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Almost quite literally bumped into Alan Sugar on the Campagnolo stand at the Cycle show last year at the NEC.
He's a lot shorter than I expected, and he was dressed like a market trader, but he was chatting to one of the reps and he sounded like he knew his stuff...
Little and Large at Paddington Station, c.1988.
I once directed Joan Collins to the ladies' lavatories..
William Roache in Boydells toy shop bolton when I was a kid, although given recent allegations I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing?
The OH was mightly unimpressed that I didnt ask for my picture or something!
When I lived in London I made a habit of not even raising an eyebrow.
Who was I with at Peaslake a few years ago when Eric Clapton scraped the front end of his new Ferrari? 🙁
slept rough with Jenny Agutter too, just next to Tower Bridge as part of a charity do.
I had a pee next to Richey Edwards from the Manics in the Leadmill a few days before he went missing, I don’t think the two incidents were related.
I was in a hotel jacuzzi when Danii Minogue sauntered over and got in, I like to think she looked disappointed when my wife got in a few minutes later.
Jerry Sadowitz supping al fresco at a coffee shop in, uh, Edinburgh I think. Was perfectly happy to pose for a photo for me, nice chap.
Craig cash is awesome - no actor just plays himself. The royal family lot used to always come murilo's & sit at table 21. Caroline aherne can put away the drink! Almost rivals Andre the giant.
Sarah Harding from girls aloud was another regular - always ordered steak, chips & veg & demolish the lot!
My aunty adopted Finley Quaye - is probably the best one : ) wouldn't expect him to be in the shed building geetars.
Guy garvey in Tempe bar but he's looks the part - suppose it would be unusual if saw him in Ann summers
Jerry Sadowitz
I used to see him all the time in/around the O2 at Finchley road London. He'd had a good run of his own show on Channel 5 before it had been cancelled- thought he was ace on that. Cutting, quite short with guests.
Everytime I saw him in the street he literally looked like he was going to expire of depression!
Christopher Eccleston in Barney's chippy in Urmston (he was filming)
Christopher Eccleston in Worsley Woods (jogging)
Matthew Rhys asked me for directions on holiday in padstow last year.
George Best in the bogs at Old Trafford Cricket Ground about 20 years ago. My drunk mate insisted on shaking his hand despite George being too tired and emotional to wash his.
Once sat on a train coming back from London opposite John Cooper Clarke. He stunk of wee.
Stood next to Hooky from New Order listening to records in Black Market, Soho. Not that unexpected really, given his job.
Another pop related one. Carol Decker and Ronnie wotsit from 80s pop band T'Pau came round our house in about '87. My sister had their posters up at the time so was a bit excited. They bought the house as it happened.
I was in a hotel jacuzzi when Danii Minogue sauntered over and got in
You clearly live in my fantasy world. 😉
Rolf Harris eating a burger king at fleet services!
I once directed Joan Collins to the ladies' lavatories..
Did she have to do many takes before she got there once you shouted action!
Lots of encounters on the train. Most notably Michael Portillo, whom I've ended up sitting next to or opposite on numerous times - we're almost on Christmas Card terms now.
I was walking around in London years ago and noticed Portillo just ahead of me. A white van passed, screeched to a halt, a load of lads leant out and in unison shouted "WA..ER!!", accompanied by appropriate gestures, and then sped off.
I looked at him, he sighed wearily, "Happens all the time" he said and went on his way.
Saw him 2 weeks later at the opera with one of his "nephews". he recognised me - pretty impressive memory.
with one of his "nephews"
I wish he'd stood for the party leadership but something stopped him didn't it?
Not particularly because I thought he'd be a fantastic Tory Leader and/or Prime Minister just the whispers/phobia angle at the time.
Sat opposite Pete Postlethwaite on a train once.
Also, in a nondescript department store in LA (think Debenhams) I turned round and almost bumped into Tom Jones and his wife.
Eric Clapton shooting the other month, and err some massive wall of and american b-grade actor in a hotel at the NEC many years ago.
Frank Gallaghers missus and that jarvis cocker at LBS
Living in Cardiff I've seen plenty of international rugby players wandering around the shops. Many of whom are quite incredibly large.
Geoff Hurst in the local M&S.
Had a game of pool with Gazza in a pub in Cheshunt.
Once handed a paper to Ozzie Ardilis on my paper round.
Met Henry Cooper coming out of a local bookies and he shook my hand (he had very big hands)
Bumped in to Pat Jennings quit regularly (another one with big hands).
Stephen Hawking at Duxford RAF museum.
Introduced to Kevin Schwantz in the late 80s when we were organising a children in need do - took us all (20 or so..) for a beer in Redgate lodge afterward. Top bloke ..
Errrm - think I saw Kimi Raikkonen in Richomnd park about an hour ago, not 100% but he seemed to be attracting a lot of attention ..
slept rough with Jenny Agutter too
Sounds like the intro to some dirty anecdote or other... 😉
Saw Richard Madeley at a pub in Herts one lunchtime. Don't think it was that unusual a location though
Princess Di in Richmond Park in a red Mercedes convertible, she was on her own & I was on my bike, up near Roehampton Gate.
Brian Moore having a greasy spoon breakfast one Saturday morning in Hampton Wick, he was on his own, maybe it was part of his pre match carbo load.
I sat next to Craig Cash at a Tom Waits gig in Edinburgh. Cashy gets about a bit.
Patrick Moore - back street pavement in Plymouth (I nearly ran him over because I was riding on said pavement)
Liz Hurley - Tesco in Cirencester (unexpected because I'd have expected her to be in Waitrose). I had just been biking, so was clad in woolly hat, mud and warm-down trousers (ahem, shellsuit...). No idea why she didn't drop that Warne bloke immediately...
Another pop related one. Carol Decker and Ronnie wotsit from 80s pop band T'Pau came round our house in about '87.
Ronnie Rogers was in a pub I was drinking in a few weeks ago.
Wasn't all that surprising as I'd tickets to see them in the venue across the road that night. Shook his hand after the gig, top bloke.
I used to see him all the time in/around the O2 at Finchley road London. He'd had a good run of his own show on Channel 5 before it had been cancelled- thought he was ace on that. Cutting, quite short with guests.
I think he was slightly surprised that someone recognised him. I was addicted to the late night Just For Laughs (Montreal Comedy Festival) show and he was a regular on there.
Dr Alice Roberts in the garden centre a few weeks ago.
Alice Cooper buying cheap trainers at Sports Direct in the Bullring, Birmingham
Phil Oakey in Sheffield - let him pull out in front of me a junction. Although that is his home turf
Got a call from my sister one night a few years ago as she wanted a lift home from the pub (raining hard), got there and she got in the back of my Ka only for Katherine Jenkins to get in beside me!! Apparently I failed to look cool, calm and collected 😆
tonyg2003 - Also bumped into Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart on the Brecon Canal too, he asked me where the nearest decent pub was as he was getting the barge down through Llangynidr locks - sent him to the Coach and Horses then text my mate who (unbeknown to me) organised a mass invasion of the place. I carried on my ride!!
When I was at uni, I did some clay pigeon shooting once and got a lift to the range with with Danny Kendall from Grange Hill. I did my best not to come over as too star-struck. Apparently he was actually quite good friends with Mr Bronson in real life.
Stephen Henry - Frankfurt Marriott years ago . In the bar and had a beer with us all.
Sam Torrence - in my brother in laws kitchen. I asked him what he did for a living
Jim Kerr - in an elevator in a hotel in Kensington. He was trying to buy Celtic FC at the time, and I had also just read some gossip that Patsy Kensit has said he was hung like a horse . Couldn't work out which of hose to talk about
Michael; Schumacher - the International Confectionery exhibition in Koln. He was on the Dandy stand - and nobody was talking to him ...
Sporty Spice - business lounge Zurich. Sat next to me - I noticed the crap tattoos first ...
Patsy Palmer , walking her dog passed my front door
Jimmy Somerville - in my local butchers . Wearing a badly fitting cycle helmet. In the the butchers.
Both food related.
Taggart (Mark McManus),now deceased, buying chips in local chippy.
Bruce Anstey eating an ice cream ,I was looking more at ice cream tbh thinking that I wanted one until I realised who it was.
Ainsley Harriot... getting a coffee from the machine at our photo studio. Apparently he was there for a shoot but no one tells me anything.
Oh yeah, I sold Geoff Hoon a Raleigh Rave BSO in Halfords (for his son) when he was the defence secretary.
Cougar hes always looked the same though. I think the C5 'The Jerry Sadowitz show' only had a very very short run.
I loved him/seemed genuinely gritty/pissed off whereas alot of comedians affect this to be 'cool' (that posh comedian **** from Brighton for one)
Penny from GMTV in pizza express Oxford few weeks ago , no longer a milf 🙁
Dominic diamond in angry Annie's a small restaurant in Barbados in 2002,
Eric cantona on the patio in Le St Geran in Mauritius in 2001,
Some woman from casualty in a pub in herts last week
And some bloke called Dave Cameron at a pub near chequers last summer ,
Jordan and Peter Andre at Heathrow - they're tiny!
nicole kidman rented the house next door for a month.. arrived by helicopter on friday evenings.. left sunday tea time.. didnt pop round for sugar..
my dad once famously invited an old guy home for the BBQ they'd met down the marina whilst messing with his boat.. peter stringfellow.. did nt bring a plus one..
[i]Ian Brown in Bent's Garden Centre off the East Lancs,[/i]
We know the Bents personally. I'm taking one of them on a road ride in a bit. I'm going to tear his legs off 😉
Michael Schumacher stood next to me whilst checking out at the reception desk of a hotel in Daventry circa 1996.
Used to quite regularly see Posh and Becks at the Tesco in Prestwich doing early hours shopping back in about 99.
Tony Hart at my works Xmas do. We poached his "gallery" theme tune for some of our adverts. 2 massive "minders" with him whom I drunkenly side stepped to inform him that "you sir, are a f*!*in legend!" I think he appreciated it.........
I'm loving the fact that Tony Hart (who is indeed a legend), needs two minders. Awesome!
MOTHER OF GOD HE'S DEAD!!!! Why did no-one tell me???
Jordan and Peter Andre at Heathrow - they're tiny!
Are you sure they weren't just far away?
Saw Phil Collins in Sainsburys in Guildford High Street many years ago. Also saw him on the train going back to Guildford out of Waterloo. He seemed very angry that the train was running late!!
Also saw Rolf Harris one morning at Charing Cross station. Not what I expected as I was staggering bleary-eyed to work!!
Dave Gilmour looking confused at the amount of cyclists on Hove seafront before we rode to Spin Up In A Brewery. Dressed in black t-shirt, black shorts, black socks and black trainers looking a bit sweaty.
Billy Bragg, directly in front of me in a Post Office in Croydon.
As his number was getting called, I tapped him on the shoulder:
"Never thought I'd be QUEUEING UP with BILLY BRAGG!", I quipped.
He had the decency to laugh.
Good guy, BB.
Crashed a punt into one containing Stephen Hawkings of The Simpsons fame amongst other things!
Lee Scratch Perry in Morecambe;
RZA from Wu-Tang Clan in Barrow In Furness I THINK THIS MEANS I WIN
Vernon Kay used to have a couple of my mixtapes in his car, and in 1996 he had a few drinks in my room in uni halls, before going out clubbing with us and making a complete shaft-grasper of himself (I was mates with his younger brother, and Vernon was visiting)*.
* - I only mention this because I wanted to use the term 'shaft-grasper'.
Norman Tebbit filled his Range Rover up at my petrol station once, as (I think) he was taking his daughter to Durham University.
Bananarama in Matlock in late 1980's.
Jennifer Saunders at the Badminton Horse Trials earlier this year
Another.. Almost forgot..
Simon Amstell from "never mind the Buzzcocks" etc. etc. sitting in the row in front of me and MrsBouy at Saddlers Wells a few weeks ago.
And..
The tall thin one from the PetShopBoys, again at Saddlers last year whilst their production of "the most incredible thing" was playing out on stage.
Forgot about those two.
Dave Myers (the dark haired one from the Hairy Bikers)
Frankley services M5
Couple of others :
Jonny Morris outside Westminster - had to stop him and say thanks for making my childhood fun.
Did the 'door dance' with Jamie Curtis in Santa Monica.
Mick Jagger in the video games section of Harrods.
And some bloke called Dave Cameron at a pub near chequers last summer
I do find it fairly amusing to think that even PMs sometimes just think 'sod this let's go to the pub'. Assuming it wasn't a crafted photo-op of course.
I once sold Martin Brundle a Bike (Marin Indian Fire Trail with Manitou 2's IIRC).
I didn't recognise him and when I asked for his name and address for the receipt he loudly stated 'I am Martin Brundle' and then got very miffed because I still didn't know who he was.
Penny from GMTV in pizza express Oxford few weeks ago , no longer a milf
This saddens me.
Helen Skelton skulking around eating a dirty fried chicken takeaway at the outdoors show in Excel earlier this year...
Ronnie Wood keeps getting in my way as I'm heading out of the office for lunch. In fact on one occasion he was flirting with the checkout girl and fumbling for change in a little purse and hugely delayed my sandwich purchase!
Also seen coming out of the Flight Centre.
All in downtown Bath.
John Major in John Lewis (b*****d jumped the queue)
Prof. Heinz Wolff on the train.
(and lots of others, but they were in places I'd have expected to bump in to them)
Nancy from Hollyoaks used to come down to Aston Hill for the races years ago, her boyfriend used to race there.
my dad used to be one of the beaters and drivers for one of the big hunts in his area. Elle MacPherson and fella had rented the local castle and estate where the hunts were occuring. After seeing my dad's dog offered to buy it for a lot of money.
Tom Baker again, this time in what was the Racing Page in Richmond. My mate shared his delight in seeing him. To which Mr Baker retorted, faarrrr***** Orffffff.
Oh how we laughed!
Phil 'the power' taylor riding around Llandegla
you sure it wasn't just some other fat knacker from stokey way?
I'm pretty sure it was The Power himself
Jack Steadman ( lead singer of Bombay bicycle club) tried to chat me up, at a v drunken party. Would NOT take no as an answer lol
Seen loads of singers and bands at festivals either in the loo or queues for food ( not really unusual though)
I'm pretty sure it was The Power himself
A sighting of PTPT anywhere is good, but on a bike, bleeding fantastic.
Yasser Arafat on Chiswick High Road, late '90s. He was in the back of a limo with a rather large police presence. I also used to go to a gym near to the BBC which had a few Blue Peter presenters (Katy Hill!) in it but the best one there was seeing Bill Bailey having a personal training session.
Saw a Ferrari waiting at a roundabout a few years ago and my first thought was 'he's a bit young to be driving that' - then I realised it was Matt Bellamy from Muse.
Jeremy Clarkson, stood next to him at a urinal in the NEC a while back. Gave me a 'don't look at my cock' kind of look.
Saw Paula Radcliffe a couple of months ago in M&S simply food at Tamworth services. Gave me a warm, friendly smile.
Tim.
another Ian Brown here,
weekday morning about 830am before work, just off to get milk from what was then a Safeway at the bottom of Berwick St, soho.
He's mucking about being filmed on a silver BMX in the road. Have only seen clips of the final vid - was it FEAR?
Not Ian Brown-
The late, great Richard Whitely at the gents urinals in what was then the volcano club, glasgow!
Dolly Parton came into the Princess Louise, Holborn, with a crowd of pearly kings. They were filming and the pearlies gave us loads of beer that had been bought for them.
Donald Trump in Manhattan this April.
Winston Churchill Jr in Crete airport.
Prince Charles in the Abingdon St, Northampton. I ignored him.
Lennox Lewis Pushing in front of me in the Burger King queue at McCarren Airport, Las Vegas. That was annoying, he nearly felt my temper. He got away without a pasting from a skinny cyclist that day!!
Julie Christie on a train journey when the train broke down and it was just us two in the carriage. This was in the days when you could smoke on a train, and she asked me for a light. We sat and chatted for the rest of the journey- God but she was still gorgeous!
Ian Brown gets bloody everywhere
Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs at Glastonbury
Mrs llama was having her hair done once when KYLIE MINOGUE came and sat in the next chair
Brian Moore at Trevose Golf club, we were both in the bar waiting for the dinner service to begin at the restaurant. I wanted to buy him a drink for all of his test matches against the french, but my wife decided I would come across as a sad middle aged star struck bloke!
I kept looking on the pairs board to see if he wanted a partner for a round of golf on the classic course... no such luck 🙁