Who have you met/spoke to ?

Only because of previous occupations..I have met/spoke to.
Queen Elizabeth.Prince Phillip..Charles..Diana..Andrew (ignoramus) Edward..several other minor royals...Bernard Manning..Les Dawson...Norman Wisdom..Meatloaf.. Mick Hucknell .all of take that music group. Cyril James Anderton..(Jimmy Saville) jack and Vera from Corry.. Juan Samaranche (olympic fellow) Julie Goodyear .George Bush snr..Paddy Ashdown.. to name a few..not claiming any great achievements...who have you met ?

Where do I send the big orange to?

Tomplum and Mac., Beat that!

Is that like a Mac and cheese, but has plums and tomato?

Thats very impressive BB , I've worked in the homes of local heros mostly Wigan Rugby players of the 1990's, Twigamilar, Frano. Stevie Hampson and others, I also was instumental in the building of the Boston stand at Central Park and the building of the new stadium at Robin Park, I've also worked in the home of Allen Berserk, the radio presenter, And I'm proud to say I've done work for Tonker and Mac too, Also other WW members, Too many to mention, I've worked in the Liverpool Christian Cathedral ( the wigwam) and thats the house of God But he was't home the weeks I was there, Its not unusual for owners to go away while building work is being done..

Billingebiker
There are a lot of famous people on that list who attended that outstanding school.

That definitely deserves a big orange

I can say the most famous person I ever met and spoke to was Barry Sheene.
However, I have met, spoke to, had a drink with and generally am on friendly terms with a bloke who, although not as famous as Billinge Biker's list, could buy and sell the lot of 'em. Probaby all put together! Does that count?

As regards me job, or former job, a customer was a customer, and I generally kept me trap shut about folk who I have transported around, I have spoken of some, but NEVER about where I picked them up or where I dropped them off, because whether it was a drug addicted scumbag, or whether it was someone who considered themselves to be important, both of their shit stinks, they are only human, and when they are dead, they will be just as dead as everyone else

Tommy Tee in your life as a taxi driver, you would get famous clients as well as ' joe bloggs' going from town to, " up Pem". I'd say that you would get a better tip off joe blokes than Mister Big Shot,,,,,am i right ?

Yes, yoo are right Tom, one day Dave Whelan walked out of the Civic Buildings on New Market Street, the old gas showrooms, when it was council offices, as though he had been to a meeting, he was on his own, shirt sleeves, he wasn't posh, and definitely not snobbish, I will give him that, but he walked across the road and jumped in the taxi, front seat, JJB he says, so I presumed that he meant the stadium, and at the other end, I found out that has well as not being posh or snobbish, he wasn't generous either, he gave me a tenner and waited for his change, and all I got was a "thanks lad" from him

Yes Tommy David Whelan has ' soaked' many a tradesman, he holds back his payments as long as he can and then,, offers them less than the full valuation knowing they are , strapped for cash and they take it, He's a B^*£dt to work for and has no thoughts at all for the working man yet, if you owe him, he'll send the dogs in, 'Orrible man,

Tom

When yoo plumbed for Frano, that man who knew how to kick a rugby baw, would that have been in a house in Hawkley Hall, by any chance ?

Yes it was and, his kid had a birthday party and invited my kid to it, Top bloke, Twigo's house was in Standish, Hampo lived in Bryn , The South African hard man who, escapes my memory at the moment who, took over Clowns bar, lived in Beech Hill and, All the counter rats in the plumbers merchants asked me to get them his autograph,

edit,,just rembered,,Nick de tout

Is that ego of yours feeling a bit fragile again BB?

Question?
Did they all see you are a self righteous gob*****e full of your own self importance too?

BB that's some list,here's mine....All Wigan Rugby team on a daily basis.Jon Snow TV presenter...Hilda Ogden Coronation St..Tom Plumb ...Mac ....& Momac from WW ....let's have some sensible replies instead of Green Envy

Envy?

I don’t get it.

Why should someone be envious of another for meeting a celebrity or other high profile figure?

BB has said on numerous occasions he detests the royals and now here he is boasting of meeting them.

Why envy? They are just people.

Envy...meaning they've no one of importance to have met & so they have to snipe and ruin a nice thread as usual

Remember Jimmy Whelan Dave's dad a great comedian and singer round the club's
He used to cook breakfast for the girls in whelens always telling jokes

Tom, Nick du Toit had the biggest hands I've ever seen, they looked like two shovels!

The Wigan rugby team,Hilda Ogden,Jon Snow important?

Didn't say they were important,I said I'd met them

Here goes..Nanajacqui,Tom Plum,Tonker,Celtic 4..Elizabeth and Irene from P-A-D..Ron Hunt & Brian from WW. Veg Grower,Sue sadly passed away...many more ,Joe Longthorne,James Last...but...always wished I'd met Billy..

During the Lindsay era at Central Park I met not not only many of the top Wigan Players, but members of Australian and New Zealand touring teams as well as Australian World Cup Challenge sides in the players bar at Central Park

Now, at the DW Stadium, its gone like Football where you have to pay for hospatality or be a sponser to get to meet the players.

Surfer Tom

"Remember Jimmy Whelan Dave's dad a great comedian and singer round the club's"

My dad sang on the club circuit in the 1960s and he and Jimmy Whelan were good friends, I spoke to him on a few occasions back then, when he would ring up to discuss a booking with me dad

“so they have to snipe”

Have you ever done any sniping NJ?

Just asking.

Rio he could tell a tale too , He once told the story of the Wiganer going to Spain and he forgot to take the visto to make gravy, It was the funniest version I ever heard. A Wigan accent coming from a South African accented bloke,

I met Fred Punchy Grifithhe lived next door to me and took me to a few games, Fred Dibnar Jim Bowen , most of the Wigan team, I may have met the cart that rescued the lad in the well when we go to Tesco

Beltin...forgot Mick Hucknell..Mary Robinson Irish president....But none are more important than your own..

Because of the wife's job i get invited to a lot of VIP events as her number 2 i don't usually go !! a few years ago i went to Shimon Peres birthday and
Don king, Sarah Ferguson ,Michael Johnson just to name a few who were there but the high light was Andrea Bocelli was singing at the birthday it was the only reason i went... Another time that i did not go but still wish to day i should have gone!! my wife organised a private audience with Pope Francis....... i once had a drink with Alex Higgins at Haydock park i still remember he was drinking a pint of orange

I was once in a taxi in Wigan driven by Jennifer Moss (Lucille Hewitt from Corrie in the 60s). She was quite chatty, but I didn't let on that I knew who she was.

When we lived in Berlin, my husband and I went to a BFBS Concert in the barracks at the Olympic Stadium and, afterwards, we attended a dinner in the Sergeants' Mess, which were elaborate affairs, and I was seated next to Anita Harris. She was a lovely lady and we nattered on about all sorts. Nothing snobby about her at all.

Mollie

Anita Harris is still working LINK

Tommy:

Thank you so much for that link.

We were in Berlin from 1979 to 1981, so over 40 years ago. She doesn't look as if she's aged a day since then, and she's now 81.

A truly terrific entertainer, and a very modest one.