Ever met anyone famous unexpectedly and in an unusual location!?!

[tijuanalady]

OK..........from quite near- the Queen in 1977 - RAF Gutersloh, Germany ( my dad was in charge of the air terminal so managed to get me and my sister really close), Audrey Roberts in M&S , Toyah in the Reynolds Bar, Gareth Edwards (Gutersloh again), Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville when they visited my daughters school in Dubai a few years ago. She wouldnt go and get an autograph from them as her dad supports Everton and she thought he would be upset! And another from Dubai - Frankie Dettori.

 

[Mrs M]

Hubby has met Di and Charles when they visited the Isle of Lewis (his home). He was Head of Security at Selfridges when they first opened in Brum and He's met Tony Blair, Gordon Ramsay, Jodi Kidd, Rachel Stevens, and many more, he's so 'matter of fact' about it all, he also got my son in (with me of course) to meet Blue, who were very nice, down to earth and had a lot of time for him ( he was 7 at the time). Duncan said his T.shirt was 'cool'. He says he'll never get rid of it. But I'm Sure he will. His proudest moment was when he had a few bevvies with Kris Kristoffesen in Belfast Airport. (Not son but Hubby).

 

[tijuanalady]

Forgot Gordon Ramsey! We ate in his restaurant in Dubai. It broke the bank but was great and we got his autograph. He is a lot taller than i thought he was! We didnt hear any swearing and we were near the kitchen!

 

[Mrs M]

Forgot Gordon Ramsey! We ate in his restaurant in Dubai. It broke the bank but was great and we got his autograph. He is a lot taller than i thought he was! We didnt hear any swearing and we were near the kitchen!

Bet you had a f***ing good meal too

 

[Doctor]

This seems to have got away from the unexpected and unusual places aspect of the thread and tuned into 'famous people I have met as they do what they kinda do'. Anyway i remember meeting some members of the Sisters of Mercy in the Joiners Arms (when it was the Mutant Turtle)

 

[jimbob23]

Hubby has met Di and Charles when they visited the Isle of Lewis (his home). He was Head of Security at Selfridges when they first opened in Brum

Prince Charles was head of security at Selfridges? Not enough in his pocket from the civil list eh?

 

[Furbal]

Best I can do is Mark Little/Joe Mangel tried to chat up my ex-gf (as well as every other girl ) in Chicago Rock last year.

Although I met Lance from Neighbours (whatever his real name is!) in Props ages and ages ago but he's such a crap celebrity!

 

[theflamingred]

Bumped in to Burton C Bell (Fear Factory) at Nottingham Rock City once.

This was scary, as I literally did bump in to him, and he's a large chap.

I used to commute to Manchester in my last job and one day Jimmi Harkishin (Coronation Street) ran straight in to me outside Manchester Picaddilly. Really ran in to me as in, 'Ow'. He didn't apologise.

As a very, very small FlamingRed I was picked out of the crowd for a publicity shot with Henry Kelly when he opened a supermarket near my Nan. It was supposed to be him and me all smiley to make him look good in the paper. I thought he was the scariest thing I had ever seen and I cried - constantly. It didn't come out so well. He gave a signed photo to my Mum to give to me when I calmed down - he spelled my name wrong. Nasty man!

 

[Ponderer]

I was in Kendal's in Manchester a few years ago when there was a sudden commotion behind one of the perfume counters as its staff spotted David Beckham strolling through the store. This was at a time when his face appeared, on no small scale, in almost every shop window and on every billboard and hoarding in the city. Once outside, I rang my daughter, then a young teen and, together with most girls her age, a DB admirer. Whilst still on the call, I noticed, as did most people around me, Becks buying a Big Issue from a seller. He then made his way to the window of a jeweller's shop which is where I greeted him with an over-familiar 'Hi, Dave' before congratulating him on his team's good season and requesting he speak to my daughter. This, he did, 'though he didn't really get past his initial 'Hello...' as all he got from the other end were screams and squeals. I thanked him and shook his hand and chased after my wife who'd walked off in embarrassment. Anyway, he was a thoroughly nice bloke - smiley, friendly, humble and charming despite all the attention he was getting. Especially from me, I guess...

 

[Wormella]

Tended to see a few in Manchester. Although they were mainly footballers and the odd fuckwit from Hollyoaks.

Living in Liverpool you used to see loads of them around the place - crawling out of the woodwork on a Sunday morning when the Omnibus was on.

The total Hollyoakes tally is:

I've been in the same cinema as OB (And later on in the same gallery space)
Been in a pub quiz with Max (not the same team) - He didn't win
Saw the alcoholic twins and the fat bloated one who went off to be a hairdresser (and is now in Corrie).

Other Liverpudlian delights - sold 2 St. Val cards to Ken Dodd (One for his wife, one for his assistant.) He looked and smelt like the kind of bum you'd walk to the other side of the street to avoid.

Stood behind the ginger one from Grils' Aloud in Miss Selfridge

Served a cup of tea to an Atomic Kitten (Doens't really matter which one) and more excitingly a Soya Latte to Dick Valentine from Electric 6.

My husband served Dick (or maybe Dom - I forget) a Coffee - that was quite exciting, but he worked in the StarBucks next to the Hospital and It didn't seem the place to pry as to what he was doing in Liverpool.

 

[Stafford Soljah]

I don't know their real names but I saw Barry Grant, Max Farnham, Ron Dicko's son & someone else from Brookside in the Crispins. This must of been 1990ish. They asked me if there was anywhere good to go round here. I said "Dunno mate, we're all off to Shelleys in Stoke. Get urselves up there". Ain't got a clue if they showed up.

I have a hazy memory of some knob jockeys called Take That being in Regimes (if that's how you spell it) up Hanley. I recall some clayhead bird yorpin & ballin "It's Take That". I looked at who she was on about but they didn't mean anything to me.

I saw Ken Dodd on the train from London, 2nd class an all. He had a crusty brown suitcase with him.

I saw Sanjay off Eastenders in Goa and PC Garfield off The Bill in Amsterdam.

I wouldn't have spoken to Brookside lot, but they came over to me & my mates.

 

[Stafford Soljah]

I forgot about this lot.

Me & the missus were walking along the seafront in Blackpool, might of been last year & we saw three lads walking towards us. My missus said "It's Busted", they heard her & gave us right dirty looks...We heard on the radio later that McFly were in Blackpool switching on the lights.

 

[db]

My missus said "It's Busted", they heard her & gave us right dirty looks...We heard on the radio later that McFly were in Blackpool switching on the lights.

brilliant.

 

[Kharis]

I had a Happy Birthday message off the one and only AXL ROSE left for me on myspace!!! check it out! http://www.myspace.com/kharisx and any of you that just say...how do you know it's the real one can just SOD OFF!!! My heart tells me it is !!! don't break my dream...made my birthday that...so how sad am I??

 

[Alan B'Stard]

The Mayor of London, good old Ken Livingstone, once bought me a pint of beer at a trade union conference, far more years ago than I care to remember. A very interesting man to chat to.

Also grabbed (not literally!) Paddy Ashdown at the 1992 election campaign on his home territory in Ilminster, Somerset, to quiz him to see if he was gonna do a deal with the tories in the event of an hung parliament, he reassured me that he would not (something he had not clearly stated during the campaign, which is why I asked) and did not notice the T.V cameras around me. That night clips of me and Paddy Pantsdown were shown on the Beeb.

I'm also pretty sure I've served Jennifer Saunders when I worked as a P.O clerk, she was in the local theatre, (which I did not know at the time) and bought some stamps off me, I'm sure I weirded her out a bit because I was looking at her real funny trying to work out who she was, and why she was so familiar, (being a Young Ones & Comic Strip fan) and she was looking at me with one of those "why are you looking at me funny? looks)

Similar experience with Michael Eavis, the guy who runs Glastonbury Fest.

Finally, although it's not me, Joe Strummer used to live not far from me in Somerset and his mate worked in a small village pub. One night Joe was in there with his mate and my drunk brother goes over and says "excuse me mate you're not Joe Strummer from the Clash are you?" Joe replies, "well my names, Joe." That was enough for him, spent the evening chatting to him thinking he was a Joe who happened to look like Joe Strummer!

 

[jimbob23]

The day I moved to London a few years back I sat opposite Teresa May on the train the whole way. That's the glamour model, not the politician.

Also used to see (not as in go out with, obviously) Kathy Lloyd, who owned a crap luggage shop near our office in London.

 

[MISS T]

Triple Jumper Jonathan Edwards at Rowley Park today. . . got his autograph

He signed it, To 'MISS T' Jonathan Edwards. 18.29m.

 

[Doctor]

I saw this on the news last night - distinct lack of publicity, I think, or was it restricted to schools?

 

[Scuttlingb]

We were waiting to board a plane for Dublin and Claire Short was also waiting for the same flight. We were a bit worried about someone trying to blow up the plane and seriously thought about getting the next flight! We didn't and we flew to Ireland together.

 

[MISS T]

I saw this on the news last night - distinct lack of publicity, I think, or was it restricted to schools?

I thought the same. It was put on by the borough council, for kids, but open to all. It's the only reason I encouraged 'my' kids to chase the silver haired man for his autograph,no-one seemed to be aware of him, he was more than pleased to oblige, and a thoroughly nice bloke.