What are your vague celebrity connections?

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What are your barely related celebrity connections? Not the "I'm Bruce Springsteen's Sister " type but the much more loosely connected "Friend of my Uncle's milkman's brother" kind?

I was in the same choir as the DJ Pete Price, but not the same time, thé harpsichord player Heather Slade-Lipkin, and the judge David Hale.

I once taught a boy who was the nephew of Lee Evans.

Went on a date with Man U player, boring - nice person but nothing in common and very dry convo.

Relative is friends with Julian Clary, Julian went to their wedding.

Friend has been in Jamie Dornan's garden.

Oh and just remembered that my friend from uni's mum, once went out with Larry Lamb!

A late friend's father played Slartibartfast in the first Hitchhiker's Guide series.

My granny's aunty married JM Barrie's nephew

According to my English teacher, his English teacher's grandfather was John Logie Baird

I sang a solo in front of Justin Welby a few months before he was made AoC

Interestingly, my sister sang a solo in front of Rowan Williams a few months before etc

(I have another three sisters, if anyone has any requests)

I appeared on stage with James Callis (who was appalling at learning the part)

My niece had a famous coronation street actor at her wedding.

I went to the same school as a member of the '66 World Cup winning England team and I was sent to interview him for the school magazine early in '66. When we asked him at the end who he thought would win the Cup he said England, how we laughed on the bus home......

As a teacher I had a future Premier league footballer and a future murderer in the same class.

I have several!

My BiL's friend was found in a compromising position with Orville in Keith Harris' dressing room by Keith and Keith's wife who were not amused

My DP was a certain ITV News correspondance's superior when they were in the Scouts

My aunt used to live next to Tiswas' Sally James and would note down what she did/where she went and then phone my nan weekly to tell her what her good friend Sally had been up to that week

My MiL had the fright of her life in the 1960's after seeing Ian Mcshane in his pants coming out of the bathroom - her MiL used to take in boarders in her large London house

Marcus from big brother has seen my arse.

In my head all I can hear, reading this thread, is the very old song 'I danced with a man, who danced with a girl, who danced with the Prince of Wales'!

I worked with someone who has a close relative on the Strictly panel.

My niece and nephew are related to Christopher Biggins.

not really celebs but my grandad used to work for the Krays.

my partner, in primary school, used to play football with Woody from Bastille.

Brian from big brother gave me a kiss on the cheek. It was my birthday and he was doing an appearance at the local nightclub.

My parents lived on the same road as Howard from take that for a while.

I was at university in the late 70’s at the same time as Ray Allan the ventriloquists girlfriend Barbie.

My daughter’s friend is married to the brother of the wife of a very well-known musical TV programme presenter.
(I could have put that more succinctly but I like it like this 🤣)

My best friends cousin is a well known comedian, and my grandma used to go on dates with Ian Lavender who played Pike in dads army!

And apparently according to my dad, sat in the same train compartment when I was a little girl early 1960’s as Sir Malcolm Sargent the conductor

And my mum went to school with Diana Dors when she was called Diana Fluck

In 1968 I was a member of John Peel's 'Perfumed Garden', a kind of mailing list for hippies. They organised a 'gathering' at Harlow Mill in Essex. I was in the house in a room where the free food was. Marc Bolan came in, took a look at the food, mainly bowls of coleslaw, and bread rolls, nodded at me, and went out again. Later I saw Richard Neville, the editor of Oz magazine. I knew a girl who claimed to have slept with Anthony Burgess, and still know someone who was at Cambridge with Miriam Margolyes.

I have the exact same link 😆 I did meet the footballer though

My uncle was one of the teachers of a man who is currently trying to become out next PM.

My husband's uncle's uncle is a member of The Kinks 🤣