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Off Topic Famous people you have spotted

Discussion in 'Charlton' started by ElfsborgAddick, Jul 5, 2022.

  1. ElfsborgAddick

    ElfsborgAddick Well-Known Member

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    Having read a previous thread seeing @Smudger603 cream himself seeing Suggs in Tescos it got me thinking as to who I have seen whilst minding my own business.
    I'll start with Kenny Sansom, on numerous occasions.
    Lucy Benjamin(Eastenders) in The Partidge in Bromley
     
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  2. lardiman

    lardiman We can rebuild him
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    I once saw Ronnie Corbett in a Pub in Edinburgh when I was up there for the Fringe, about 35 years ago.
    He was with a bunch of chums/minders and was not being very sociable to others in the bar.

    Will post a few more later...
     
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  3. Smudger603

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    Was Kenny on the same park bench sleeping it off ?<doh> I’ve also seen him, he sat on the next table to me in a restaurant- off his nut and a complete nuisance! Also bumped into Vaseline off of London’s burning several times - he lives down here as does Janet street-porter who swore at me when I dropped her running machine after I tripped up walking backwards , pleasant lady <laugh>
     
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  4. Sat In Greenwich

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    i saw John Robinson (our one) in a nike shop near Tampa. Herman Hreidarrson at Gatwick Airport. Bernie Ecclestone in a lift in Singapore. David Haye at Heathrow Airport. Mark Kinsella at bluewater.. Blake Harrison at my kids nursery. Used to bump into Ben Hamer and Andy Hughes in blackheath a lot when i lived there.
     
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    Could he see over the bar?
     
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    Are you sure Bernie was not in fact Sue Perks?
     
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    I met Karl Howman from Brush Strokes during the interval at The Churchill Theatre in Bromley.
    When I asked him to sign my ticket with "Roland Out" we had a pleasant exchange chatting about Charlton.
     
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    Scully held the door open for me when I done corporate dining (<laugh><laugh><laugh>) at Gillingham - gave him a smirk as I walked through <cheers>
     
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    Andy Marson played the saxophone for Bad Manners, he was a regular customer of mine. I got him to sign my CD's and picture sleeves.
     
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    Should have smacked him in the gob as he was unawares<laugh>
     
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    Met my boyhood hero Denis Law in an airport lounge in Argentina. What a nice man.
     
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    I think the smirk and no gratitude was like a smack in the gob for the little ****e <cheers>
     
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    Fantastic that you met hero and not disappointed with them on meeting.
    My mate follows the Chelsea rent boys, in the 80's when Pat Nevin was flying and worshipped, he met him in a club and got blanked. He was gutted.
     
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    Who remembers It ain't Half Hot Mum? I saw Don Estelle (Lofty) busking outside Grays shopping centre.
     
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    the likeness did make me smirk... seen both up close now and there's not much difference
     
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    Anyone remember Celia Hammond?

    I lived next door to her in Peckham during the 1990's.
    She had a lot of cats.
     
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    Gave up a career as a supermodel to concentrate on cat welfare work.
     
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    <laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh>
    Perks is definitely a geezer.
     
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    Maria Whittaker at the Watson v Eubank fight at White Hart Lane.
    I reckon her t*ts were bigger than the boxing gloves.
     
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    Saw Ackers at a Roland Out demo, and earwigged for a bit. He was telling a group of listeners about a takeover he'd arranged involving a Peter Varney consortium.
     
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