Tentative links to celebrities

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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?

DH's sister was at school with (in the same year as) Clive Owen. They were not close.

DH as a child also lived next door but one to Onslow's house in Keeping Up Appearances.

My mum was friends with Mandy Jordache from Brookside when they were kids, and her cousin was friends with Pete Waterman.

Full of star stories here! But very obscure ones.

BluebellsareBlue I'm not sure how. It's something my parents have told me the said neighbours have told them. I was born in 2000 myself so would have no recollection or idea about it...hence tenuous link.

My cousin once served Princess Diana in Hamley's.

My sister's ex boyfriend 's nan had Elton John play the piano at her wedding when he was a little boy - he was very good apparently.

I once saw Ruth (Scottish woman from the late 90s I think?) from Eastenders on the tube on London - the District Line if memory serves. I nudged dh, gestured furiously with my head towards her and quite possibly scared the poor woman and yes, she saw me! It was a very crowded carriage she was probably grateful I couldn't get nearer to her

Oh and my mother once sang with Annie Lennox's mother and had a lovely chat with her.

Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) stole my stool in a pub and signed an egg for a friend of mine.

My dad was the doctor for a former Aussie PM who once awkwardly mistook my stepmum for my mum. Also headmistress at primary was DIL of another former Aussie PM

Also years ago i was in a pub with an ex boyfriend. Joe Maccann (scouse actor) was in the same pub and ex and I ended up having a big row because apparently JM was giving me the eyeball and I was flirting back (I wasn't).

My best friend went to school with Eddie Marsan. My ex BFs brother was best mates with Tommy Walsh. And, you know nearly all old Bethnal Green residents claim they knew the Krays, my Nan really did as she lived in Vallance Road (til, like a proper Eastender, she moved to Essex .) Thought mine were all Eastend based but then I remembered this South London one....me and DH once helped catch Ginger Bakers escaped dog that was running around the country lanes of where we now live. DH is a Cream fan but we didn't know it was Ginger Bakers dog until I was telling my friend, who works for a local dog walking company, and she said 'Oh yes that dog's notorious for escaping, it belongs to Ginger Baker, apparently he's famous but I've never heard of him'. DH was .

I once fell down some stairs in a club and landed at the feet of mick hucknell...

My uncles, wife's uncle is Gerry Francis.

I briefly worked with the brother of a member of The Wonderstuff (band popular in the late '80s/early '90s, still going)

Terry Scott once commented on my friend's parking skills (I was with my friend).

My cousin wrote a lot of the music for the Spice Girls (and some for East 17 as well).

My mother's from the same home town as Louis Walsh and managed to get him to send me a Christmas card a few years ago grin

I was just coming on to post that I'm from Louis Walsh's hometown (maybe I know your mum ) He's also a first cousin of my second cousin

JamieLannisterToMyBedchamber stop being so "oh wow, look at me now" with your name dropping. Your friend's parking skills might have been impressive but with the space the size of a cow anyone could have managed to fit their car in.

Ooh and my best one! I was once on the Big Wheel at the same time as Paul Daniels.

I share a relatively rare surname with a political pundit. We may be related, we are from the same general area

DH works with a woman who was at school with David Tennant.

I can genuinely six degree myself to Kevin Bacon.

BIL's ex-girlfriend worked at a bar with Benedict Cumberbatch's ex girlfriend 😀

My ex-boyfriend's sister briefly went out in her teens with the bloke who played Adrian Boswell in Bread.

My former best friend's husband was a second cousin of cat deeley

My dm cousin's wife is the dn of an actor in keeping up appearances. . . Think string vest. .

My husbands brother was taught drama at school by Greg Davies. Much of his early stand up was about how shot that school was and how much he hated the kids he taught.