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[clan chieftain]

My mum went to primary school in Houghton-le-Spring and was in the same class as Bob Paisley who went on to become manager of Liverpool FC.
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[Roger-hatchy]

I did my HGV driving lessons with Roger Daltry.
And before he became well known had a drinking buddy called Bob Hoskins.
Also in the same pub, but most avoided him, Ronald Frazer and a few others.
Served under Colonel Porteous VC.

[Rick]

William Hartnell (Doctor Who #1) is a relation, distant cousin maybe once removed. There's talk of a tenuous link to William Wordsworth, going back a bit there though.

Geoffrey (out of kid's TV show Rainbow) went to the same school as mum (a few years behind), Judith Chalmers was the year above too iirc.

R
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[Penman]

Hi
I taught Alice Dingle (well the actress who played her) to drive.

and There is a young lady who is 19 today, who I first met about 17yrs ago; she is going to be one of the dancers tonight at the Opening Ceremony
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Bristols should always come in pairs.

Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
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[RUSTON]

I am a cousin of Sir Stanley Matthews (he was a bit of a footballer for our younger members information)!

Pete.
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Measure twice...cut once!

[Riley Blue]

Brian May was at school with me and Billy Connolloy shares my birthday though probably neither of them knows

[clan chieftain]

Now I read in todays paper that the Prime Ministers "CAT" is also called Larry
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[Jason]

I'm not related to anyone famous that I know of, but once had lunch with Fred Dibner in a fish and chip shop and my mum used to babysit John Kettley (weatherman) when he was a child
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"people with money buy a Rolls Royce, people with taste buy an Alvis".

[buzzy bee]

You all know someone famous, me....

I was once on the telly, lol No not on Crime watch... BBC1 on the penny

I think I will carry on being little old me, in my shed, rarely seeing anyone, never mind anyone famous... hahaha

Theres a name for it, do they call it Hermit....

[Rick]

[clan chieftain]

Jason did you have to buy Fred Dibnahs fish supper as I believe he was miserable and didnt stand his round in the boozer.
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[peter scott]

Fortunately for me the late Robin Cook MP was a prefect at my school. One day I was making a nuisance of myself bouncing a basket ball again the prefects' shed wall. I got hauled in and beaten over the backside with a gym shoe. I say "fortunately" because Mr Cook took pity upon me and halted his more sadistic colleges.

Peter
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1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon

[pigtin]

I once stood near Samantha Fox at an opening ceremony. I fancied her mum like mad.
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Due to the onset of my mid eighties I'm no longer sprightly and rarely seen in my Austin special. I have written a book though. https://amzn.eu/d/7rwRRqL

[Peter_L]

There are two long convoluted family links. One to the man who married Peter Lawford's (actor) mother and the other to Henry David Thoreau, the American author.

Harvey Smith once re-arranged the tables and invited a couple of us to share his side of a restaurant, when rain water suddenly started to flood through the roof.

I bought the Mini Van previously owned by Arthur Rowe, 1960 Olympic weightlifter. ( he had scratched his name and the Olympic Rings on the centre hub of the steering wheel.

I stopped our vehicle on a street in Miami to allow Pamela Anderson to cross. Wearing a gold dress and gold high heels. (Pamela not me, it was a week day )

I shared a table at Toronto airport with John McEnroe.

[Rick]