Claim to fame

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Do any of you have any dubious connections with famous people.. for example my best friend at school stroked Eric Claptons dog,and another friend of mine ,during our nursing training,tested Dick Emerys urine!!!!!
also I used to see an osteopath who later went on to treat Emma Bs (spice girl) mum.

My great great...(I don't know how many greats) grandfather was the first ever postman in South Africa.

My Mum was named as by Marti Pellow as his favourite teacher. OK, he couldn't remember how to pronounce her name, but it was definitely her, as there was only one English teacher at Clydebank High with a wierd surname beginning with Zed!

Oh...I just rememebered....I met Dale Winton when on holiday in Gran canaria in 1995 and he was really nice and gave us all an autograph on beermats. His male companion, don't really want to say boyfreind as I don't know if he was, told me he liked my dress, to which I replied stupidly 'oh you can borrow it if you like'
We saw him a few times over the rest of the holiday got a Hello or smile each time.

Can't spill the beans on the Geldof kids as they were asleep I'm afraid. Bjork's little boy was lovely though - told me all you could ever want to know about dinosaurs. Neil from the Young Ones little boy was one of the cutest I have ever seen (his wife was stunning too).

LOL at the dress, EmmaTMG!

NQWWW, good to hear that celebrities do have nice children.

Sobernow - how did Rowan Atkinson know your real name???

I'm married to Brad Pitt.

was once in a queue in Boots behind Kevin Keegan.

Was best mates with Chris Walker who plays Tiger in Merseybeat.

Theatre director / writer John Godber was a Drama teacher at my school.

Oh forgot this one....
I live in the house where Thomas Crapper was born.....he invented the flush toilet!!!!

Crapper!! LOL!

Sobernow - he's a bigamist, or at least he would be if my dreams were true....

Duncan Ferguson once chatted me up with the classy line, "If you sleep with me I'll make you famous"!! Oh yeah..... that line always works on us girls!

dh's great-great-great.......grandfather was the first brewer in Australia and there's still a beer named after him.

Dh was called up by Joe Strummer and invited to a concert once, also used to hang out with Michelle Collins.He's met Sid Vicious, and went to the same school as Adam Ant and John Barnes. We are good mates with someone who used to be in Roxy Music, and was mates with Rory Gallagher before he died. Also had a bloke from Generation X at our wedding (remember them?!). Have got more but don't want to bore you all.

My great great uncle was Thomas Hardy the author.

DH's great uncle was the last governor of the Punjab!

We stayed next to Jim Rosenthal (sports commentator) on holiday at Christmas. DS had a photo with him then DS and DH sat 3 seats from him at Arsenal a few weeks later. They said Hi again and I think the poor man must have thought he was being stalked!

Ross Kemp used to be a good friend when he had hair. When he got the Eastenders job I sent him 10p for the launderette. I still remember him saying "I'm down to the last three and they've found a bloke that looks just like me".

My Dad taught Prince Charles to ride a bike and was on duty outside No 10 during the 50's. He is also in Winston Churchills' official photo on the night of his retirement. He's very proud of this.

We once sat in front of Rik Wakeman on a plane, the stewardess asked if he was related to Richard Branson. Doh!

My great great Uncle was Alfred Hitchcock.

My Dad taught Kirsty Macoll English.

I spent the weekend with Dexter Fletcher and his mates at Reading Rock Festival, and they kept in contact until I moved abroad. (Who? I hear most of you say)

I met a few people from Soul II Soul before they made that album.

I went to University with Damon Albarn and most of the rest of Blur...didn't speak to him though.
Lots of famous ex students there but can't say I noticed at the time, because they weren't famous. (Julian Clary, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst)

Vic Reeves used to go to a lot of the same gigs I did because he was going out with someone from my University.

Paul from Big Brother was in the year below me at school...and of course he's an International movie star.

Paul Daniels always eats in our canteen.

I've shaken hands with Chris Moyles and used to work with Comedy Dave. Also met Ed Stewart and Steve Wright.

Sat on the table next to Mark Lamaar.

But these are cheating as they are all worky type ones and not very impressive either.

Very impressive great great uncles Rhiannon & Bobbins.

I have a few

My mate was on Eastenders a few weeks ago.

Met Ainsley Harriot at a party and Debbie from Eastenders

Used to know Tara Newley, Joan Collins' daughter

Was at school with Lord Lucan's daughters and Fi Glover off Radio 5 and Anna Jones off BBC News 24 and Emma Chambers (dippy one in the vicar of dibley) and a few others can't remember now.
Oh yes, Liz Hurley.

DH used to be good mates with Johnny Vaughan b4 he was famous.

My brother is good mates with Jamiroquai and Steve Winwood and goes fishing with Mick Hucknall (yuk)

Can't think of any more at the mo.

Oh I forgot, better than those

My great great (don't know how many greats) grandfather was the first person to die in a drink driving accident in Australia!

And on the other side my great etc grandfather was John Bunyan who wrote the Pilgrims Progress (dullest book EVER written)

A girlfriend of mine had a physically intimate moment with Ali McOist (spelling sorry)in a toilet.

I used to share a flat with the actor who played Mr Popodipolius, the laundrette owner in Eastenders.

My granny's cousin was the actor Alexander Cruickshank ( Dr Finlays casebook )

Recently Meanmum? He doesn't seem to be able to keep his trousers done up these days.

Sadly we've never seen any of Thomas Hardies royalties. Ho Hum.

Not much to offer on this one!! Little Mo from eastenders was on the same cruise last year. Boby Crush once played 'Somewhere over the rainbow' for my daughter (5), who with her dad, interupted his rehearsal! Was on the VERY FRONT row of a Wham concert in 1983 (complete with total white outfit, big earings/hair etc....) and sure George was looking at me (or then again, perhaps not!). Then again if Bill Gates or The Sutlan of Brunei asked for directions I would not recognise them, same goes for every chairman of any huge organisation/influential bod - you never know who's path you cross unknowingly ...........

Bobbins, my sister used to have the biggest crush ever on Dexter Fletcher - she will be so jealous when I tell her "someone one Mumsnet....."

Meid> he is fit, he's got quite an amazing face with a lovely smile, but a bit quiet in real life. Suppose I did fancy him myself, but his mate was the one that kept pestering me worst luck. Just remembered it was the year that Robbie Williams left Take That and had gone off the rails, I think they had been with him at Glastonbury earlier that summer. They had his phone number, and quite annoyingly, I kept pestering them to call him! Fool.