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

[mattyn1]

shed driver said:

Still with us, and he's 86. Physically very frail but sharp as a tack. He's missing his naval reunions though because mum won't let him drink rum in the house!

SD.

Did you follow him into the Navy Shed?

[shed driver]

mattyn1 said:

Did you follow him into the Navy Shed?

No, wanted the Army just to annoy him!

Sadly a kidney complaint means I'm permanently unfit for military service.

SD.

[mattyn1]

shed driver said:

No, wanted the Army just to annoy him!

Sadly a kidney complaint means I'm permanently unfit for military service.

SD.

It’s a great tenuous link and a great photo. Have sent you a message...... have an idea!

[whitesocks]

I may have mentioned this before, but I have a relative who lives down the road from Kate Bush.

Rather (unsurprisingly) she is the definition of the reclusive tag that she gets labelled with. And according to said relative, she is normally spotted out in public wearing sunglasses and a woolly hat pulled down past her ears.

[A993LAD]

I used to fly falcons with angelica huston's brother

[nonsequitur]

silverthorn2151 said:

Sam Fox lives over the back of my house. Well, over the back, 100yds left left and across the lane, to be more precise. Apparently you can't see through the fence.

I can see foxes from my house from time to time.

[monthefish]

r159 said:

Bill Bryson’s son bought my parents house, there is nearly a mention of it in his last book on the U.K.

Yeah, my house nearly got mentioned too.

[anonymous-user]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

shed driver said:

I never used to believe my dad when he said he was stood between JFK and MacMillan in an official photo.



He was serving on HMS Vidal at the time of the Nassau agreement and formed part of the guard.

SD.

Quality.

Indeed. That really sums up what this thread is really all about for me.
Not people selling their house to the sister of some nobody from a “reality” TV show.

[eldar]

Crossflow Kid said:

Indeed. That really sums up what this thread is really all about for me.
Not people selling their house to the sister of some nobody from a “reality” TV show.

I think it is both. The mix of thoughtful, funny and nonsense is quite entertaining.

Anyway, I once bought fish and chips in a chippie where Ronald Biggs had worked. The chips were good, the fish, haddock, rather ordinary.

[nonsequitur]

eldar said:

I think it is both. The mix of thoughtful, funny and nonsense is quite entertaining.

Anyway, I once bought fish and chips in a chippie where Ronald Biggs had worked. The chips were good, the fish, haddock, rather ordinary.

I like your train of thought.

Edited by nonsequitur on Friday 3rd July 11:50

[The Mad Monk]

eldar said:

I think it is both. The mix of thoughtful, funny and nonsense is quite entertaining.

Anyway, I once bought fish and chips in a chippie where Ronald Biggs had worked. The chips were good, the fish, haddock, rather ordinary.

Has anybody met Ronnie Pickering in a supermarket queue?

[Smitters]

The Mad Monk said:

Has anybody met Ronnie Pickering in a supermarket queue?

I wouldn't know who he is.

[Castrol for a knave]

My mate is Dickie Attwood's godson, and presented me with a signed photo of Dickie and Steve McQueen on the set of Le Mans, when I bought my U Boat.

I was once so busy smiling at Patsy Kensit that I walked into a lampost. She doubled up laughing and asked me if it hurt.

[The Mad Monk]

Castrol for a knave said:

My mate is Dickie Attwood's godson, and presented me with a signed photo of Dickie and Steve McQueen on the set of Le Mans, when I bought my U Boat.

I was once so busy smiling at Patsy Kensit that I walked into a lampost. She doubled up laughing and asked me if it hurt.

Who is Dickie Attwood?

[CharlieH89]

Once bought a Chinese meal in the same chippy Derek Acorah was in.

[nonsequitur]

Arnie was admiring the females I was breakfasting with in Santa Monica. He was sitting at a nearby table.

[Castrol for a knave]

The Mad Monk said:

Castrol for a knave said:

My mate is Dickie Attwood's godson, and presented me with a signed photo of Dickie and Steve McQueen on the set of Le Mans, when I bought my U Boat.

I was once so busy smiling at Patsy Kensit that I walked into a lampost. She doubled up laughing and asked me if it hurt.

Who is Dickie Attwood?

He invented Google

[Frank7]

CharlieH89 said:

Once bought a Chinese meal in the same chippy Derek Acorah was in.

It can’t get much better than that, end of thread I’d say.

[popeyewhite]

A friend used to live next door to David Dickinson, the aged perma-tanned presenter on Antiques Roadshow. His house sits on the side of a hill on Shrigley Road.

[paulguitar]

popeyewhite said:

A friend used to live next door to David Dickinson, the aged perma-tanned presenter on Antiques Roadshow. His house sits on the side of a hill on Shrigley Road.

Macclesfield?