Miss Take Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I saw Johnny Briggs driving a Looney's van out of the car park near Boilley Spittal in Peel about 25 years ago. And I served Rick Wakeman's wife in Shoprite in Douglas about 17 years ago. Sorry, can't remember what she bought. By christ, I feel old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karellen Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 And I served Rick Wakeman's wife in Shoprite in Douglas about 17 years ago. Sorry, can't remember what she bought. I was once behind Rick Wakeman in the queue at Shoprite in Douglas. He was buying a lot of dog food I seem to remember. And I sat next to John Rhys-Davies on a Manx Airlines flight to Heathrow when he was flying back to LA to film Sliders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbx Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Sat next to Nigel Mansell 15 or 16 years ago on a flight from Heathrow back to the island. He was a lot shorter than I expected him to be , but a bigger tosser than I could have possibly imagined :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmaid Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 About 25 years ago, I worked on the Manx Viking and actually met (and took money off -) Shakatak - remember them?? Barbara Dicksons' roadie, the Searchers, Terry Utley from Smokie, the only original band member left. That is all that jogs my memory from there, but when I worked int he casinio, I met Ben E King (he was lovely), Derek Batey, Bob Monkhouse, Hugh Sculley and his antiques roadshow shower of wotsit. I am sure there were more. In England I have seen David Jason sunbathing alongside us in the Pavillion at Brighton and he spoke. The tall geezer out of Butterflies (the dad in the prog) walking through London, the white woman out of Love They Neighbour in a furniture shop, one of the Roly Pollys shopping in Blackpool. I am sure I spotted Malcolm from Watching - remember that fab prog..... in Preston. I worked at a posh supermarket about 12 months back and Dave Spikey was in there almost once a week so was some young geezer out of HollyOaks all the young uns would swoon over him. When I worked in a casino in Essex there were a couple of croupier/actors, one was in the film The Bitch as a croupier and the other guy has had several parts in progs such as The Bill and Lovejoy. Also met all the band members (apart from Heather small though I have seen her live) from M People Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Sat next to Nigel Mansell 15 or 16 years ago on a flight from Heathrow back to the island.He was a lot shorter than I expected him to be , but a bigger tosser than I could have possibly imagined :-D I was doing a job in his house once and he tried to sell me a motorbike that he'd won as he wasn't allowed to ride it in case he injured himself. When he went out his bloody phone wouldn't stop ringing and as it was getting annoying I answered it and took a message, could he ring Frank (Williams) when he returned. At least I knew who he'd be driving for next season Also did a job in one of the Bee Gee's bedrooms on Belmont Hill and sat on his bed having a cup of tea and a chat with him. Delivered some stuff to Nazereth's studio, think it was in Baldwin Had Molly Sugden in the shop once, but not in a sexual manner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh janus Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I saw Helena Bonham-carter walking through the high street in douglas one morning a few years ago, jesus christ she looked rough... Yeah sorry - she had to really struggle to get out of my bed that day to go and find me some breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmaid Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 About 30 years ago, Fred Dibnah was staying at a house where I was babysitting in Laxey. He was over for some dinner presentation thingy and was a friend of the family who's kids I was looking after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl89 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Spotted Renée Zellweger in Strand Shopping centre (can't remember when), she was tiny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauer21 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Sat on the next table as Renée Zellweger in Costa Coffee and have to agree with Girl89, she is so small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Sat on the next table as Renée Zellweger in Costa Coffee and have to agree with Girl89, she is so small ooh - Me and Mrs X saw her on the prom jogging along. She stopped and said hello (again) and we had a good ol' chin wag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localyokel Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 It was great to see all the Manx shots ... shame it is such a load of dire thirty-something bollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcCann Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Saw the bloke who played Ronnie Corbett's father in Sorry walking through Peel about 20 years ago. How we laughed when we all yelled 'language Timothy' at him. I bet it was the first time he heard it. Also I was on a flight to the Island about 2 years ago which had Ziggy Greaves off Grange Hill on it. Finally I was sat on a table outside The Queens on senior race day next to TV's very own Mike 'I know nothing about motorbikes' Brewer and Jane Whatserface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauer21 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I was out jogging along the prom with the missus one night and i was sure i saw andy serkis. So much so that i almost got whiplash from turning my head but my girlfriend insisted that i was wrong and it was just a random who looked like him. 2 days later it was in the paper that he was over here filming and i was sooo gutted i didnt stop him and say hello etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Manx Airlines flight in 1995/6, arrived in Ronaldsway, got up out of my seat and turned around to get a facefull of Gabriel Byrne, presumably over to work on the progenitor of the IoM Film Industry, The Brylcreem Boys. Colm Meaney in a donkey jacket in Tescos late on a Fri, looking mean and somewhat cheesed off... Jethro Bovington (not particularly famous) and Kenny P (possibly infamous car and pike photographer) from EVO Magazine in Ballaugh this Mad Sunday, taking the cameras off their Ariel Atom Supercharged because it was too wet for photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Well I've seen this guy on the steam packet and he knows more celebrities then any of you. He has pictures of them all. Rowan Atkinson, Patrick Swayze, John Malkovich and more! For christ sake this man has danced in a local night club with Blenda Blethyn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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