Famous People We have Met

[SteveD]

dont buy all the famous person stuff tbh there just normal people at the end of the day just like me and you (but more famous)

what i like is all the people i have met through out my life that have made a mark on me and i will remember as long as i live and most of them i have met through the wscc

i would name bleedin names but would be here all night  

[Liam]

I once met a chap whose brother's wife reckoned she might have seen Swiss Jeff, but she wasn't sure.

[Rab (bombero) Reid]

Hmm, let's see -

Alvin Stardust & Liza Goddard on top of Tai Mo Shan, HK on their hols.

Russ Abbot and David Bowie at a hotel where I worked.

Billy Connolly sitting on his trike outside his mate's house in Edinburgh.

Princess Anne (twice - she's stalking me!) through my time with the TA.

John Cleland at a family doo.

..nicest to talk to? Billy Connolly and Princess Anne .. oh and Russ Abbot because he bought me a pint!

[richj2]

GARRY BUNN FAMOUS FAFFFAAAAAAA!

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

don't get anyone famous in Peterborough    - walked past joan rivers in LA a long time ago and also michael portilo down the strand earlier this year

have I spoken to anyone famous - umm no  

oh hang on I have met amd spoke  to Barry Fry - does that even count  

[Paul Edden]

Forgot to say - once had breakfast with Bobby Charlton after a corporate doo

Blimey, you've won the bet Paul, slept with Bobby Charlton and then he made you breakfast, respect          

Yeh - we had five rounds of brown toast

[cast iron]

Jenson Button & Juan Pablo Montoya at the Brit GP both top blokes unlike Ruebens (its someone elses fault)Barichello

Frank Williams when I went for an interview

Colin Mcrae when he blasted me around the Nissan test track

Johny Herbert when he drove the 350Z in Dubai and we were also staying in the same hotel.

Tiffany Dell at the bradford classic

Most of the cast of All Creatures Great and Small   which was filmed on my Uncles Farm whilst I was on holiday there

[mikehreynolds]

Met Plato on a night out in oxford at the living room when I was at uni, top lad! Very amusing night.

[Uncle Fester]

Sylvia Kristel (Emmanuell film fame) had a small part in one of her films      (not THAT part!   )

Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine. Met him when I was an engineering apprentice. Nice guy - proper British eccentric

Prince Philip. Just as cantankerous you'd expect

Gary Paffett (Brit DTM driver) Bollocked him for swinging off a tree and breaking the branches off when he was about 12!

[chazpowerslide]

David Gilmour and Nick Mason from Pink Floyd.

Lee Hurst.

Rory Mc Graf (does not really count as he lives in Cambridge)

Damon Hill & Muddley Talker (whilst filming "that" add at Pizza Hut)

Nigel Mansell

Jamie Oliver, his Misses and kids (shopping at Gap where My wife works)

Frankie De Tori (shopping in Gap)

VBH and Tiff at Stoneleigh.

Jackie Oliver

Roy Salvadori

Stirling Moss

Alan Mc Nish

(Lots of other historic Motorsport folk)

I'm sure there are more, it seems that half lifetime in catering brings in a few celebs.

The Goodwood FOS and Revival are great informal places to meet famous motorsoprt people who are not adverse to standing around and having a chat.

Chaz.

[RedditchJay]

Chaz.... what about Tiff at Stoneleigh last year ? ? ? or was that only Adam who actually spke to him ? ? ?

[oldman]

Once met mesel when I wos time travelling

[peterg]

My name is peterg and I confess that I have slept with Mr Algar Sr and Mr Algar Jr....    well in the same motorhome anyway    and Mr Algar Sr has the loudest snore of anyone I ever heard  

Oh, and I have met SteveD and had a conversation with him but I'm trying to block that part of my memory out now    

Oh, and met Piers Courage (1970, the year he was killed), Jackie Stewart and Frank Gardner all fantastic drivers  

[Bob Green]

I met Barnes Wallace when at college in the ‘60’s.  What an interesting guy.

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

I met Jason Plato outside my local Dry Cleaners...............