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Who?

A quick google, he's an irish actor whose starred in war horse & safe house, he is also an electrician according to wikipedia.

Some might know him from Game Of Thrones.

Oh really? Which character is he? EDIT: Oh, the smuggler, in that case I retract my "Who?".

I haven't met anyone famous. I headbutted Steve Davis in the nuts in Hamley's once (I was 7) but I don't think that counts as "meeting".

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I've also been in Clare Newsome's house, does that count?

shame on you

excellent!

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went to school with Iwan Rheon, who played Simon in the tv show misfits. was good friends with him while he was acting in 'pobl y cum' (welsh soap opera)

been at many parties and night clubs with Matthew Pritchard from dirty sanchez.

Ioan Gruffudd (titanic, hornblower, fantastic 4) grew up on the same street as me in cardiff, he was good friends with my older sister and used to play football with us younger kids on the street. i met him again when i was 17 at a 'maes b' campsite at the st davids national eisteddfod, he was with Rhys Ifans (actor in many things) and we got very very drunk Laughing out loud

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been at many parties and night clubs with Matthew Pritchard from dirty sanchez.

He said famous people...

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The Queen - 

Prince Charles - 100% richard-head.

Princess Anne - Brilliant.

Katharine Duchess of Kent - Serene yet down to earth.

Some other people who do not rank anywhere near the above.  Celebrities[?], not today thank you.

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Clare Newsome wrote:

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I've also been in Clare Newsome's house, does that count?

shame on you

excellent!

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In that case I've met Simon, Ketan, Jonathan, Joe and Chris. 

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Once had a pee next to Michael Grade; he said "HELLO!" so loudly I stopped peeing and took a while to get going again.

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I once worked in a camera shop in Yeovil in the mid-80's and Oliver Tobias (you know, the actor, of course you remember him!) popped in, from time to time.

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Oh! and Stevie Wonder when he was called 'Little Stevie Wonder' as I recall.  Also Champion Jack Dupree.  Cool

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I once met Santa Claus too.  Smile

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The one I'm still gutted at missing out on was Muhammed Ali. He was doing a book signing in Croydon when I was working down that way, but unfortunately, I was the only member of management in the shop I worked in that day, so I was unable to leave.

All the other staff went, and I wish to this day I'd broken the company rules and popped out for 30 mins. <img src=" />

Oh, and gel, you know he doesn't really exist don't you. ;)

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BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW wrote:

The one I'm still gutted at missing out on was Muhammed Ali. He was doing a book signing in Croydon when I was working down that way, but unfortunately, I was the only member of management in the shop I worked in that day, so I was unable to leave.

All the other staff went, and I wish to this day I'd broken the company rules and popped out for 30 mins. <img src=" />

Oh, and gel, you know he doesn't really exist don't you. ;)

 

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Hi,

Lorenzo Amoruso, Ronald and Frank De Boer, Nacho Novo, Tommy McLean, Ally McCoist, Walter Smith, Colin Hendry, Danny McGrain, Bobo Balde, Stephen Crainey, Didier Agathe, Rab Douglas, John Hartson, Kevin Keegan, Terry Butcher, Chris Woods, Tommy Gemmell, Roy Aitken - all football players.

Dennis Taylor at the local garage when he was promoting the new Honda Civic.

Bob Anderson and Jocky Wilson at a local darts competition.

Taz, Tweety, Deiter Brummer, Supergrass, Graham Cole, Simon Rouse all appeared at our local school fete.

Used to go to Diana Riggs house every week to empty her bins - she sometimes came out to say hello.

Sandy Lyle - golfer.

Billy Rankin - former guitarist with Nazareth. Put a conservatory up at his place when he stayed in Cumbernauld. He signed a cassette recording of the album 'No Jive' and gave me it two weeks before it was released. Still got it but no tape player!!!

That's all I can think of at the mo.

Cheers,

Cofnchtr.

 

 

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Bill Podmore (Producer Coronation street) , Roy Wood  & all members of the Oz band the Church .

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Many, many years ago whilst waiting for a cab at Manchester's Piccadilly Hotel after a Xmas do, Arthur Askey jumped the queue in front of me just as I was about to get in one.

 

I've never forgotten or forgiven.

 

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