So, what’s your claim to fame?

[Woodsmoke]

Another one from me that I'd forgotten!

Bruce Foxton patted my dog in the Stone Trough a couple of years ago. We were in the lounge when the band came in and Purdey wandered up to him and demanded her due

I also held the door open for him the next morning

 

[jimo]

Who is it ?

Robert Plant

 

[tozzybum]

Years ago John Noakes of " go with Noakes " and Blue Peter fame chased 3 of us out of his garden after catching us pinching apples
He wasn't as gentlemanly as he was on the t.v

 

[Foxyboy43]

Whilst an armourer at RAF Leuchars, I refurbished the small cannon that was used to mark the start of the St Andrews Open for years.

Jumped 6'2" in a Puissance competition many, many years ago.

I was Alison Philpott's 'First' (probably only of note to those who knew her)

I don't think I can actually follow the above with anything better . . . . . .

Err, well, actually, Alison erm, ahem……

 

[unicorn71]

Met Prince Charles in Dersingham when my brother owned a cottage in the village. Secondly back in the late 1980’s I managed to get thrown out of a club in Edinburgh after a drunken fight with Stephen Hendry .

 

[FrenchieBoy]

My Great grand Father (He died before I was born) was Major JFR Daniel who was the founder of the Weston, Cleavedon and Portishead Railway. There used to be a large Oil Painting of him in the Gloucester Museum. I'm not sure if the oil painting is still there now but below is a photo of the oil painting.
There's some "interesting" and sometimes comical interviews about the WCPR on this youtube video!

 

[Taff]

Had nick mason make me a bacon roll,
lord Litchfield promised not to shoot me.
Appeared on tv several times , not crime watch
Appeared in the independent news paper supplement
Attempted to storm parliament
Prosecuted under the deer act and kept my license
Sold a guinea pig to Dervla kirwan

 

[Xenaphon]

In 1980 I was questioned in the course of the Yorkshire Ripper enquiry. Possible suspect? CID turned up around 6pm and my dear wife asked them if it was worthwhile continuing to make the tea!

In the event it was a bit uncanny, as there was a definite resemblance between us, we shared a name and the same initials. Moreover I used to deal with the company he worked for and at one stage would have visited it.

 

[Woodsmoke]

Had nick mason make me a bacon roll,
lord Litchfield promised not to shoot me.
Appeared on tv several times , not crime watch
Appeared in the independent news paper supplement
Attempted to storm parliament
Prosecuted under the deer act and kept my license
Sold a guinea pig to Dervla kirwan

We need more details. On all but the guinea pig

 

[Rake Aboot]

Here’s me and Rab Noakes and Barbara Dickson this morning in Innerleithen
They did a set and were magic.

 

[opticron1]

Not sure its a claim to fame, but Rake Aboot's piece above reminded me of the fact that our family used to keep bees at Innerleithen and my Grandfather paid for part of his house with the money he made from selling the honey in that fine Edinburgh emporium called Jenners (before it was flogged off of course!). One part of the family is in the graveyard there and my late Mum's part of the family were probably responsible for more cattle reiving and Salmon poaching in centuries gone by...... blo*dy thieving Border Reivers

 

[Sealgair nam fiadh]

Was called a " Facist Mainland Mercenary" by the Sunday Mail while working as a Water Bailiff on Lewis year's ago

 

[tozzybum]

In basic training on a Saturday off in Reading 3 of us had the joy of being called " imperialistic tools of the capitalistic thatcherite dictatorship " .
A group from the university young communists were not pleased to see us laughing at their protest demo.

 

[croydbay]

I shook hands with a man who who shook the hand of a man who sh***ed Betty Grable!

 

[Triggermortis]

If you believe the six degrees of separation theory, at some point we all have ?

 

[NigelM]

You can't stop there!

Unfortunately she wasn’t keen on me getting any further

 

[Foxyboy43]

If you believe the six degrees of separation theory, at some point we all have ?

Aye - but rather six degrees of copulation methinks!

 

[merlin]

I shook hands with a man who who shook the hand of a man who sh***ed Betty Grable!

I've a friend who has shaken hands with Neil Armstrong (....forgot about that one!)

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

Once guided the son of the crown prince of Berleburg on Roe Buck, wasn’t lucky with the roe, but did come across a nest of fox cubs and he shot the lot.

 

[Magnificent 7]

Drained Roger Taylor's fishpond full of fancy carp he didn't take that to well.