Claim to fame???

[Lennon]

Everyone has a claim to fame - no matter how small or big, so whats yours? Mine is that I lived opposite Rod Stewarts sister when I was grwoing up (my parents still live there) and Rod used to park his car in our drive when he came to see her. Anyone else got any claims??

[ShawTee7]

Whilst attending the school frequented by Morrissey we were visited by Himself and a camera crew from `the old grey whistle. When shown on BBC2 I , could be seen clearly sporting the `V`s`. slap, bang in the middle of an unruly mob clearly not fearing the headmaster ritual. I did however,later,reel around the fountain, with the strap marks on my hands Oh happy days..

[shybearuk]

Well, mine are relatively minor, but while working as a barman in several clubs back in the early nineties, I served drinks to Jimmy Somerville, Paul Gambacinni, Marc Almond, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Andy Bell, Su Pollard, the tall one out of Bananarama, Rozalla and two thirds of Big Fun (Anyone remember them?) No points for guessing what sort of clubs I used to work in ;o)

[TC@Brighton]

When working at Comet in Brighton in the 80's I sold Norman Wisdom a deep fat fryer and Tommy Cooper a VCR !!

[ilanga]

My twin brother and I presented flowers to the queen mother, on behalf of our primary school. My granddad lived in a small town up north (with not much gossip), so was ecstatic and showed the pictures to everyone for years!

[ilanga]

Another time, I met Jet from Gladiators, and Bobby Charlton at Wembley stadium on the same day. Although I was only 10, I was severly offended by Mr Charlton's sexist comments on why I shouldn't play football!

[wingnut]

My first brush with fame was spotting the actor who played the man who ran the caf� in Last Of The Summer Wine while on a school trip to London. I can still recall the giddy excitement. He's dead now. I went on to shake hands with Macca at a New Year's Eve party held by one of his relatives. I recall he had a pleasantly chunky, button-up cardigan on, presumably a Christmas gift. The late Linda sat in the kitchen imparting tips on tofu (possibly). A teenage Stella was also there with her boyfriend, but I got the impression that she deemed us all too far down the evolutionary ladder to be bothered with. Also, I used to often ride my bike into Hull Paragon Station as John Prescott was rolling up in his Jag to catch the London train. On a note local to anyone in Yorkshire, my daughter goes to school with the daughter of the Yorkshire Television weatherman, John Mitchell, and my wife has twice accidentally rammed her shopping trolley into tanned YTV news presenter Peter Levy. Oh, and my dad had Freddy Starr in the back of his ambulance when Freddy's wife was in labour. The alleged comedian was so foul-mouthed and offensive that my dad never watched him on telly again.

[Reize]

We used to share the fence at the bottom of our garden in the 70's with Dave Hill from Slade. My brothers used to shout over the fence to him and he'd give them Slade badges.

[David H]

Well, I think my best moments are still to come, but I watched this year's big brother end of series party through the window, and I once used Richard Attenborough's toilet when I delivered a parcel to his house (he wasn't there though).

[Art Vandely]

While playing at a festival Bez from the Happy Mondays passed me a spliff from the crowd. Also, Tim Roth (Resovior Dogs, Pulp Fiction) stood right on front of me with his kid watching us at the Nottinghill Carnival.

[Coldfusion]

Well I used to be a phone engineer and I have done jobs for numerous famous people. I got to see in their houses and everything. Some of the stories I could tell about some of their houses...!

[tonic]

David Bailey (the photographer) is my cousin (well 2nd cousin) & when my Mum was little he used to bring Jean Shrimpton and Mic Jagger to her Mums flat.