| What's your claim to fame? 09:05 - Mar 18 with 24765 views | W13R |
Right, a bit of lighted fun in these testing times.
Mine is, performed twice at The Royal Albert Hall.
First time around I sang a solo to a full house. |  | | |  |
| What's your claim to fame? on 14:32 - Mar 18 with 2438 views | The_Beast1976 |
Regularly on the television every winter when around the globe with the Barmy Army |  | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 14:35 - Mar 18 with 2431 views | Mick_S |
| What's your claim to fame? on 14:32 - Mar 18 by The_Beast1976 |
Regularly on the television every winter when around the globe with the Barmy Army |
Then you probably have a Barmy Army garment embroidered by my good self. |  |
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| What's your claim to fame? on 14:42 - Mar 18 with 2420 views | MrSheen |
| What's your claim to fame? on 14:23 - Mar 18 by flynnbo |
Off the top of my head:
Spending a Saturday night with the Indian cricket team in 1979 in London.
Taught Chris Perry, Jason Cundy, Stephen Finnan and Ben Chilwell.
Won the QPR LInk It Up competition in the programme in 1976/77 season. |
Please tell me your Saturday ended with them having an English then running away. |  | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 14:57 - Mar 18 with 2389 views | kensalriser |
I'm in the video for Boy George's Sold. Have to be quick with the pause to catch me though. Filmed at the then derelict gasworks on Greenwich peninsular where the Millennium Dome is now, extras got paid £25 for the day. [Post edited 18 Mar 2020 15:42]
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| What's your claim to fame? on 15:05 - Mar 18 with 2368 views | hantssi |
Guinness Book of Records 1975, crawling on hands and knees, 7-8 miles(ish)!
Did it for charity, Vietnamese Boat People Charity. | | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:09 - Mar 18 with 2354 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:05 - Mar 18 by hantssi |
Guinness Book of Records 1975, crawling on hands and knees, 7-8 miles(ish)!
Did it for charity, Vietnamese Boat People Charity. |
Ya.... you're definitely in the lead! |  |
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| What's your claim to fame? on 15:12 - Mar 18 with 2349 views | RangersDave |
i have a few, but i'll leave this one here for now.....
At Bray Studios as a 12 year old lad during the summer holiday (i used to hang out at Pinewood and Bray during all the school holidays, and everyone knew me and i had pretty much unlimited access to everywhere.
Anyway, i'd just finished a couple of hours on set (if you know Bray, it really only had 1 proper set) for a lunch break.
I'm outside taking in the sun, and out come Albert Finney and Martin Sheen. 'Hello Dave, what are you doing for lunch?', not a lot i replied, just hanging around waiting for everyone to come back.
"want a drink?' says Albert, no thanks, i'll be fine....."come on" says Martin, "ive got ice cold coke in my trailer and Albert and I are going to have a sandwich, and watch the open golf on the TV"
so i spend a very nice hour or so in Martin Sheen's trailer talking with both of them, and very nice guys they were too.
Oh and chatting with Suzanne Daniel, on her doorstep one morning in Gerrards Cross, she was in a silk Komono that barely covered anything and was open almost down to her navel! For a young chap, it was quite an uplifting experience i can tell you ;-) |  |
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| What's your claim to fame? on 15:13 - Mar 18 with 2341 views | Mick_S |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:12 - Mar 18 by RangersDave |
i have a few, but i'll leave this one here for now.....
At Bray Studios as a 12 year old lad during the summer holiday (i used to hang out at Pinewood and Bray during all the school holidays, and everyone knew me and i had pretty much unlimited access to everywhere.
Anyway, i'd just finished a couple of hours on set (if you know Bray, it really only had 1 proper set) for a lunch break.
I'm outside taking in the sun, and out come Albert Finney and Martin Sheen. 'Hello Dave, what are you doing for lunch?', not a lot i replied, just hanging around waiting for everyone to come back.
"want a drink?' says Albert, no thanks, i'll be fine....."come on" says Martin, "ive got ice cold coke in my trailer and Albert and I are going to have a sandwich, and watch the open golf on the TV"
so i spend a very nice hour or so in Martin Sheen's trailer talking with both of them, and very nice guys they were too.
Oh and chatting with Suzanne Daniel, on her doorstep one morning in Gerrards Cross, she was in a silk Komono that barely covered anything and was open almost down to her navel! For a young chap, it was quite an uplifting experience i can tell you ;-) |
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| What's your claim to fame? on 15:18 - Mar 18 with 2316 views | hantssi |
Was also on Record Breakers, met Roy Castle and the McWhirter brothers just before one (Ross?) got killed by the IRA.
They all signed my copy of the book and I’ve still got the letter from the BBC thanking us for attending. | | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:20 - Mar 18 with 2305 views | The_Beast1976 |
| What's your claim to fame? on 14:35 - Mar 18 by Mick_S |
Then you probably have a Barmy Army garment embroidered by my good self. |
I have about 30 different BA tops from travelling over the years. I was told the fella who did them (i.e. you) was a QPR fan. So you know Leafy, the General, Chris Millard etc?
P.S. I met Mel at the cricket in NZ this winter and he said you were a mate of his [Post edited 18 Mar 2020 15:22]
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| What's your claim to fame? on 15:25 - Mar 18 with 2281 views | Mick_S |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:20 - Mar 18 by The_Beast1976 |
I have about 30 different BA tops from travelling over the years. I was told the fella who did them (i.e. you) was a QPR fan. So you know Leafy, the General, Chris Millard etc?
P.S. I met Mel at the cricket in NZ this winter and he said you were a mate of his [Post edited 18 Mar 2020 15:22]
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I do know Leafy, but only through work. Haven't done much for them lately other than some caps for the NZ tour which is a coincidence. Who'd have thought Mel would like cricket? | |
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| What's your claim to fame? on 15:25 - Mar 18 with 2281 views | ngbqpr |
I was a foot soldier in the music biz for a number of years - most of the people I worked with would only impress those on the Frankie thread, but in terms of proper famous people:
- did some promo work for Simon Cowell when his big act was Sinitta
- had a water cooler moment with Kylie and introduced her to my labrador puppy (not a euphemism) when she was recording in the studios downstairs - Kylie that is, not the lab
- met Les at the Big Breakfast, "Stay at Rangers," I said pathetically, as at the time he was being linked with summer moves all over. We got one more season out of him - you're welcome
- spent a very pleasant hour in the bar at the Brits with John Thomson (Fast Show / Cold Feet). Nice.
- went to a bash that Paul McCartney threw in honour of Ray Charles. My boss was involved - I was grateful for the invite, but hacked off he didn't introduce me to Macca
- the same boss invited me to a dinner & quiz night at his golf club, where I was sat next to commentator Alan Parry. We'd just been relegated from the Prem - "QPR? You'll be back soon enough", opined Alan. Took 15 years mate...
- had several meetings with Tony Wilson & Feargal Sharkey helping organise dance music panels for TW's annual In The City music conference |  |
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| What's your claim to fame? on 15:28 - Mar 18 with 2262 views | stowmarketrange |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:12 - Mar 18 by RangersDave |
i have a few, but i'll leave this one here for now.....
At Bray Studios as a 12 year old lad during the summer holiday (i used to hang out at Pinewood and Bray during all the school holidays, and everyone knew me and i had pretty much unlimited access to everywhere.
Anyway, i'd just finished a couple of hours on set (if you know Bray, it really only had 1 proper set) for a lunch break.
I'm outside taking in the sun, and out come Albert Finney and Martin Sheen. 'Hello Dave, what are you doing for lunch?', not a lot i replied, just hanging around waiting for everyone to come back.
"want a drink?' says Albert, no thanks, i'll be fine....."come on" says Martin, "ive got ice cold coke in my trailer and Albert and I are going to have a sandwich, and watch the open golf on the TV"
so i spend a very nice hour or so in Martin Sheen's trailer talking with both of them, and very nice guys they were too.
Oh and chatting with Suzanne Daniel, on her doorstep one morning in Gerrards Cross, she was in a silk Komono that barely covered anything and was open almost down to her navel! For a young chap, it was quite an uplifting experience i can tell you ;-) |
Lucky it wasn’t jimmy saville or Gary glitter. |  | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:29 - Mar 18 with 2257 views | The_Beast1976 |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:25 - Mar 18 by Mick_S |
I do know Leafy, but only through work. Haven't done much for them lately other than some caps for the NZ tour which is a coincidence. Who'd have thought Mel would like cricket? |
Indeed. I hadn't met him before until we got chatting in a pub in Mount Manganui and then Hamilton . Half expected to see him in SA, but he was a no show  | | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:39 - Mar 18 with 2220 views | karl |
Circa 1985/86 Runners up in World wheelbarrow races, Castletown, Isle of Man. Glory days |  | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:43 - Mar 18 with 2207 views | MrSheen |
My dad put a bathroom in for Jimmy Cliff in about 1975 and he took me along one day to see his house, a big four story terrace near Stamford Bridge. It had fabulous white shag-pile carpet, and lots of Rastas sitting cross-legged on the floor smoking. JC stuck it to Babylon by not paying my Dad. | | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:48 - Mar 18 with 2188 views | Noelmc |
Appeared on page 3 of the Sun.
In the early 90's I played in a wheelchair basketball match at Brentford's Fountain Leisure Centre to raise the profile of one of Princess Di's charities. She was in attendance and threw the ball up for the tip-off between me and an opponent. The strapline the Sun used with the resulting photo was 'A pair of royal bouncers', appropriately positioned on the same page as the standard page 3 photo. |  | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:50 - Mar 18 with 2179 views | Northernr |
| What's your claim to fame? on 14:23 - Mar 18 by flynnbo |
Off the top of my head:
Spending a Saturday night with the Indian cricket team in 1979 in London.
Taught Chris Perry, Jason Cundy, Stephen Finnan and Ben Chilwell.
Won the QPR LInk It Up competition in the programme in 1976/77 season. |
Ben Chilwell always seems a decent sort. You going to tell me he was a dick? |  | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:53 - Mar 18 with 2166 views | flynnbo |
| What's your claim to fame? on 15:50 - Mar 18 by Northernr |
Ben Chilwell always seems a decent sort. You going to tell me he was a dick? |
No, he was a nice and polite student as was his younger sister. |  | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 16:04 - Mar 18 with 2123 views | W13R |
Another one to add.
I went out with Nicky Clarke's sister years ago (allegedly he's a famous hairdresser)
I had the impression he didn't like me much as I was a working class lad.
Double standards really as he was originally from the Heygate Estate in Elephant & Castle!? | | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 16:17 - Mar 18 with 2078 views | HantsR |
I dined with the Queen when she visited our little island of Kiribati on Britannia; I did have a little chat when she mingled. Opposite me on my table were Brian Hanrahan, Prince Philip's Equerry and HM's bodyguard... Hagen? |  | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 16:28 - Mar 18 with 2057 views | B_Wad |
I hung out after a concert on Willy Nelson's bus.
Rode a bicycle across North America from the Pacific to the Atlantic and from Canada to Mexico. |  | | |
| What's your claim to fame? on 16:41 - Mar 18 with 2035 views | kingo |
Glen Matlock was my best friend when I lived in Kensal Green as a kid. Also knew Paul Young when he was in the Q tips. |  |
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| What's your claim to fame? on 16:56 - Mar 18 with 2005 views | itsbiga |
I met Simon Stainrod in White City pool back in the day. I was 10 or 11.
"Oi you're Simon Stainrod"
He was nice to us and that's when I really got into QPR a lot more. | |
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| What's your claim to fame? on 17:07 - Mar 18 with 1994 views | paulparker |
| What's your claim to fame? on 16:04 - Mar 18 by W13R |
Another one to add.
I went out with Nicky Clarke's sister years ago (allegedly he's a famous hairdresser)
I had the impression he didn't like me much as I was a working class lad.
Double standards really as he was originally from the Heygate Estate in Elephant & Castle!? |
He was only jealous off your dashing good looks mate
And TBF you probably had a better Barnet |  |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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