Tim Farron at Manchester Airport Train Station. He was whistling to himself as he walked along the platform. This helps to confirm to my preconceived notion that he's probably a nice chap.

Really?

 

That must have been great, he's a lovely bloke I've heard

 

 

Beltin' lad. Always rated him.

I wonder where it was

 

 

Prestatyn public baths.

Said alreet to Johnny Marr a few times, Shobna Gulati & Vicky Binns from corrie are nice & friendly, seen Johnny Briggs in Comet looking a bit rough, blanked Steven Gerrard on St Ann's square ( though I'd let onto Alex anytime), got a wave from Campo in Manchester but the only time I've been tongue tied was when I bumped into Franky Worthy in the bookies in South King st.....I was like a teeny bopper at a Bay city rollers concert.

Oh, I forgot Roger Lloyd Pack... a bit eccentric but a gent... & little Jeff Stelling at Faro airport.

 When I was a kid we went to the opening of Primark in Bolton and Morecambe and Wise were doing it. So I got two signed photographs of them. Asked my owd mum recently if she still had them and turns out she'd chucked 'em out. Worth £50 a pop on ebay it seems.

Stood behind Linford Christie in a newsagents when I lived in Acton (he wasn't famous then - I was going to say he wasn't "big" back then, but I suspect that wasn't the case). Just down the road (many years later) I bumped into a cyberman smoking a ciggie while filming DrWho and just up the road I saw Kate Adie in Safeways. Shat meself as she only ever turned up in war zones.

When I lived in London we used to play the "which celebrity have you seen" game, but one lass always won as she'd been lugging a suitcase along the road when it burst. Gallant geezer helped her re-pack - turned out to be Mick Jagger.

I went to a Stephen Hawking lecture once (he kept quiet about his Bolton exploits) and it booted off with punters trying to get in. Proper fisticuffs; he'd have been proud.

One for th'owd 'uns; met Michael Bentine a few times. Proper gent, very knowledgeable - could tell you how, as a kid,  he met Einstein.

Saw Jimmy Savile run the Bolton marathon a few times - whatever happened to him?? Seems to have dropped off the radar...

No word of a lie - my Man and Grandad used to live in a place called Barton-on-Sea on the south coast near Southampton. There was a pub down the seafront called the Ventana. Anyway - when she was about 20 my auntie worked in there and once told me it was Jimmy Savile's local as he lived in the same town. Being a young whipper snapper I was obviously impressed and asked what he was like. She pulled a disgusted face and told me that he was a dirty old man who always tried to chat up young girls who were underage (for the pub at least). I remember thinking that JS was a Saint and that she must have made a terrible mistake......... :-)

Clocked a few over the years, my son still squirms at the photo of him with Fred the Weatherman I took when he was 6 year old.

 

It seems that Fred the Weatherman is still being charged

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-38845822

My Mrs works with one of Ken Dodd's original Diddymen

On any day in leeds or Harrogate you'll see somebody from emmerdale

To name but two, Roger Moore in New York (I was surprised how tall he was) and Sally Webster in the Trafford Centre (I was surprised how rough she looked).

Me and Big E stood next to Louise Hazel (Commonwealth Gold Medal winning Heptathlete) on the tube the other week - she was absolutely stunning

Tracey Barlow stood next to me at Euston buying a ticket and Mary from Corrie in 1st class on the train home from London

Tracey Barlow stood next to me at Euston buying a ticket and Mary from Corrie in 1st class on the train home from London

Tracy Barlow looks like she smells of periods. Did she?

Had a night out with the courteeners once. Think they were fairly established as a mate introduced me and became apparent I had no Idea who they were and they liked it. I ended up ridiculing their hair and football team for quite sometime.

 

Also that night I told a really fit bird I worked as a broker in London and she bought it hook line and sinker thinking she was getting a junior position

Group of us walked into a pub in Sheffield years ago. Magnus Magnusson was sat at the bar finishing a drink (they were filming Mastermind at the Crucible iirc) and my mate blurted out "I've started so I'll finish". He fixed us with a dead eye and stomped off

 

Later that night we walked into the local KFC, ordered 2 bargain buckets, and took our place in the queue waiting for our order. Minding our own business, and not saying a word, next thing we hear is "YES, IT IS ME!!!! OK!!! YOU DON'T HAVE TO STARE!!" Step forward the future Lord Coe. Hadn't even recognised him never mind looked at him. Arrogant cunt

 

He presented us with our medals after our school sports day. He had a perm. Looked fecking ridiculous.

 

This is Coe, not Magnus. Obviously

Edited February 3, 20179 yr by mickbrown

Tracy Barlow looks like she smells of periods. Did she?

 

Smelt of hotpot

Edited February 3, 20179 yr by freds dad

No word of a lie - my Man and Grandad used to live in a place called Barton-on-Sea on the south coast near Southampton. There was a pub down the seafront called the Ventana. Anyway - when she was about 20 my auntie worked in there and once told me it was Jimmy Savile's local as he lived in the same town. Being a young whipper snapper I was obviously impressed and asked what he was like. She pulled a disgusted face and told me that he was a dirty old man who always tried to chat up young girls who were underage (for the pub at least). I remember thinking that JS was a Saint and that she must have made a terrible mistake......... :-)

Barton on Sea was purported to be a dumping ground for lowlife scum who had been given new identities. Maxine Carr, Karen Matthews, etc.

 

Mods?

Just seen BBCs Dan Walker outside Booths on Salford Quays.

Jussi was in Tesco last night

 

On his way back to Nirvana?

Barton on Sea was purported to be a dumping ground for lowlife scum who had been given new identities. Maxine Carr, Karen Matthews, etc.

 

Mods?

I hope not, I don't think Weller or Daltrey would be too impressed with that pair as fans.

 

I reckon' Matthews has one CD and one CD alone - 'The Best Of Gary Barlow'...

 

I was skim reading over the shoulder some dross magazine a woman next to me on the plane (thinly veiled) was looking at the pictures of. One of the 'articles' was 'Karen Matthews is my mate, she's alreet' and another was something about Iggy whatseface's big fat plastic arse falling off. (my phone had died)

Edited February 3, 20179 yr by Youri McAnespie

Just seen BBCs Dan Walker outside Booths on Salford Quays.

Saw Craig Charles having a pint on his own last time I was down there

My Mrs works with one of Ken Dodd's original Diddymen

Is she a painter and decorator?

Fred the weatherman at uni . . .

 

sat next to Mark Wright on a plane back from Paris once (Easy jet as well, the tramp - fit mrs though.  Spent the whole flight thinking 'would I win a header against him?'  Think we all know the answer to that one.)

 

That fat ginger munter that was in Corry at a gig (haven't watched it for years so she may still be knobbing Tyrone?)

 

Sophia Haque, ex barmaid in Corrie who I used to share a gaff with.  Been in Hollywood films too and quite fit!   Didn't manage to sniff her dirty knickers though, sadly!

 

A few other minor actory types in and around Manchester.  

 

Ricky Hatton out on the piss

 

Loads of BWFC players over the years (prob not counting as famous outside Bolton though most of em.  Although I met and spoke to Nat twice which was a genuine pleasure!

 

Oh and the Dalai Lama (and if it's your thing, the Karmappa - quite a famous and controversial Tibetan lama)

 

That's my sad lot

Got in a lift with The Proclaimers about twelve years ago down in Cambridge.

 

Their manager noticed me looking sideways at them (I actually thought they looked like Spider off here) and said to me "if you've a pen, you can have their autograph."

 

My pen stayed in my pocket.

Fred the weatherman at uni . . .

 

sat next to Mark Wright on a plane back from Paris once (Easy jet as well, the tramp - fit mrs though.  Spent the whole flight thinking 'would I win a header against him?'  Think we all know the answer to that one.)

 

That fat ginger munter that was in Corry at a gig (haven't watched it for years so she may still be knobbing Tyrone?)

 

Sophia Haque, ex barmaid in Corrie who I used to share a gaff with.  Been in Hollywood films too and quite fit!   Didn't manage to sniff her dirty knickers though, sadly!

 

A few other minor actory types in and around Manchester.  

 

Ricky Hatton out on the piss

 

Loads of BWFC players over the years (prob not counting as famous outside Bolton though most of em.  Although I met and spoke to Nat twice which was a genuine pleasure!

 

Oh and the Dalai Lama (and if it's your thing, the Karmappa - quite a famous and controversial Tibetan lama)

 

That's my sad lot

Sophia haque died a few years back