tamarman:
I met Bob Holeness ( Blockbusters ) once , couldn,t resist it, so sorry , its something i have had to live with for years
He didnāt play sax on Baker Street, but he was the first ever James Bond, played him on the radio.
Full of useless old guff arenāt I?
I was in Blackpool in the early seventies and saw Derek Batey in a cafe the ignorant ā ā ā ā never once asked me about my mrs !!.
I was only 6 at the time but thats besides the point 
When I was a lad I worked in a motor parts shop. I once fitted a battery for Jack Warner, he had an Austin A40 Farina. When Iād finished, he thanked me, then said āhang on a minuteā and reached in his glove box. I thought I was in for a drink. He gave me a signed photograph of himself in his PC Dixon uniform!
Bernard
tippertom:
guys get a grip what bull
Contraflow:
Nobody said anything about a bull.
happysack:
He saw one getting shot at Perth didnāt he
You tell me, heās your mate.
I met Rolf Harris outside a green grocers on the Holloway rd back in the 90s. Reckon I had a lucky escape 
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tippertom:
guys get a grip what bullContraflow:
Nobody said anything about a bull.happysack:
He saw one getting shot at Perth didnāt heYou tell me, heās your mate.
no heās not. Although my neighbour is Welsh I think.
BIG AW:
I was in Blackpool in the early seventies and saw Derek Batey in a cafe the ignorant [zb] never once asked me about my mrs !!.
I was only 6 at the time but thats besides the point
We once saw Derek Batey in the Departure Lounge at Manchester Airport. Never spoke to us, not even to give us a question and three options.
I did once bump into (quite literally) Christopher Cazenove in Safeway Nantwich.
Other ācelebsā I saw in there were Lynette McMorrough (Glenda Banks/Brownlow from Crossroads) Nick Wilton was with her (he later became the fat Market Inspector on Eastenders) and Adele Silva from Emmerdale (Kelly Windsor I think)
They used to rent gaffs round there when doing Panto in Crewe.
Missus had Brian Murphy from George and Mildred and Susan Penhaligon pop into the Co-op while she worked there.
She met Dirty Den when we both worked together, said he was absolutely charming. Didnāt knock one out or anything.
i was stood in a que in ICI Wilton induction centre next to Tim Fox today, i didnt know who he was until a Maritime driver told me (obviously i knew he was a Stobart driver as the green getup sort of gives it away ) he didnt look like a tv star though
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sayley-boy:
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This isnāt Google mate. Youāve pressed Submit instead of Search.
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sayley-boy:
ā ā ā ā āThis isnāt Google mate. Youāve pressed Submit instead of Search.
fantastic. Although I suspect a whooshing noise as that went over many heads.
Contraflow:
sayley-boy:
ā ā ā ā āThis isnāt Google mate. Youāve pressed Submit instead of Search.
very good
Contraflow:
sayley-boy:
ā ā ā ā āThis isnāt Google mate. Youāve pressed Submit instead of Search.
roflysst
Rolling on the Floor Yet Somehow Still Typing, originated by British comedian Bill Bailey to highlight the logical inaccuracy of modern internet abbreviations, and for a bit of a laugh.
I once spotted Paul Daniels.
Mind you, I was peeping through his living room window and hoping to see the lovely Debbie McGee, preferably getting out of the bath.
He turned me into a newt!
n17 trucker:
I met Rolf Harris outside a green grocers on the Holloway rd back in the 90s. Reckon I had a lucky escape
how old was you? 
talking to one of the stobbie drivers at our place and he told me that william stobart sacked mark dixon for having 2 or 3 accidents,the other partner[cannot remember his name]said he could not do that because of the tv programme and william re instated him in case of bad press,apparently dixon dropped a trailer on one of the accidents
truckman20:
talking to one of the stobbie drivers at our place and he told me that william stobart sacked mark dixon for having 2 or 3 accidents,the other partner[cannot remember his name]said he could not do that because of the tv programme and william re instated him in case of bad press,apparently dixon dropped a trailer on one of the accidents
How would it be bad press for a company if they sacked a driver for legitimately screwing up on numerous occasions? More damaging for Mark Dixon and his future employment opportunities surely? Stobbies didnāt think twice about binning off Creamy Mess when the fridge work went ā ā ā ā up.
Call me cynical, but sounds like waiting room BS.
rob22888:
truckman20:
talking to one of the stobbie drivers at our place and he told me that william stobart sacked mark dixon for having 2 or 3 accidents,the other partner[cannot remember his name]said he could not do that because of the tv programme and william re instated him in case of bad press,apparently dixon dropped a trailer on one of the accidentsHow would it be bad press for a company if they sacked a driver for legitimately screwing up on numerous occasions? More damaging for Mark Dixon and his future employment opportunities surely? Stobbies didnāt think twice about binning off Creamy Mess when the fridge work went ā ā ā ā up.
Call me cynical, but sounds like waiting room BS.
Dixon is a ā ā ā ā . Remember him kicking off at the cameraman when he got it stuck in the snow?
Cheeky swine then had the audacity to get the the crew to dig him out.
Heās not a ācheeky chappieā heās a ābell endā
Whilst Iām inclined to give him some benefit of the doubt, due to tv people wanting to edit something interesting out of something really quite dull, Dixon does appear to be a bit of a tube doesnāt he? Itās the laugh that gets up my t!t$ mostly.
Maddocks on the other hand, and to a slightly lesser extent Tim Fox, seem to be likeable blokes.
ā ā ā ā , Iāve basically admitted to watching the showā¦
We all watch it, if weāre honest, just to say what cobblers theyāre talking.
Like the container driver that was fretting because he only had x driving hours left and couldnāt find his container. Well if he had just parked up, heād still have x driving hours left.
Tim Fox bases himself too much on Max from Max and Paddy/Phoenix Nights if you ask me. Nice enough fella though.
