off topic - FAME

[andy250]

I've met a few people from when I use to do the rallying.

Colin Mcrae (subaru sti at the time)
Alistar ' (group n mistsubishi)
Jimmy ' (rs 500)
Richard burns (group a mitsibishi)
Siminate sisters (anything they could get their hands on.)
Louise-aitken-walker (vauxhall Astra)
Michael Park (co-driver ford focus)
Malcom Wilson (ford saphire! also metro6r4 isle of man.)
Carlos Sainz (1989 I think in a toyato.)

Once waved at the queen as she went through St.Helens! if that counts was only 6 though!

regards

Andy

[Richard]

In the great days of snooker on TV, the Canadian player, Cliff Thorburn, 'The Grinder' used to stay at my local hotel/pub and would join in our dominoes group. He was incredibly competitive and very generous; happily buying drinks for the whole bar whilst struggling to extract a ha'penny from his dominoes opponent. When he won the snooker world championship he brought the cup along for us all to see. It was a real thrill to handle the trophy with the names of Joe Davis et al on it.

[ARS452]

Bill Shipton
Sammy- Jane
Gilly
Candy

Loads of footie players past & present - just mainly autograph hunting such as Sven/Charlton/Greaves/BobbyMoore/Ginola/Souness etc

Tony Blair at footie game

Chris Moyles

All just to have a very brief conversation with
But not Abi Titmus which beats them all !

[easy_as_]

Spike Milligan not long before he died, when he signed a book for me as a present for one of my family.

He was actually quite cantankerous as he had been sat there for a few hours, yet to eat and the crowd had dwindled and even then it wasn't, according to his PA, a large crowd to start with, the signing was badly advertised apparently.

I had wandered into Waterstones, Oxford Street one last minute, late afternoon, Christmas present panic shop, on the off-chance and saw a hunched, forlorn, old figure that I vaguely recognised there at a table.
A sign beside him advertised " Some Book Or Other I Can't Remember the Title Of " by Spike Milligan.
A vague thrill shot through my body and I was inspired to buy one of his books and get it signed by, I assumed, correctly, Mr S. Milligan himself.

During the signing he mumbled something to me about the spelling of the name of the recipient, I didn't hear him and asked him to repeat his comment.

" You're a deaf bugger, aren't you ? " he replied in a fairly abrupt manner !

I was a little taken aback but smiled got the book ( that he wasn't promoting ) signed and left after his PA excused him !


I am obviously in high, if not good, company . . . . HRH Charlie W received an insult from the very same man too ! I am suspecting there were a lot of people I could add to that list though.

Excellent !