The thread in which PHers reveal tenuous links to famous people.

[n90acc]

My brother and his mate were petting a dog and talking to who appeared to be its owner on a train up to Birmingham once. It was Tim Henmans dog, and the lady with it was a dog walker of some sort. (think he said it was a golden lab)

[slinky]

Continuing my marvellously tenuous links..

My great aunt's husband's sister's son was in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Life's Too Short, The League of Gentlemen and others.. (yes, there's a particular physical trait about him).. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1697773/

My mother's mother's group associate is the mother of Neve Campbell's ex husband.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509936/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[HTP99]

This guy is a customer of ours, he is a lovely bloke, nothing like his Snatch character, he also did a heart attack TV ad with Vinnie Jones and was in Game of Thrones:

Andy Beckwith:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065874/?ref_=fn_al_nm_...

[thatdude]

My wife's parents friends are very distantly related to Peter Andre, who stuck his meat in that....tart who's name escapes me but she grew up in a part of brighton. I grew up in another part of brighton.


and another one:

my dad once serviced the car of the bloke who played Manuel in Fawlty Towers

[Rostfritt]

thatdude said:

My wife's parents friends are very distantly related to Peter Andre

my dad once serviced the car of the bloke who played Manuel in Fawlty Towers

Apparently someone I work with was shagging his brother.

Andrew Sachs?

[mko9]

I had an overnight stop in Tokyo once while traveling. Three of us went out to find some dinner and found a good looking restaurant based upon the picture menu out front, but the menu inside was all Japanese text with no pictures. None of us spoke any Japanese, and the waitress spoke little/no English. A man came over to help us order, then talked to us for a couple minutes afterwards. Turns out he was the main bad guy (in giant rubber suit) in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie. He was there for some business meeting and showed us his portfolio before returning to his table.

[TheChampers]

slinky said:

My mother's mother's group associate is the mother of Neve Campbell's ex husband.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509936/?ref_=nv_sr_1

I knew that chap's big sister, we had a few dates when we were about 14. She grew up to be a very nice girl in the sixth form in the girls' school next door to my school and founded her own youth theatre company, which is still very successful and thriving in Brum

[ruff'n'smov]

I used to babysit for Howard Ways Maurice Colbourne' nephew

http://www.zetaminor.com/images/cult_tv/howards_wa...

I once locked Pearce Brosnan in my shop... ( long story ) and many other celebrity related stories, including but not limited to threatening to take Cilla Black to court for £38

My Aunty was the cousin of Roy Castle.

My Mam used to go out with Stan Richards

Sir Dickie Bird drinks in my local

[MarshPhantom]

My O/H was a nanny for one of the Bechtel family in San Francisco. Got to drive round in a drop top XJS too.

[onyx39]

My Mrs used to supply bulk gas to Esther Rantzen. She once had to threaten to put said Rantzen person supplies on stop due to non payment of account. Rantzen person threatened the mrs's employer with exposure on That's Life. Mrs didn't give an inch. Rantzen person paid said account.

[pingu393]

Benjurs said:

I met Rolf Harris on a train to Manchester when I was about 11 years old. He was (and still is as far as I know) the nicest 'famous' person I've ever met. He took the time to help me draw some doodles and I've still got the framed pics on my wall.

How things seem so different 18 months on.



Met ("noticed" would be more accurate) Rich Hall in Cheiveley Services last Thursday.

Said "Hello" to Owen Teale as I recognised him from work (or so I thought). It only clicked when I saw him on the telly that night.

My wife used to work in the Moat House at Stratford and she served Lulu and Barry McGuigan. She also bumped into Victoria Wood in Woolies.

We live opposite Mr Universe's mum and dad. He pops round there quite often and we often see him in the shops.

Best of all was when we were having a meal in the orange square in Marbella. Damon Hill, his wife and his mum were on the next table. I told my seven year old son that he was to not make it obvious, but there was a Formula One world champion on the next table. He turned round and in a loud, excited voice said "MICHAEL SCHUMACHER!" Damon was not impressed.

Edited by pingu393 on Thursday 4th December 01:53

[markcoznottz]

My auntie lives next door to freddie mercurys sister, used to see him a few times in the mid 80's there, my dad had a chat over the garden fence a few times Sunday mornings. My old physics teacher was Bill clintons roommate at Oxford university in the 70's, pity no one explained the pitfalls of the sub prime mortgage to him.....

[Halmyre]

My dad delivered a horse to to a country house near Glasgow and got me the owner's autographed photo - Andy Stewart (hey, it was a big deal in the 1960s). I've still got it somewhere...

[slinky]

TheChampers said:

slinky said:

My mother's mother's group associate is the mother of Neve Campbell's ex husband.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509936/?ref_=nv_sr_1

I knew that chap's big sister, we had a few dates when we were about 14. She grew up to be a very nice girl in the sixth form in the girls' school next door to my school and founded her own youth theatre company, which is still very successful and thriving in Brum

Liz.. I knew Liz and was a member of Stage 2, I was in Oliver in 1992. http://www.stage2.org/1992.html

[onyx39]

markcoznottz said:

My auntie lives next door to freddie mercurys sister, used to see him a few times in the mid 80's there, my dad had a chat over the garden fence a few times Sunday mornings. My old physics teacher was Bill clintons roommate at Oxford university in the 70's, pity no one explained the pitfalls of the sub prime mortgage to him.....

Mercury's parents used to live in Bedfont/Hounslow area IIRC, anywhere near that?

[nicanary]

onyx39 said:

markcoznottz said:

My auntie lives next door to freddie mercurys sister, used to see him a few times in the mid 80's there, my dad had a chat over the garden fence a few times Sunday mornings. My old physics teacher was Bill clintons roommate at Oxford university in the 70's, pity no one explained the pitfalls of the sub prime mortgage to him.....

Mercury's parents used to live in Bedfont/Hounslow area IIRC, anywhere near that?

His Auntie lives in Zanzibar.

[AmiableChimp]

VictoriaYorks said:

When my dad was growing up he was a paper boy, and did the same round as a young Mick Jagger

"I give the news like Jagger"

I dated a girl called Celie Byrne for a wee while when at Uni in Dundee in the late 80s - her Dad is John Byrne the famous artist who also wrote Tutti Frutti.

When I was flying to Australia in 1980 with my Mum, I joined the British Airways Junior Jet Club and got invited up to see the flight deck of the Boeing 747 we were flying in.

As I went past, Tim Brooke-Taylor of Goodies fame came out of one of the first class toilets.

I met Ian St john and Jimmy Greaves in Bratisanni's fish & chip restaurant in Edinburgh - we were in for a treat after going to see BMX Bandits at the Odeon.

My Mum met Laurel & Hardy walking along Prices St in Edinburgh when she was a little girl.

That's me done for now.

[rouge59]

My uncle is an ex-footballer & has a stand named after him at a current Premier League club ground.

I once got into an argument with a horribly obnoxious Jude Law in Soho House, which ended up with me calling him a 'slaphead tt' & him getting me & my friends thrown out.

I've been to a barbecue in Majorca & got quite tiddly with Roman Abramovich.

Bob Carolgees had a wee in the next urinal to me on a ferry from Ireland. I asked him if he was 'spitting the dog' & he told me to fk off.

I used to have Lily Allen's mobile number, but she changed it & I haven't spoken to her since, the cow.

My mum used to go out with Denis Law.

I regularly get mistaken for the footballer Chris Iwelumo, but only in summer when I'm tanned.

[TheChampers]

slinky said:

TheChampers said:

slinky said:

My mother's mother's group associate is the mother of Neve Campbell's ex husband.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509936/?ref_=nv_sr_1

I knew that chap's big sister, we had a few dates when we were about 14. She grew up to be a very nice girl in the sixth form in the girls' school next door to my school and founded her own youth theatre company, which is still very successful and thriving in Brum

Liz.. I knew Liz and was a member of Stage 2, I was in Oliver in 1992. http://www.stage2.org/1992.html

That's her

[Buster73]

My brother used to go windsurfing in Lanzarote with the guy who owned the big brown bear that went missing years ago