Famous neighbours?

[bikingdad90]

[QUOTE 4747236, member: 9609"]I live next door to someone who was one of a group of three scientists who invented a drug that I would guess most people in the western world will hve heard of and use - not famous in any way (you would not have heard of him) but wikipedia describes him as one of the worlds leading experts in that field of bio chemistry in the 1980s[/QUOTE]
Statins or fluxoretine?

 

[PaulB]

I can't abide name-droppers. I was only saying this to my next-door neighbour Elton John last week.

 

[Chromatic]

I can't abide name-droppers. I was only saying this to my next-door neighbour Elton John last week.

I claim a TMN

Don't name drop, Sting told me that at Elton John's place.

 

[AndyRM]

I claim a TMN

Careful!

 

[Labradorofperception]

Terry Utley the bassist from Smokie used to live a street away, went to school with his daughter for a couple of years.

The very lovely Holly, who I am pleased to say is about to be a mum for he first time (and no, it's not mine)...

Where I now live in Shropshire, I can see Bryan Ferry's house from mine.

 

[AndyRM]

The very lovely Holly, who I am pleased to say is about to be a mum for he first time (and no, it's not mine)...

Where I now live in Shropshire, I can see Bryan Ferry's house from mine.

How's his son, Vince?

 

[PaulB]

I claim a TMN

Co inky dinky. I've been using that one for years.

 

[Chromatic]

Co inky dinky. I've been using that one for years.

So have I and I'm probably older than you.

 

[oldfatfool]

The very lovely Holly, who I am pleased to say is about to be a mum for he first time (and no, it's not mine)...

Where I now live in Shropshire, I can see Bryan Ferry's house from mine.

Could have sworn she was called Lisa, the daughter i am thinking of will be touching 48 this year.

 

[lazybloke]

My extremely tenuous link (ie none) with fame:
My best mate at school in the 80s... His mum went to Uni with John Nettles.
My wife went to school with the girl that played Bergerac's daughter.

As you were.

 

[Oxo]

My next door neighbour lives next to me.

 

[pplpilot]

[QUOTE 4747992, member: 45"]My first job was on Knowle High St. I can be famous if you like.[/QUOTE]

Never realised, I'd have added you to the list of Zlebs if I'd known...

 

[Labradorofperception]

Could have sworn she was called Lisa, the daughter i am thinking of will be touching 48 this year.

Ah, that's her sister then.

Your other claim to fame in that case is that you must have lived just round the corner from my Gran.

 

[oldfatfool]

Ah, that's her sister then.

Your other claim to fame in that case is that you must have lived just round the corner from my Gran.

Uttley was living down green lane in Hunsworth at the time, what is your grans surname?

 

[Labradorofperception]

Uttley was living down green lane in Hunsworth at the time, what is your grans surname?

Ah, this was from his time living in Great Horton, Bradford, before he scarpered to Ilkley.

He'll be trending on the interweb now...