" Claims to fame"
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I helped Ingrid Kristiansen (?spelling) set the then Womens world marathon record in the 1985 London Marathon by acting as a pacemaker
1hr 48 minutes behind her.....
I was born in the same hospital as Steve Davis the snooker player .....
get the idea? the more tenuous the better!!
1hr 48 minutes behind her.....
I was born in the same hospital as Steve Davis the snooker player .....
get the idea? the more tenuous the better!!
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Kim Philby's father used to live in a house near us! (Strangely other former occupants of the same house, but not at the same time, include Lord Haw Haw and the composer Granville Bantock)
A lady I knew, used to walk Bertrand Russell's dog.
A lady I knew, used to walk Bertrand Russell's dog.
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I have babysat Leslie Phillips grandchildren-his son Andrew is currently a CH teacher
Served Dave Benson Phillips from get your own back at the service station i worked at
im sure there is more but cant remember...have met Jonny Wilkinson twice
Served Dave Benson Phillips from get your own back at the service station i worked at
im sure there is more but cant remember...have met Jonny Wilkinson twice
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Had my hand shaken (and crushed) by Henry Cooper (work related)
Saw Tony Blair's father-in-law in the foyer of Hendon Court, when he was making one of his regular appearances for D&D
Saw Tony Blair's father-in-law in the foyer of Hendon Court, when he was making one of his regular appearances for D&D
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Just remembered how I did not shake Bobby Kennedy's hand! It was when I was at Oxford and he spoke at the Union in the Debating Chamber. When he had finished I was one of the first out and rushed to the Ladies in the other building. What I did not know was there is a tunnel between the two buildings and Bobby was taken through that for his safety - the tunnel comes out in the Ladies' washroom. Sadly I was behind a closed door with my knickers down at the time, so did not shake the hand of a very bewildered US Politician.
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Being a Kennedy, he's have probably really appreciated the gesture, Katharine!!Katharine wrote:Sadly I was behind a closed door with my knickers down at the time,
My claims to fame are mostly musically related:
I sang with the university choir at a very small luncheon party at Holyrood Palace for Malcolm Rifkind;
I was friends at university with one of the chaps from Belle & Sebastian;
I went out very briefly in the early 90's with a member of the BMX Bandits (we went to a Spiritualized gig - not my cup of tea at all - and a party at the flat of the chap from Teenage Fanclub);
My husband's former colleague used to be in a band that supported Oasis on one of their early tours and by a bizarre coincidence was child BMX champion himself;
My daughter's godmother is friends with Orlando Bloom's mother. (Apparently OB and I went to the same dancing school in Canterbury, but not at the same time.)
Our family can trace a link to Edward III and the Plantaganets. We are the result of an illegitimate liaison between one of my great x4 aunts (or somesuch) and their distant gentrified descendants. Massively exciting. It makes me about a 13th cousin to Wills and Harry. Won't hold out for wedding invitations when the time comes though.
Oh, and my brother was at school with James D'Arcy.
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I saw that Fiona Bruce on television.......
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Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
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I was made curry by John Major. Late sixties style, flour thickened + sultanas, little bowls of peanuts, banana etc!
"Baldrick, you wouldn't recognise a cunning plan if it painted itself purple, and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing "Cunning plans are here again.""
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Won the Financial Times Christmas writing competition a few years back ("Who is the greatest person who ever lived")
Mention on the FT front page as arranging the only ........................ to actually work (OK so it was moral and decent but still subject to secrecy 20 years on).
and a few other ones involving famous peeps now dead
Mention on the FT front page as arranging the only ........................ to actually work (OK so it was moral and decent but still subject to secrecy 20 years on).
and a few other ones involving famous peeps now dead
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Who is/was the greatest person? I'm so impressed you won the competition; wow!sejintenej wrote:Won the Financial Times Christmas writing competition a few years back ("Who is the greatest person who ever lived")
"Baldrick, you wouldn't recognise a cunning plan if it painted itself purple, and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing "Cunning plans are here again.""
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We play this one, the more obscure the better.
Went home to visit the family about 28 years ago and Mum's friend was talking about her son, (a childhood friend of mine but not recently in touch) he worked in a merchant bank and was worried about his assistant who was worried about her nanny. Apparently said nanny was behaving very strangely, always wearing a hat when she took the children out, and leaving by the back door etc. Then nanny handed in her notice with just a day or two warning. Said nanny, Lady Diana Spencer.
Went home to visit the family about 28 years ago and Mum's friend was talking about her son, (a childhood friend of mine but not recently in touch) he worked in a merchant bank and was worried about his assistant who was worried about her nanny. Apparently said nanny was behaving very strangely, always wearing a hat when she took the children out, and leaving by the back door etc. Then nanny handed in her notice with just a day or two warning. Said nanny, Lady Diana Spencer.
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As long as it wasn't CurrieAngela Woodford wrote:I was made curry by John Major. Late sixties style, flour thickened + sultanas, little bowls of peanuts, banana etc!
Some excellent contributions in the spirit of the thread. Keep them coming!!
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Ive sold beef rib steaks to the liverpool manager circa '03ish (the french one with a dodgy heart),
organic salmon steaks to Sir Ian Mckellan (sp?) (and poured wine for him and his bf),
seen the original main man from Spooks (Tom?) buying a hoover,
eaten calves liver cooked by Brian Turner at demonstration cook,
all at Waitrose Canary Wharf.
(ooh shook hands with the MD of Waitrose too )
organic salmon steaks to Sir Ian Mckellan (sp?) (and poured wine for him and his bf),
seen the original main man from Spooks (Tom?) buying a hoover,
eaten calves liver cooked by Brian Turner at demonstration cook,
all at Waitrose Canary Wharf.
(ooh shook hands with the MD of Waitrose too )
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Uncle JohnAngela Woodford wrote:I was made curry by John Major. Late sixties style, flour thickened + sultanas, little bowls of peanuts, banana etc!
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"Uncle John" (to those in 6's) hadn't been Curried in those days!
"Baldrick, you wouldn't recognise a cunning plan if it painted itself purple, and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing "Cunning plans are here again.""