In your working life

[Count Steer]

Tim Peake the astronaut - lovely, engaging chap, if a bit short.

Eric Richard from The Bill (Sgt Cryer) was at an event.

I thought coppers were supposed to be tall

He used to hang around my local BMW dealers place, talking about his next acting 'gig' but never saw his name on anything but The Bill.

[Yorick]

And when I worked for Riders for Health, I was often backstage at the Day of Champions.
Met dozens of stars and world champs

Often they had to show me their pass to get in. Wasn't really necessary

One day I was in a room of about 30 superstars.
A quick count showed about half to be current or past world champs.

Awesome. I was deffo starstruck that day

[Gregor]

I once worked for an export manufacturer, Chas Mortimer would often be driving one of his transport firms trucks picking up from our warehouse.

[Horse]

Tim Peake the astronaut - lovely, engaging chap, if a bit short.

Eric Richard from The Bill (Sgt Cryer) was at an event.

I thought coppers were supposed to be tall

He used to hang around my local BMW dealers place, talking about his next acting 'gig' but never saw his name on anything but The Bill.

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0723793/

[Count Steer]

Eric Richard from The Bill (Sgt Cryer) was at an event.

I thought coppers were supposed to be tall

He used to hang around my local BMW dealers place, talking about his next acting 'gig' but never saw his name on anything but The Bill.

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0723793/

Wow! 83 and still going. He seemed quite a pleasant bloke, if a bit 'actory'.

(Apparently his 2 month old grandson was the youngest British victim of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. )

[ZRX61]

A bunch. The astronauts, fighter pilots & test pilots stand out... Some of them were all three.

I've also met some incredibly famous people who were instantly forgettable and/or absolute bellends.

[ZRX61]

I only met 2 'famous' people. Bob Monkhouse and Roy Hattersley.
Bob Monkhouse was an ignorant @rse. Never shared a sentence with me.

Hasselhof was at Gladstones restaurant in Malibu many years ago, standing by the entrance & talking loudly on his phone about some big movie deal... when his phone rang . He skulked off out the door, got in his car & drove away.

[Felix]

When i was a student, in the summer i worked in a hotel in the centre of Edinburgh. The Caledonian Hotel in the West End.

I was a Porter (all my mates were room service which was much better for tips). So id restock the chambermaids cupboaards and help them if not busy. Take Ironing boards and irons etc to guests.

I only met 2 'famous' people. Bob Monkhouse and Roy Hattersley.
Bob Monkhouse was an ignorant @rse. Never shared a sentence with me. But Roy Hattersley was awesome, very friendly, warm etc - top bloke.

You were in the wrong Hotel mate. In the 80's i was down Belford Road at the Dragonara Hotel. It was the place to stay at the time. Later it got voted the worst hotel in Edinburgh. Anyway is its just people you said high to then My list from there would be Bowie, Boy George, Gary Glitter (Yes i said hi) Def Leppard who i have a conversation with. Well they were trying and the lot of them were blootered. Russ Abbot. Almost every top Darts player of the 80's, Kiss, Clapton but that was one sided, The man is a tosser.

[Felix]

Same hotel (Dragonara Hotel) a waitress was the granddaughter of the voice behind Mr Kipling's Exceedingly good cakes

[Count Steer]

.....Clapton but that was one sided, The man is a tosser.

He's a bit of a miserable sod and a bit of a fruit loop too.

One of my favourite tales (he's local) was about a friend's daughter who worked in the village shop. Clappo comes in to pay his paper bill. 'What name is it?' asks daughter.

[ZRX61]

One of my favourite tales (he's local) was about a friend's daughter who worked in the village shop. Clappo comes in to pay his paper bill. 'What name is it?' asks daughter.

Our glorious despot Newsom was in a store at the checkout recently when some oik grabbed what he needed & walked out the door without paying.
Newsom questioned the cashier as to why he wasn't stopped. Gal said "It's Newsom's fault, he won't allow prosecution for anything under $980.
Newsom said that wasn't true, at which point the gal recognized him.

He shared the video of the encounter at a zoom meeting & it was promptly leaked to the media... who gleefully point out that the gal was correct & Benito Newsolini doesn't know his own fucking laws.

[mangocrazy]

I had a few beers in a Birmingham boozer with Joe Jackson and got pissed with Joey Dunlop in a Portuguese bar. Next day I had a stinking hangover and Joey went out and won an F1 race.

[ChrisW]

Heather Mills McCartney

Mad as a box of frogs. What was Paul thinking?

Me too - but it was pre-McCartney, in fact literally a week before her accident.

And I'd agree with your assessment.

[David]

Neil Morrisey (just got kilt in Unforgotten),Elphick, Ernie Wise, John Inman, Joanne Whalley, just before she got hitched to Val Kilmer, shit loads of people whose names have slipped by.....

[Bigjawa]

Most of the 90s local media people, most lovely was a presenter called Gillian Porter who looked pretty normal on screen but was absolutely stunning IRL, met a good few of the local politicians, was friends with Ian Paisley's niece at school so would sometimes see him at her house, he was a very nice man when he was "off duty" and would send his minders out to get ice cream for everyone.

Through being a courier I met a fair few from the "other side" too, was literally rubbing shoulders with Adams and McGuinness a few times. The firm I worked for was owned by two blokes from Poleglass so was the go to for courier work for that part of the city.

Oh, and when Clinton was here in 95, I had to take tapes from when Hillary was doing a walkabout on the Ormeau road. She was a bit of a MILF to my 20yo self

[porter_jamie]

I've met 3 different billionaires at 3 different companies