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

[Fishtigua]

When Gordon Banks had his car crash, it was into my cousins' gateway to their farm.

[Chris_H]

I once appeared on stage with Tom Jones. He was on at Bournemouth Winter Gardens circa 1968 when I was 15. My Dad played tenor sax / flute in his band. I was told to sit on a chair in the wings to watch the show, but when the curtains opened, I was sitting too far out and was in front of the audience!!

[philmh]

For a while now, I've been cleaning windows for James Hooton (Sam Dingle). I'm a window cleaner believe it or not!

[onyx39]

philmh said:

For a while now, I've been cleaning windows for James Hooton (Sam Dingle). I'm a window cleaner believe it or not!

Amazing how different he looks when not made up!

[longshot]

Emeye said:

StuntmanMike said:

Gordon Banks and Nick Hancock live in my village, yes you heard right! MY village, I allow them....

Years ago ideas installing an EPOS system is a clothes shop in Stoke. The manager said l "Look, there's Nick Hancock walking down the street. He's a bit of a tt". It was Nick Hancock, but I can't confirm if he is a tt of not as he just walked past without looking up.

What does he do these days?

Not Room 101 which is a shame.

[DanielSan]

Emeye said:

Years ago ideas installing an EPOS system is a clothes shop in Stoke. The manager said l "Look, there's Nick Hancock walking down the street. He's a bit of a tt". It was Nick Hancock, but I can't confirm if he is a tt of not as he just walked past without looking up.

What does he do these days?

A lad I used to be friends with at school used to see him every other week at Stoke games, always said he was a top bloke, dead chatty.

[dudleybloke]

DanielSan said:

Emeye said:

Years ago ideas installing an EPOS system is a clothes shop in Stoke. The manager said l "Look, there's Nick Hancock walking down the street. He's a bit of a tt". It was Nick Hancock, but I can't confirm if he is a tt of not as he just walked past without looking up.

What does he do these days?

A lad I used to be friends with at school used to see him every other week at Stoke games, always said he was a top bloke, dead chatty.

I think he's a financial advisor these days.

[pingu393]

I don't know if he's in financial trouble, liquidising his assets or changing hobbies, but he has just sold a load of his football memorabilia.

[Ali2202]

Chris_H said:

I once appeared on stage with Tom Jones.

That's not unusual.

[Tyre Tread]

pingu393 said:

I don't know if he's in financial trouble, liquidising his assets or changing hobbies, but he has just sold a load of his football memorabilia.

Not sure that's going to help him to be honest.

[pingu393]

Tyre Tread said:

Not sure that's going to help him to be honest.

Might be going a bit la-la and wants a milkshake .

(I'd blaim spelchek, but I just got the rong wurd)

[NotStig]

dudleybloke said:

DanielSan said:

Emeye said:

Years ago ideas installing an EPOS system is a clothes shop in Stoke. The manager said l "Look, there's Nick Hancock walking down the street. He's a bit of a tt". It was Nick Hancock, but I can't confirm if he is a tt of not as he just walked past without looking up.

What does he do these days?

A lad I used to be friends with at school used to see him every other week at Stoke games, always said he was a top bloke, dead chatty.

I think he's a financial advisor these days.

My brother used to work in a pub in the west end a number of years ago, where Nick Hancock was a regular. Reckons that in the year he was working there, he never saw Hancock smile, but would regularly scowl and refuse autographs. He described him in similar terms, so I believe the manager!

[Saddle bum]

I've been on the stage at the Grand Ole Oprey, in Nashville.

[DannyScene]

Don't know if it classes as famous but I know the guy who created/started freeserve

[944fan]

As a child I was pushed over by Lord Freddie Windsor at a wedding.

I have a photo of it at home, will scan it and post.

[Tyre Tread]

My great, great, great, great, great grandfather was Sir John Franklin albeit the line is descended from one of his mistresses not his wife.

[wack]

I once stood next to Peter Powell in the gents at wicksteed park in the early 80s when he took a break from the radio 1 roadshow

I was standing there when he walked in, stood at the other end of the trough and uttered words I'll never forget

He said, what a fking sthole


At universal studios one Christmas my wife met the grinch on his way to a show

She stopped him and asked is she could have a photo

He did that side wards grin as good as Jim carrey and said

No lady but you can have this, he then did a 5 second burp, turned and walked off

She looked at me with her mouth open, did you see what he did

I said what did you expect, he's the grinch.

I wish I'd got it on film , it was fantastic

Edited by wack on Saturday 17th January 18:26

Edited by wack on Saturday 17th January 18:28

[Blib]

944fan said:

As a child I was pushed over by Lord Freddie Windsor at a wedding.

I have a photo of it at home, will scan it and post.

You come on here, making wild claims about so-called Lord, so-called Freddie so-called Windsor and then you fail to back it up with the evidence. I think this episode NEVER HAPPENED.

People like you are what's wrong with this country.

[Martin4x4]

I'm tenuously famous, does that count?

[944fan]

Blib said:

944fan said:

As a child I was pushed over by Lord Freddie Windsor at a wedding.

I have a photo of it at home, will scan it and post.

You come on here, making wild claims about so-called Lord, so-called Freddie so-called Windsor and then you fail to back it up with the evidence. I think this episode NEVER HAPPENED.

People like you are what's wrong with this country.

Behold. The evidence post-facto of the crime. I, the one on the floor with the chrome trousers,white socks and black shoes, and the assaulter, the imperious wretch in the littel lord fauntleroy get up.