OT- What non football celebs have you met before?

I've shared a pint with Dara Obrien and walked into Patrick Stewart on a Grey Street when he was in 'waiting for godot'.

 

Grant from Feeder,Ian Brown and billy bragg.

My brother was shopping in London once and said to the 'assistant' "excuse me where are the shoes??" "I don't work here" .... it was Isla Fischer.

 

That's class. What a lovely redhead specimen she is.

 

Absolutely, if I'd of been the one to bump into her I'd probably of forgot how to speak. She is lovely!!

 

I met Eddie Izzard outside my work the other day. Nice bloke.

 

I like the bloke as an actor too.

 

I have had the pleasure of dining out with Suzanne Mitzi ( Page 3 lovely from the 80's ) along with Linda Lusardi ( absolute stunner ). Have also taken John Francome out for lunch ( very nice, funny man ) but John McCririck was an absolute pain.

 

Linda Lusardi??? Howay lad, spill the beans!

 

Elton John
Brian May
Bonnie Langford
Bruce Dickenson
Rory Gallagher
Lemmy
Brian Taylor
Brian Johnson
Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon
Rula Lenska and Denis Waterman
Mark Knophler
U2
Van Morrison
Natalie Cole
Tony Iommi
Dio
Cozy Powell
Duran Duran
Francis Rossi
Whitney Houston
Kylie
And quite a few more.

 

What a list. Fecking heck.

 

I sat next to Sidney Poitier in Spagos in Beverley Hills a couple of years ago.

 

Yeah I worked as an Assistant Hotel Manager in the 80's in Manchester, anyone who was at the Apollo, Maine Road for big gigs, Granada TV and the theatres stayed at the hotel at that time, same in Liverpool where I was for a couple of years upto 91, I used to have to do the meet and greet with any "Stars" and act as liason during their stay, some were good most were not, my favourite will always be Lemmy, ended up having a drink with Him, Wurrzel and the tour manager at 3am in the morning when I was covering a night managers holiday, underneath all the image he's a very clever guy and awesome company with a few JD's chucked in.

 

Colin McRae
Alastair McRae
Jimmy McRae
Robbie Head
Carlos Sainz
Malcolm Wilson
Richard Burns
Ari Vatanen
Didier Auriol
Stig Blomqvist
Juha Kankunnen
Michael Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher
Jarno Trulli
Mark Webber
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
David Coulthard
Jackie Stewart
Marti Pellow
Tom Cunningham
Graeme Clark
Ricky Ross
Lorraine McIntosh
Sally Geoghegan (Miss Carver)
Kim Marsh
Alison King
Mohammed Ali

 

Henry Kissinger: he's probably the most famous person I've ever met. Oooh yeah, I also met Quentin Crisp. When I was three or four I was delegated to give the flowers to Miss England at some event thing. I don't really remember it, but my Mam always makes fun of me about it because when I gave her the flowers she kissed me and I burst into tears.

 

I wonder if my name will come up here

 

Its a list of famous people, not infamous!

 

Famous... Not infamous... Lol

Edit.. Great minds...

 

Deacon Blue are sublime.
I guess you love motorsport too

 

I played golf with John Lowe in a Golf Pro-Am tournament with me as the Pro in our team. It was just after he won the World Darts Title. He was a lovely fella but a terrible golfer.

 

I was in a film with James Mason, Sam Neill, Anthony Andrews, Michael Hordern - met and chatted to them all and made myself a movie fortune... well, about £150 !
Also, that superstar of television, Mike Neville from Look North.
Also -
Bob Geldof
Noel Gallagher
Peter O'Toole
Martha & the Muffins and Shakin Stevens (was in the audience at Top of the Pops)