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June 09 The Handbags & The GladragsIn our new local BetFred betting shop today, there was a personal appearance by Channel 4 Racing presenter Derek "Thommo" Thompson. He arrived at 11.30am on the dot, and promptly went around the store shaking everyone's hand and generally being charming. He then held court for a good hour, asking quiz questions and giving out free bets for right answers. I managed to get £12 worth of free bets (all of which I lost on Thommo's picks) as I was the only person in the shop to know that the boss in Man From Uncle was Mr Waverly. He then signed autographs and posed for pics. A lovely man. Then later on, me and a mate went to where they were filming a new ITV comedy/drama starring Ralf Little from the Royle Family and Lucy Davis from the Office. We saw Ralf, but he never got near to where we were, but whilst we were waiting, none other than Martin Freeman (the Office) walked onto the lot with his young son (I assume) He wasn't on any cast list I'd seen, so he was a very welcome surprise. He was very friendly, and signed and posed for us. Then Shaun Dooley (Eastenders vicar a few years ago) arrived. He was nice. As one of the cars left the lot, the driver asked who we were waiting for. I told him Lucy and Ralf, and he said he'd see what he could do on his return. Fifteen minutes later, he drove back in, with Lucy Davis in his back seat. He then came to speak to us again, and check that we were just collectors and not going to sell our pics. He said, he just had to clear it, and then he'd take us to Lucy's trailer. Needless to say, we were well excited at that prospect. As it turned out, Lucy was due on set fairly soon, so rather than our trailer visit, she came out to us and I have to say, she was the nicest, chattiest, friendliest person that you could ever wish to meet. A real star. June 05 A quick catch upJust a quick update on some autograph collecting that I've been doing recently. (Copied and pasted from a forum I'm on, so there may be some expressions you don't understand. I think I've fixed them all though.) All the pictures of these are in the albums somewhere.
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Got a call from a mate on April 29th, saying she'd just read in Metro paper (the free one on the trains) that Eddie Izzard was doing a small gig at the Carriageworks in Leeds at 10.30pm. So, I hopped straight on a bus (I always have an autograph book in my coat pocket) and met her there at about 8pm. Only us two waiting, and after a quick drink outside the pub next door, at about 9.30pm, I spotted Eddie and a ladyfriend approaching the theatre. He signed for me quite happily, and we both had photos done with him. ------- Lindsay Wagner was in Sheffield on May 19th, to do an "evening with" at the Victoria Holiday Inn. After waiting a couple of hours outside, (only four collectors there) we ventured into the hotel as it neared the 7.30 start time. When the lady organising the room (I presumed it was Lindsay's PA/Rep) said we could go in, I explained to her that we couldn't stay for the event as we had trains to catch before the finishing time. I said we'd hoped to see Lindsay before the do started. What happened next was wonderful. The PA asked us (just three of us now, as the other collector was attending the event) to wait in the Quiet Lounge. We did this, and 5 minutes later, she brought Lindsay Wagner into us. She was lovely. She signed our books and posed for photos, all the while chatting. She only stayed about 5 minutes, and then went to her event, which sadly seemed to only have about a dozen people in. -------- Went to a charity cricket match on Sunday 24th May and got a few nice in-persons. Syd Little, Bernie Clifton, Paul Shane, John Parr, Duncan Norville, Frazer Hines, Jean Ferguson, Karl Davies, thingyie Bird, Craig Kelly, The Bachelors, and David Bradley (the "Kes" actor, not the Harry Potter one) There were a few others there, but I already had them. Namely Emmerdale's Matthew Wolfenden, Charlie Webb and Chris Chittle. -------- A new Emmerdale family arrives on screen in July, and they just started filming at the Leeds studios last week. They've all done other popular shows, so their faces (not necessarily their names) when you see them, may be familiar to you. They are: Natalie J Robb (The Bill) James Thornton (Holby Blue) Adam Thomas (Waterloo Road) Sophie Powles (Britannia High) Grace Cassidy (Grange Hill) They were all lovely, and chatted to the few of us who were there collecting. Sophie and James (husband of "Gavin & Stacey" actress, Joanna Page) were particularly nervous about filming. Despite having been in big shows already, they still felt jittery about joining the soap. --------- Monday this week, I went to Greater Manchester, where the new Ken Loach film, Looking For Eric had it's premiere at the Vue, Salford Quays. Ken Loach was there and signed for the (small) crowds behind the barriers. Also there were a few Corrie faces, with Lucy Jo Hudson (who's in the film), Justin Moorhouse, Ryan Pope (Psycho Paul from Ideal) a few other faces, and Eric Cantona himself. Eric signed for the crowds, using his own (huge) marker pen, and my friend managed to get a photo with him, over the barrier. A good trip out. I even got Michael Byrne at Granada Studios on the way. ---------- And last, but not least, I popped back to Emmerdale studios yesterday on my way into Leeds, and met Paul Darrow. The Blake's 7 star is appearing in the soap in July as a friend of Alan Turner, for 10 episodes. He was very charming and witty whilst he signed for me. Top bloke. Also got Lyndon Ogbourne, Jeff Hordley and Sian Reese Williams. I got Sian the previous week, but she'd spelled my name wrong, so I thought I may as well get another from her as she stood chatting to us. May 14 Ding DongAfter having met Maggie Bell on Tuesday night, I've been singing this song all day, so I thought I'd share it with you.
She was never a huge star, but she had, and still has, a great voice.
Enjoy.
(remember to press Esc to stop the background music first, otherwise it don't sound so good)
Just a few little bits I have on YouTube. Enjoy.
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