Saw a programme about him and her a couple of years back. She seems like a very pleasant woman. Is the wife you mention the mother of Roxy from enders? No Nick, there is a third sister. |
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(1) My mate Julian rewired Paul Young's flat in Luton when he was still with the Q-Tips
(2) Andrew Ridgley asked me if I minded if he wedged a pub door open in a pub in Cornwall on a very hot day ... I said "Go right ahead" |
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No Roy, I was watching The Morning Line. I really shouldn't have bothered though. They've completely ruined the programme - and what's the matter with Emma Spencer these days? She sounds like a hectoring, plastic-faced, half wit now.
I had to keep turning the volume down every time she screeched. And what's with the gurning she does? She didn't used to be like that. |
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I once cornered James Brown in an airport and got my photo taken with him, I didn't even like his songs but he was the perfect gentleman and obliged.
Jesse May (the poker commentator) KO'd me from the IPO to a sort of bad beat (75s v AA on a 773 flop) |
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Tenuous hmmmm
A good friend of mine Vic Rouse of Wales, Crystal Palace & Orient http://i61.tinypic.com/2pzxz04.jpg Claim to fame is he was the first Division 4 player to be capped by his country. |
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Ok there was a bowler I used to bowl with in the 1990's who played at our club his name was Ken Lightoller, one day I asked him if he had any connection to Charles Lightoller the second in command on the Titanic, Kenneth Moore played him in the best of the Titanic films A Night To Remember, he replied "yes he was my Uncle "
 To be honest I fully expected his to say no. |
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I once asked John Stubbs, the retired SP reporter, whether he was a descendant of George Stubbs, the great painter.
"Yes," he replied. "We've got a couple of his paintings on the living room wall." |
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blimey I hope he's got good insurance
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Sorry. If you never knew John Stubbs (he used to write the Ringlets column in the Sporting Life), try repeating his reply in a deadpan voice and without a moment's hesitation. A wonderful character. |
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Isn't there some theory that we're all within six degrees of separation from any person?
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I stood on Prince Phillips foot at the Royal Norfolk Show.
My nieces and nephews are friends with Emma Bunton's mother. I sat on stage with The Fun Lovin Criminals at a gig, my mate was security for the night. I shook hands with Tom Robinson I've spoke with Gary Numan's mum on the phone. I stole a pen from Chris Tarrant Was nearly run over by Barry Sheene, I was taking a picture of him in the pits at Silverstone, the picture turned out great. |
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I was at school with Gary Numan, or Webb as he was then.
He was in the 4th form, while I was in the 1st form, so we were neither "Friends" nor Electric. He didn't own any Cars either. |
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judging by his flying he didn't do geography either
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Taffy Williams was head of Geog at Slough Grammar and would have been an excellent guide for any flight between Newport and Caernarvon.
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i used to work in Slough
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In the late 1970's and early 1980's I used to thumb a lift on a regular basis to work and to golf tournaments, on one occasion Bruce Forsyth stopped and said sorry he could not pick me up because he was on the way to pick Kenny Lynch up, it was a Rolls with the number plate BFE9
ps I have had a lift in over 100 different rolls royces and many other expensive cars |
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Huggy ..does that include jimmy saville"s rolls ???
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Scamp
as you are aware I live in Leeds and JS was a regular runner up and down Street Lane, his Rolls Royce was also to be seen outside the flying pizza (js954) as he was inside no doubt on another freebie. ps the Bruce Forsyth incident took place outside the Dexter pub on Wigton Lane going to the Jimmy Tarbuck golf pro am at Moor Allerton golf club |
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Hi Huggy
He used to walk round the flying Pizza as if he was royalty...nice golf courses on our door step ..not played for a few years now |
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Saw Alex Stepney yesterday. He let me into the shop first I said ta! then held the door for him and he said ta!
Pretty good huh |
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I frequent the same Indian restaurant as Dragon Peter Jones
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...although he's never there when I am
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ps the Bruce Forsyth incident took place outside the Dexter pub on Wigton Lane Well it would, wouldn't it?  |
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I have mentioned this the last time this thread was put up years ago , I batted with Sunil Gavaskar and he ran me out for nought.
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I am distantly related to Tom Jones - My 'old man is distantly related to Judith Durham....neither of us can sing...................
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