WHO'S GOT THE BEST CLAIM TO FAME ?

[cast iron]

OK heres my mixture of sublime and ridiculous

In my first ever 210 Kart race I out qualified the British champion who in turn had beaten Nigel Mansell.

All creatures great and small was filmed on my uncles farm and I have all the autographs

Chris Rea's Dad used to sell ice cream from my Grand dads farm yard

I know Russ and Paul Swift personally of various car stunt fame and helped teach Paul how to balance 4 wheels on two when he was eight

Marshaling at the Brit GP I ran out of the bogs round the corner and knocked over Sir Jackie. at the same event got Jensen Button and Justin Wilsons Autographs whilst looking after their road cars for a charity track lap thingy.

Met Montoya and still think his character is a great loss to F1

Met Barichello and wouldnt p1ss on him if he was on fire

Had my picture taken with Tiffany Dell leaning on my Westy at Bradford.

My mams cousin! was Harry Caterick manager of Everton in the early 70's and his Brother George was manager for Darlington and I wear his sovereign ring.

and breathe    

[studbuckle]

I've been out drinking with Max and Paddy and they're just like that!

and I sat in George Harrisions AMG Merc before he did

I also used to live back to back with Sid Little

and I've had breakfast with Buck Fizz, not long before that coach crash.

[pistonbroke]

Met Elvis once in Llandudno while walking down the prom .

[Mark Stanton]

Ray Cooper

Norman - Would that be the top notch percussionist who has played with Clapton, Elton John, Bowie and anyone of any repute               gotta be one of session musics maestro's

[slippy]

In my first ever 210 Kart race I out qualified the British champion who in turn had beaten Nigel Mansell.

Good thread this although I can't feeling I have done fook all of interest other than punish Mark at Warden Law  

[Chris.B]

Here's my sad ones ...

My Dad was in the film "The Dambusters"

I met Kate Bush in a burger shop in Walcot St Bath (used to be a recording studio next door)

Bumped into Lady Di's detective when she was shopping incognito in Bath

When working in Canada was sat on next restaurant table as some ice hockey dude - people kept coming up to him for an autograph & I leaned over & asked him if he knew who I was as I didn’t know who he was; answer - Wayne Gretsky.  Means something to Canadians apparently.

[Norman Verona]

Mark, you got it. Ray and I were very good friends at school and were still in touch with each other up to 15 years ago. I've lost his address and haven't heard from him since then.

He is probably the worlds best percussionist. He was classicly trained at Roayal Acadamy. When hhe joined Blue Mink in the 60's he thought he was prostituting his profession.

He's also one of the worlds Gentleman.

Now the other bloke I went to school with .....................

[Kaz]

Was having breakfast in hotel on Saturday morning, minding me own, looked up to see Johny Wilkinson walking across the room towards rest of the England rugby team who were also having their brekkie across other side of the room!    

Was surprised 'cos for some reason i expected him to be bigger!  

[KerryS]

Was at university with Frank Dernie (F1 aerodynamcist)

Bumped (literally) into Claire Francis' boat off west coast of Scotland

Envious of the Sharron Davies meet  

Kerry

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

Oh yeah nearly forgot, I was fitting out a shop on St Margarets rd in Twickenham in the mid seventies, and went to the local pub round the corner for our dinner time pint, it turned out to be Dennis Watermans local, it was a quiet place and we got talking to him a couple of times, nice guy. Cardew (the Cad) Robinson was a regular also.

[Liam]

Had a slash standing next to Innes Ireland in the bogs at Oulton.

Had a slash standing next to Alain Prost in the bogs at Silverstone

Had a slash.......oh, never mind

[oldman]

Kinell.I once patted me ed while rubbing me belly

[kipford]

My sister knows Ewan Macregor

Raced at the same race meetings (not same races), various times as Ayrton Senna, Martin Donelley, Mark Knopler.

[lukeyboy]

Did a short-notice hot refuel (engines running) on a Lynx a few years back.  Co-pilot was signing for the fuel and asked me to pass on the ration packs from the Officers mess to the Captain.  Shouted him 3 times but he was busy doing fuel mass calcs so i ******* him over the head with the limp ham sandwiches in order to get his attention...........HRH Duke of York  

Class!  

I get myself into them situations...

I was doing a presentations to locals for some highway improvement works and we were just setting all the plans up. In comes a fit bird from the council has a look around and a quick chat and dissapears. I started shouting to mate across room how stunning she was and I wouldn't mind doing rude things to her, only to see her pop out of the kitchen door with a big smile on her face  

Oh! I almost forgot... me and the mate got a big sloppy kiss from Mandy Dingle in a nightclub in Pontefract  

[peterg]

oh, and:

SWMBO split champagne over Denis Waterman at a family party about 30 years ago (he and her actor cousin were mates)

we used to live just up the road from Sharon Davies, (20 years ago when she was still competing I think) saw her quite often in the local shops