I rubbed shoulders on occasion with Eric Morecambe when I was little as we lived in the same town - Harpenden - and he was often seen out shopping! I got comedian Frank Carson's ("It's the way I tell 'em") autograph when he was a Redcoat at Butlins. I met Hannah Gordon when I was a contestant on Watercolour Challenge in 2000. And I have had 2 cups of coffee bought for me and a long, long chat to Roger Morlidge (Mr Griffin - Headteacher in Corrie, Fat Tw*t in East is East, James Armitage in Shakespeare in Love....and many others) as he lectured at the college I did my HND in and he was helping me get the feel for theatrical costume as I was making an Elizabethan style 'costume for performance' for one of my units.
By association there is Robbie Reid (boxer)...who used to go to the High School all my kids went to and who had his portfolio photos done by a friend of mine. Jimmy Constable of 911 whose mother I worked with when she taught at my kids' Primary School. And Nichola Roberts (Girls Aloud) who dropped out of the college I did Fashion and Textiles ND at because she went off and got 'famous' instead. Oh! ...and the entire cast of Two Pints of Lager... who periodically take over parts of Runcorn to film the series...
Am I stretching this a bit too far now...???
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