Mr. James May 'keeps it real'
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The pub I used to manage is just up the road from Peter Gabriel's Real World studios, so he regularly used to bring people that were recording there up for lunch or dinner.
Over the years, amongst many I met
Natalie Imbruglia (tiny and wouldn't drink alcohol "because then I'd want a ciggie and they're not good for my voice")
Stereophonics (hadn't heard of them at that point and don't remember much about them)
Robbie Williams (ace laugh he was)
Also had the entire cast of Casualty in for Christmas dinner on the same night as Bath rugby club.... that was an outrageous evening (back in the days of Clive Mantle on Casualty and Lomu etc at Bath)
Over the years, amongst many I met
Natalie Imbruglia (tiny and wouldn't drink alcohol "because then I'd want a ciggie and they're not good for my voice")
Stereophonics (hadn't heard of them at that point and don't remember much about them)
Robbie Williams (ace laugh he was)
Also had the entire cast of Casualty in for Christmas dinner on the same night as Bath rugby club.... that was an outrageous evening (back in the days of Clive Mantle on Casualty and Lomu etc at Bath)
paps said:
PaulHogan said:
A couple of weeks ago I was 'making progress' on the Tomintoul road and the oncoming Range Rover pulled in to a passing place to let me by. The driver was the Queen. I waved: she didn't wave back.
I think we have a winner - unless someone has bumped into the pope?Rowan Atkinson in Kensington in an Aston Zagato (I think...) - not an original or rare spotting, I know. Also, an anonymous hire car pulled up next to me in Richmond, some time in the '80s, and the blokes politely asking for directions were Heaven 17 (managed not to say "it's been all downhill since "Fascist Groove Thang..").
And, an odd one... was driving towards London on the M4 a few years ago, and the taffic was slowing, bunching, getting grumpy... Finally became apparent that there was something big going 50mph-odd in the middle lane; when I eventually managed to get up past it, it was a very esoteric 1930s cruiser (too pissed off to notice what - but a Delahaye, Delage or something of that sort), sandwiched between two huge black Mercs, and being driven by a foppish looking late middle aged chap in a floppy hat. I have no idea at all who he was, but he must have thought he was "Someone", anyway.
Oh, and spotted an unassuming looking, small, elederly but well preserved woman in LAX one time. I thought, "funny, that woman looks like Jane Fonda... Ahh, that womans IS....". She had a camp assistant, and totally black shades on, but was otherwise behaving politely and normally.
And, an odd one... was driving towards London on the M4 a few years ago, and the taffic was slowing, bunching, getting grumpy... Finally became apparent that there was something big going 50mph-odd in the middle lane; when I eventually managed to get up past it, it was a very esoteric 1930s cruiser (too pissed off to notice what - but a Delahaye, Delage or something of that sort), sandwiched between two huge black Mercs, and being driven by a foppish looking late middle aged chap in a floppy hat. I have no idea at all who he was, but he must have thought he was "Someone", anyway.
Oh, and spotted an unassuming looking, small, elederly but well preserved woman in LAX one time. I thought, "funny, that woman looks like Jane Fonda... Ahh, that womans IS....". She had a camp assistant, and totally black shades on, but was otherwise behaving politely and normally.
chopperR said:
paps said:
PaulHogan said:
A couple of weeks ago I was 'making progress' on the Tomintoul road and the oncoming Range Rover pulled in to a passing place to let me by. The driver was the Queen. I waved: she didn't wave back.
I think we have a winner - unless someone has bumped into the pope?NLB said:
And, an odd one... was driving towards London on the M4 a few years ago, and the taffic was slowing, bunching, getting grumpy... Finally became apparent that there was something big going 50mph-odd in the middle lane; when I eventually managed to get up past it, it was a very esoteric 1930s cruiser (too pissed off to notice what - but a Delahaye, Delage or something of that sort), sandwiched between two huge black Mercs, and being driven by a foppish looking late middle aged chap in a floppy hat. I have no idea at all who he was, but he must have thought he was "Someone", anyway.
Could have been the car itself that was being 'escorted'. Some cars are bordering on being too expensive to use - I remember seeing a documentary about a bloke who owns a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa who has to call up a police escort every time he wants to drive it on the road (he liked to drive it straight to his local race track for track days) otherwise his insurance is void.A lot of those art-deco tourers of the '30s are in that kind of multi-million irreplaceable territory so it wouldn't surprise me. Something like a Mercedes-Benz 540K or Figoni & Falaschi-bodied Delahaye wouldn't ordinarily be allowed to travel without escort.
If you look carefully at tests of these cars in magazines you'll often notice they're on private roads and parts of country estates for this very reason, not just because there aren't other cars around and it makes them look good.
When once on a driving holiday in Germany, we pulled over at a small petrol station/diner. We were waiting patiently in the queue for the pumps and as we edged forward, who should we see filling their car but none other than Sabine Schmidt (she had a very smart looking BMW M5 which appeared to be on loan from the manufacturer)!!
We waved, she waved, it really was a magical moment.
We waved, she waved, it really was a magical moment.
Harry Hill said:
Whatarethechanzzess?!!?
yammyfan said:
chopperR said:
paps said:
PaulHogan said:
A couple of weeks ago I was 'making progress' on the Tomintoul road and the oncoming Range Rover pulled in to a passing place to let me by. The driver was the Queen. I waved: she didn't wave back.
I think we have a winner - unless someone has bumped into the pope?I know someone who has met her walking the dogs in Great Windsor park.
Zad said:
Larry Dickman said:
Many years ago I was having a pee in the men's room at the Park lane Hilton & the guy having a pee next to was Willie Rushton, never spoke to him though.
Very wise. It really isn't the done thing to stare at Willies in the men's room at the Park Lane Hilton!
chopperR said:
paps said:
PaulHogan said:
A couple of weeks ago I was 'making progress' on the Tomintoul road and the oncoming Range Rover pulled in to a passing place to let me by. The driver was the Queen. I waved: she didn't wave back.
I think we have a winner - unless someone has bumped into the pope?There's only one way to find out...
Edited by Larry Dickman on Wednesday 10th November 11:58
Larry Dickman said:
chopperR said:
paps said:
PaulHogan said:
A couple of weeks ago I was 'making progress' on the Tomintoul road and the oncoming Range Rover pulled in to a passing place to let me by. The driver was the Queen. I waved: she didn't wave back.
I think we have a winner - unless someone has bumped into the pope?There's only one way to find out...
Edited by Larry Dickman on Wednesday 10th November 11:58
That said, it'll just end up being the British Army vs. the Swiss Guard.
Does the Swiss Guard have tanks..?
Edited by chopperR on Wednesday 10th November 12:06
Stood next to Gordon Murray at the bar in the RAC club in London last year.
Went for a meal in a restaurant in Cardiff Bay a few years back and ended up sat on a table next to the whole Man U squad who were down for one of the big finals in the Millenium Stadium that weekend.
Also stayed at the Villa D'este on Lake Como a few years ago and went out onto the terrace after breakfast to see Billy Joel sat there having a cappuchino
Went for a meal in a restaurant in Cardiff Bay a few years back and ended up sat on a table next to the whole Man U squad who were down for one of the big finals in the Millenium Stadium that weekend.
Also stayed at the Villa D'este on Lake Como a few years ago and went out onto the terrace after breakfast to see Billy Joel sat there having a cappuchino
madala said:
yammyfan said:
chopperR said:
paps said:
PaulHogan said:
A couple of weeks ago I was 'making progress' on the Tomintoul road and the oncoming Range Rover pulled in to a passing place to let me by. The driver was the Queen. I waved: she didn't wave back.
I think we have a winner - unless someone has bumped into the pope?I know someone who has met her walking the dogs in Great Windsor park.
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