Jimmy Tarbuck ('Tarby') once visited my home town but I didn't go and see him.
Digger said
Apr 29 3:33 PM, 2022
Ken Dodd came to our workplace some years ago. Seems he took a shine to me and put his arm around me and insisted for a photo. I was like....WTF...why can't it be Tom Berenger!!! He was really tall, much taller than he looked on TV. Quite a pleasant chap though.
Digger said
Apr 29 3:34 PM, 2022
I also saw Jimmy Osmond upstairs at our local Asda signing what I presume was his book. I was too absorbed in my shopping to bother to stand and stare.
Digger said
Apr 29 3:36 PM, 2022
I've met Susan George, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton John, and I once got into a lift in Harrods with Robert Hardy.
-- Edited by Digger on Friday 29th of April 2022 03:36:21 PM
Digger said
Apr 29 3:37 PM, 2022
Oh, and I've seen the Queen at Windsor Horse show. She was tiny!!!
Digger said
Apr 29 3:39 PM, 2022
Then there was the time I saw Jimmy Sommervile on Market Street in Manchester. Around the late 80s me and my mate saw this big white Rolls Royce drive up at Castlefield and the Gibb brothers got out. All three of 'em. We were like.....It's the fucking BEE GEES!
Syl said
Apr 29 6:21 PM, 2022
Omar Sharif came in the night club I was working in, like Doddy did to Digger, he seemed to take a shine to me.
The girl he was with got all huffy and asked the club owner if he would send me out.
Jimmy Saville came into Salford Casino when I worked there...tried to put his arm round me, he was a creep, and everyone knew it.
The Corrie cast used to come into Tiffanys, Pat Pheonix was a real Diva.....nice though.
The nicest celeb was probably Des O'connor...a real gent.
Digger said
Apr 30 1:25 AM, 2022
Syl wrote:
Omar Sharif came in the night club I was working in, like Doddy did to Digger, he seemed to take a shine to me. The girl he was with got all huffy and asked the club owner if he would send me out.
Jimmy Saville came into Salford Casino when I worked there...tried to put his arm round me, he was a creep, and everyone knew it.
The Corrie cast used to come into Tiffanys, Pat Pheonix was a real Diva.....nice though.
The nicest celeb was probably Des O'connor...a real gent.
She gets Omar Sherif, and I get Doddy. Story of my life
Digger said
Apr 30 1:29 AM, 2022
Syl wrote:
Omar Sharif came in the night club I was working in, like Doddy did to Digger, he seemed to take a shine to me. The girl he was with got all huffy and asked the club owner if he would send me out.
Jimmy Saville came into Salford Casino when I worked there...tried to put his arm round me, he was a creep, and everyone knew it.
The Corrie cast used to come into Tiffanys, Pat Pheonix was a real Diva.....nice though.
The nicest celeb was probably Des O'connor...a real gent.
I worked in Castlefield back in the late 80s and the White Lion pub was where the Corry lot used to go for lunch. I saw that woman Ivy, can't remember her name but she died. She was pissed as a fart trying to get out a big posh car. Then I did the BBC version of Vanity Fair back in 1997, I think it was. Four of us were hired as dancers. Sadly we ended up on the cutting room floor, I think there's a two second clip of us prancing around behind voile curtains, but we got to meet the cast that day. Gerard Murphy, who always plays baddies, was sitting right behind me and we chatted. He was really nice and very sweet. Kept asking me if I was alright as I was sitting at his feet. I have photos somewhere.
Syl said
Apr 30 1:25 PM, 2022
Lynn Perry (Ivy) liked her drink a lot.
I dont know who Gerard Murphy is, I googled his pic but I cant place him.
Probably the best 'star' encounter we had....was in a Manchester restaurant, a group of us had a singalong with Helen Mirren.
Her and the people she was with, (some cast of Prime Suspect) came to join us, so we all ended up on a huge table, each doing an impromptu Karaoke turn.
She passed, and got jeered at (jokingly) She was nice, as was the others....one of the actors ended up playing Carla's dad Johnny, in Corrie.
Digger said
May 2 10:20 AM, 2022
Syl wrote:
Lynn Perry (Ivy) liked her drink a lot.
I dont know who Gerard Murphy is, I googled his pic but I cant place him.
Probably the best 'star' encounter we had....was in a Manchester restaurant, a group of us had a singalong with Helen Mirren.
Her and the people she was with, (some cast of Prime Suspect) came to join us, so we all ended up on a huge table, each doing an impromptu Karaoke turn.
She passed, and got jeered at (jokingly) She was nice, as was the others....one of the actors ended up playing Carla's dad Johnny, in Corrie.
Gerard Murphy was in Waterworld ang Batman Begins...and a few other movies that I can't name. He was mainly a stage actor, I believe. He's dead now.
Digger said
May 2 10:27 AM, 2022
What was that woman's name who used to be a kind of agony aunt on ITV? She was a older lady and quite portly. I danced at her party in Manchester and got Susie Blake up to give it a go. That was a fun night.
I also gave Denise Welch dancing lessons in 2003 at her house in Alderley Edge. She was making a tv drama called Turkish Delight and needed to learn how to bellydance. Her husband at that time was Tim Healey and he was a nice guy. She was a bit of a diva as I recall. And definitely wore the trousers.
Syl said
May 2 12:25 PM, 2022
Digger wrote:
What was that woman's name who used to be a kind of agony aunt on ITV? She was a older lady and quite portly. I danced at her party in Manchester and got Susie Blake up to give it a go. That was a fun night.
I also gave Denise Welch dancing lessons in 2003 at her house in Alderley Edge. She was making a tv drama called Turkish Delight and needed to learn how to bellydance. Her husband at that time was Tim Healey and he was a nice guy. She was a bit of a diva as I recall. And definitely wore the trousers.
Denise Robertson?
I can imagine Denise Welch being a bit of a bossy boots.
I was watching some classic Corries a while ago, it must have been from 22 years ago, she was really attractive, and a good actress too.
Anonymous said
May 2 12:41 PM, 2022
Gawd, I’ve never lived listening to you two (Syl & Digger)
Syl said
May 2 1:53 PM, 2022
Poca wrote:
Gawd, I’ve never lived listening to you two (Syl & Digger)
Yeah, but we have had a lot longer to fit in these things than you have.
Magica said
May 2 5:26 PM, 2022
Syl wrote:
Poca wrote:
Gawd, I’ve never lived listening to you two (Syl & Digger)
Yeah, but we have had a lot longer to fit in these things than you have.
Syl's got years on us Pokes! 👀😜
Digger said
May 2 5:39 PM, 2022
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
What was that woman's name who used to be a kind of agony aunt on ITV? She was a older lady and quite portly. I danced at her party in Manchester and got Susie Blake up to give it a go. That was a fun night.
I also gave Denise Welch dancing lessons in 2003 at her house in Alderley Edge. She was making a tv drama called Turkish Delight and needed to learn how to bellydance. Her husband at that time was Tim Healey and he was a nice guy. She was a bit of a diva as I recall. And definitely wore the trousers.
Denise Robertson?
I can imagine Denise Welch being a bit of a bossy boots.
I was watching some classic Corries a while ago, it must have been from 22 years ago, she was really attractive, and a good actress too.
That's the one. Denise Robertson. It was her birthday....some bar in Castlefield if I recall. It was years ago. We had a great time. Susie Blake used to crack me up as that snotty newsreader on the Victoria Wood Show.
Digger said
May 2 5:41 PM, 2022
Poca wrote:
Gawd, I’ve never lived listening to you two (Syl & Digger)
My brother has celebrity friends. He used to work for Vogue magazine in London. He was hobnobbing with quite a few famous people but was dead blase about it. I'd be like...dish the dirt bitch! But he never did.
Syl said
May 2 6:02 PM, 2022
Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
What was that woman's name who used to be a kind of agony aunt on ITV? She was a older lady and quite portly. I danced at her party in Manchester and got Susie Blake up to give it a go. That was a fun night.
I also gave Denise Welch dancing lessons in 2003 at her house in Alderley Edge. She was making a tv drama called Turkish Delight and needed to learn how to bellydance. Her husband at that time was Tim Healey and he was a nice guy. She was a bit of a diva as I recall. And definitely wore the trousers.
Denise Robertson?
I can imagine Denise Welch being a bit of a bossy boots.
I was watching some classic Corries a while ago, it must have been from 22 years ago, she was really attractive, and a good actress too.
That's the one. Denise Robertson. It was her birthday....some bar in Castlefield if I recall. It was years ago. We had a great time. Susie Blake used to crack me up as that snotty newsreader on the Victoria Wood Show.
Lol...I remember her on the Victoria Wood show.
She was also in Corrie, playing Sally Lindsays mum.
Has anyone famous ever visited your home town and did you go and see them?
The most famous visitor we had was when Princess Diana visited us not long after her marriage to Prince Charles.
I was still at Primary School and we got the day off to go and line the route and wave.
Whifflet Primary (That was us) down one side of the street and Sikeside Primary down the other side.
Britney Spears visited once too but that was a quiet visit when she turned up one night at the Hollywood Bowl.
-- Edited by Vita on Friday 29th of April 2022 01:18:03 AM
Jimmy Tarbuck ('Tarby') once visited my home town but I didn't go and see him.
I've met Susan George, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton John, and I once got into a lift in Harrods with Robert Hardy.
-- Edited by Digger on Friday 29th of April 2022 03:36:21 PM
The girl he was with got all huffy and asked the club owner if he would send me out.
Jimmy Saville came into Salford Casino when I worked there...tried to put his arm round me, he was a creep, and everyone knew it.
The Corrie cast used to come into Tiffanys, Pat Pheonix was a real Diva.....nice though.
The nicest celeb was probably Des O'connor...a real gent.
She gets Omar Sherif, and I get Doddy. Story of my life
I worked in Castlefield back in the late 80s and the White Lion pub was where the Corry lot used to go for lunch. I saw that woman Ivy, can't remember her name but she died. She was pissed as a fart trying to get out a big posh car. Then I did the BBC version of Vanity Fair back in 1997, I think it was. Four of us were hired as dancers. Sadly we ended up on the cutting room floor, I think there's a two second clip of us prancing around behind voile curtains, but we got to meet the cast that day. Gerard Murphy, who always plays baddies, was sitting right behind me and we chatted. He was really nice and very sweet. Kept asking me if I was alright as I was sitting at his feet. I have photos somewhere.
Lynn Perry (Ivy) liked her drink a lot.
I dont know who Gerard Murphy is, I googled his pic but I cant place him.
Probably the best 'star' encounter we had....was in a Manchester restaurant, a group of us had a singalong with Helen Mirren.
Her and the people she was with, (some cast of Prime Suspect) came to join us, so we all ended up on a huge table, each doing an impromptu Karaoke turn.
She passed, and got jeered at (jokingly) She was nice, as was the others....one of the actors ended up playing Carla's dad Johnny, in Corrie.
Gerard Murphy was in Waterworld ang Batman Begins...and a few other movies that I can't name. He was mainly a stage actor, I believe. He's dead now.
I also gave Denise Welch dancing lessons in 2003 at her house in Alderley Edge. She was making a tv drama called Turkish Delight and needed to learn how to bellydance. Her husband at that time was Tim Healey and he was a nice guy. She was a bit of a diva as I recall. And definitely wore the trousers.
Denise Robertson?
I can imagine Denise Welch being a bit of a bossy boots.
I was watching some classic Corries a while ago, it must have been from 22 years ago, she was really attractive, and a good actress too.
Gawd, I’ve never lived listening to you two (Syl & Digger)
Yeah, but we have had a lot longer to fit in these things than you have.
Syl's got years on us Pokes! 👀😜
That's the one. Denise Robertson. It was her birthday....some bar in Castlefield if I recall. It was years ago. We had a great time. Susie Blake used to crack me up as that snotty newsreader on the Victoria Wood Show.
My brother has celebrity friends. He used to work for Vogue magazine in London. He was hobnobbing with quite a few famous people but was dead blase about it. I'd be like...dish the dirt bitch! But he never did.
Lol...I remember her on the Victoria Wood show.
She was also in Corrie, playing Sally Lindsays mum.