HairySpotter 7:41 Tue Nov 18
Heroes - Meeting them
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good thread earlier about heroes but do they live up to expectation?
I met bobby moore in the car park about 4 months before he died, I took my cousin and it was sheer fluke. Was a gentleman, but even my 8 yr old cousin said he looked thin. we were in he queue for north bank.
Met Marvin Hagler and we became "friends" i.e i chase him rather than he chase me but we have had great chats about Ray Leonard fight and others. He really is the hero i had in my mind
do u have a hero that lived up to it or didnt?
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Far Cough
7:42 Tue Nov 18
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Well, of course he looked thin, he was dying
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HairySpotter
7:44 Tue Nov 18
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Far Cough - yes but we didnt know
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Far Cough
7:44 Tue Nov 18
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Ah, yes of course
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stomper
8:20 Tue Nov 18
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I think generally its best not to.
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WHOicidal Maniac
8:32 Tue Nov 18
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Met "The Shat" when I was a kid...
Nice bloke.
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MrCrowmanSir
8:38 Tue Nov 18
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I've got 2 autographs of actors who were on ITV's The Bill, didn't meet them though.
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Leonard Hatred
8:40 Tue Nov 18
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I've never had "heroes" but people I admired and met - John Lydon, Sir Trev, Geoff Hurst, James Bradfield (Manics) Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), JJ Burnel (Stranglers) and they were all alright.
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Far Cough
8:41 Tue Nov 18
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Sorry, John Lydon is singularly unlikeable
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lab
8:42 Tue Nov 18
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I know he wasn't a hero but my son and I had a few words with dean Ashton after a wiigan game . What a lovely bloke , he still had hopes of making England even with that foot injury . Best centre fwd england never had.
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The Dursley Massive
8:43 Tue Nov 18
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I've met Roy Wood. He is not a hero of mine, and was a bit of a cunt.
I met Martin Amis at a book signing in my younger years (before he went a bit shit). Was disappointing, as he was more than a bit creepy. Bit of the Op. Yew Tree about him.
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Leonard Hatred
8:43 Tue Nov 18
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Lydon was quite civil when I met him.
Russell Brand was a nice bloke as well.
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Leonard Hatred
8:44 Tue Nov 18
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Oh, and Mick Jones.
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Far Cough
8:45 Tue Nov 18
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I quite like Roy Wood
Are you sure his extreme shyness gave you the wrong impression?
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Buster
8:45 Tue Nov 18
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Frankie Mac was great. Not met anyone else I'd consider a hero to be honest.
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Leonard Hatred
8:46 Tue Nov 18
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Had a chat with Gemma Arterton on the set of clash of the titans without knowing who she was.
She was alright.
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The Dursley Massive
8:47 Tue Nov 18
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Yeah maybe. And I was shitfaced.
I'm surprised he's considered shy though, he turned up at a mates party dressed as Roy Wood. Wasn't keeping a low profile!
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Far Cough
8:49 Tue Nov 18
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Roy Wood thought he was ugly
Not true of course but might explain all those on screen personas he used back in the day?
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The Dursley Massive
8:51 Tue Nov 18
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Yeah. I imagine I'd get a bit grouchy if the locals kept asking me to sing "that Christmas song" every time I went for a quiet pint.
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Aalborg Hammer
9:03 Tue Nov 18
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I got in a lift at Gatwick and Rory Gallagher was in there...it was 1979 and he was flying to Hamburg for a concert .He signed my book for me and I bought him a tea..I spent 20 minutes talking to him and no-one else recognised him. I've still got the video of his Irish tour.. what a waste at such a young age and what a great bloke
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SecondOpinion
9:21 Tue Nov 18
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Met Jimi Hendrix on......wait for it.....on a tube train on the London Underground just
a couple of weeks before he died.
Sir Garfield Sobers at Paddington Station
Marc Bolan in Orange Music shop where I worked, plus Sacha Distel, Joe Brown, Thin Lizzy, Paul Kossof, etc
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