What is your claim to fame ?

[Dave7]

OK, nothing major but something I read sparked a memory.
Back in the early 70s our 1st colour TV was given to us by John Lennons sister.
She was living in Wallasey where I come from.
Someone introduced us. We went to her house and she gifted us the tv.

 

[Donger]

I once dodged parking charges in central Birmingham by parking in Anne Diamond's parking space at the ATV centre.

 

[biggs682]

I had a letter read out on Blue Peter .... Close this thread now 😀

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I was in the ‘M’ (1983)

 

[Domus]

I was a volunteer at the Manchester Commonwealth Games. I drove an anti doping crew around different venues and acted as a chaperone to the selected athletes, to make sure they turned up for testing and that no one gave them anything. My first "victim" was a young Cadel Evens who had just won the road race Gold. While he changed his jersey for the press conference he gave me his Gold medal to hold.

A few years before I was at a concert in Manchester to see King Crimson for the umpteenth time. I ordered a pint of bitter at the bar, whilst waiting the chap behind asked for a glass of milk, I turned to see Robert Fripp standing there. I was too awe struck to speak

 

[Webbo2]

Second place in the 1956 Bonny baby competition at Rounday park Leeds.
I won a silver spoon.

 

[Dave7]

I had a letter read out on Blue Peter .... Close this thread now 😀

WoW.....nothing can come close to that

 

[fossyant]

Film Star !

2:48 was my first clip - green and white cap on the right.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkr76oa1vyo

 

[Gillstay]

Helped get Richard Branson up the highest tree in the city of London as publicity for a greening London initiative.

Also had to keep him hidden from the press while he snug a pee in some nearby bushes. As he said ` they would love a photo'.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I raced Mark Colbourne at the Olympic velodrome in 2013. Aussie rules pursuit. I did not beat him 🤣. I did get to hold his gold medal, during a photo.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Does being in the same A-level classes as the daughter of an ex footballer and manager, Bryan Hamilton, count? 🤣

 

[Drago]

As a young bobby I was once stopped and asked for for directions by Ian McCaskill the weather man.

I briefly dated Sonya Kearns who had been in Grange Hill.

As an older bobby I did personal security for such luminaries as Camilla before she was Queen, Home Secretary Alan Johnson, Dale Winton and Rod Hull. Yes, honest.

 

[Speicher]

I played mini-golf against Mr Faldo, and was winning on the first nine. He then improved his playing and I lost on the back nine.

Later that year his son won a major championship.

 

[PeteXXX]

I once met Danny La Rue but he didn't recognise me!

 

[classic33]

Telling John Prescott that he was illegally parked, across a junction, and blocking the one on the opposite side of the road.
Then telling him(shouting down his coach) I couldn't speak as an equal as he wasn't born in Yorkshire.

He was doing a round of seats before the local elections, to see problems at a grass root level for himself.