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WestEndVBroadway · 12/07/2017 16:31

A friend of mine had a cousin who happened to also be a cousin of Jim Kerr from Simple Minds. Although my friend was not actually related to Jim Kerr she referred to him as her half cousin. Another friend used to boast that she and Simon Le Bon were at school together, they did indeed go to the same school but not at the same time. Anyone else got any vague claims to fame?

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Falconhoof1 · 17/07/2017 18:54

My dad was at school with Annette Crosbie- her off One Foot in the Grave.

YouTheCat · 17/07/2017 19:04

A school friend's mother was in the same class as Thatcher and couldn't stand her .

I know a lot of Cheryl Cole's nephews and nieces.

I had a friend at uni whose 2nd cousin is Robert Lindsay.

PavlovianLunge · 17/07/2017 19:14

I went to the same junior school as Bobby Moore, and at secondary school know the girlfriend of one of Depeche Mode.

When we were selling our last house, one of the viewers was (or had been) a baddie in Coronation Street.

Dean Friedman follows me on twitter. Even though I never say anything remotely interesting there.

NorthCoast · 17/07/2017 20:03

My friends used to share a house with Stephanie Beacham's daughter

pigletpie - if it was the younger daughter, she was a few years below me at school, as was Rosamund Pike.

Member984815 · 18/07/2017 17:20

I'm from Louis walshes home town still live here

brasty · 18/07/2017 17:48

My mum was engaged to a now well known MP. She called off the engagement because she found him boring.

charlievictor9 · 18/07/2017 18:07

Simon Cowell's cousin was a customer in a shop I used to work in

user1483390742 · 18/07/2017 18:12

I sat beside Bernard Butler (Suede guitarist) in primary school 35 years ago!

LapdanceShoeshine · 18/07/2017 19:36

My cousin's neighbour's son is Paul Gambaccini's husband

LapdanceShoeshine · 18/07/2017 19:41

@DSHathawayGivesMeFannyGallops

The SIL of Giles Coren is the wife of Alexander Armstrong! (I only know that because having heard the connections I am so Envy of their family gatherings, with both Corens & David Mitchell!)

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Owlish · 18/07/2017 21:12

My DP is a driving instructor. He taught the brother of an Arctic Monkey to drive.

Dippydiradoo · 18/07/2017 21:20

Ohhh I have one! A clients cousin is Jamie Dornan

Dippydiradoo · 18/07/2017 21:21

And my dad did work for Steven Gerrards uncle

couchparsnip · 18/07/2017 21:23

I went to the same school as Allen Carr. But not at the same time

BillyDaveysDaughter · 18/07/2017 21:24

Pre DH I shagged went out with the brother of the lead guitarist from Del Amitri.

RockyBird · 18/07/2017 21:36

My second cousin's druggy twat of a boyfriend was the woman from Transvision Vamp's ex.

LapdanceShoeshine · 18/07/2017 21:49

13/07/2017 23:05 PizzaPlease
My ex's dad's wife's brother's best friend is Russel Howard

I failed to notice Russell Howard walking past when visiting DS1 in Bath Grin

Pippilottalongstocking · 18/07/2017 22:23

I once knew a girl whose stepmum's mum was best friends with Orlando Bloom's mum

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