Claim to fame

I served Anthony Quinn in a skiing shop in Kensington in the 70's and before that met princess Margarets children when they came to a birthday party at the place that I worked. And Bonnie Langford when out in London with my son's she was lovely and the boys had a photo with her.

My DH's parents live next door to Bob Geldof and have attended family events - happy and sad. My DH went to the wedding when he married Paula Yates and rubbed shoulders that day with many 'stars' including George Michael who sang with no flashy acoustic equipment. DH said he had a truly amazing voice.

What was rather funny is that the press were all lined up outside the church, cordons in place and lenses at the ready to snap the celebs who were attending. My man cut rather a dashing figure in those days and he said there was a distinct buzz, followed by the murmur of 'Who's he?!' when he turned up at the church and was let in by security.

Met princess Anne few times because she is patron of the home I work for. Poured a glass of champagne for David Attenborough and Richard Dawkins and many other famous faces at a charity do

My frien and I went into a lift that only had one other person, Terance Stamp and funny enough we needed the same floor as him. Lovely man with beautiful eyes.

I, along with my mum & 2 daughters, once sat opposite Anton Rodgers (Fresh Fields/May to December) on a train out of Paddington. He was very friendly & chatty and even shared his packet of Rolos with us.

When I was a student the dear old Queen Mother came to our college to officially open it . (St. Mary's, Durham.)
We each had to stand outside the door to our room and as she passed bobbed a curtsey. Late '50s.

I saw Bob Geldoph sleeping on a sofa in our hotel reception!

I helped Mrs Thatcher (when she was Prime Minister) to move the furniture for a meeting at 10 Downing Street. I was the civil servant taking notes of the meeting, but she didn't like the room layout and asked me to help her shift the tables and chairs!

I was in the same class as Justin Haywood at junior school.

Well I went to one of the queens garden parties with my d a few years ago. She strolled around and stopped to talk to a couple of people next to me, I could have reached out and touched her hand but I didn't.

Got to know the Crankies quite well when they used to come into our shop in Torquay. They were very nice. He was really funny all the time and she was quite serious.
Also served Jim Davidson, he put his items on credit so when I knew he was finishing his stint at the local theatre I had to go and remind him he hadn't paid his bill (about £200). He promised to leave a cheque for the me the following day but he'd had a few drinks and I thought he would forget. However as promised the cheque was waiting next morning as promised. Thanks Jim!

When was in a little town in Herefordshire we used to go to a little restaurant which was regularly frequently used by Nigel Kennedy - as a classical violinist myself we became good mates. At music college Steve Isserlis was a fellow student and I spent some time staying with his family - still regard him as a little brother.

In my much younger working days, on a business trip to Rome, sitting at the next table to Sophia Loren in the restaurant at the Hotel Excelsior in Rome.
I found it difficult to concentrate on the wonderful food.

glamma It was a wonderful time in my opinion. Although I saw the Beatles most times they came to Birmingham and lots of other groups/stars too, I always envied the girls who actually saw them in the early days in Liverpool. Lucky you George spoke to a group of us once, he was the (imagined) love of my life!

Growing up, my Dad worked in the film industry on the production side so l grew up mixing with many filmstars both British and international. So they were just ordinary people to me. In the early 70s my children had bit parts in One of my Dinosaurs is mising. Mum and I sat in the gardens of the Natural History museum having lunch with Peter Ustinov and Bernard Breslaw. Peter was flirting with my Mum and when my Dad walked up said 'oops George l didnt realise this lovely lady was your wife '. While at Pinewood Studios with the children I met Sophia Loren and Richard Burton. She really is the most beautiful woman. I was an accountant and dealt with many well known people including Lady Dale Tryon who Prince Charles was rumoured to have an affair with. She was a lovely person. I was then accountant to The Kinks for a while and turned down the same job with Pink Floyd. They really are just ordinary folk like us. Some are lovely and some are not very nice.

I attended a performance of 'The Big Picnic' at Govan, Glasgow (anyone who was also there will remember what a fabulous show it was!!) Charles Dance sat next to me. What a lovely man!

I met Chuck Yeager (first man to go through the sound barrier) and Buzz Aldrin (second man on the Moon), within 30 minutes of each other at the Memorial Day parade in Washington DC.

Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Joe Fiennes, Maureen Lipman, Derek Jacobi, Bernard Bresslaw, Eric Morecombe, Ken Dodd, Barry Cryer, Peter Egan, Anton Rogers, Simon Williams, John Alderton.......sorry, just showing off, I'll shut up now. Had a fab time and I'm very lucky.

Others keep springing to mind now!

Oh, and the lovely Al Rickman and Vic Wood......... couldn't resist.

I had dinner with Patrick Moore, years ago. That was a weird evening.

I was 15 and a program seller on The Turf (Burnley FC ground). When Man Utd were playing I ran down the players tunnel just to touch George Best. I got loads of footballers autographs, wish I still had them.

Also my ex husbands claim to fame is he was one of the children running along the railway line in the background of the film Whistle Down The Wind.

I met Tom Jones. Also, at book signings, Michael Caine, Gary Rhodes, Francesco Da Mosto. I'll stop now.

I walked round the golf course with Douglas Bader and chatted with Princess Anne at Gatcombe.