Random Fact

[tiggerblue10]

An ex colleague of mine who retired recently, is the mother of Gareth Southgate's best mate. He was Gareth's best man at his wedding and my colleague went too.

Not quite a claim to fame but still...... ;o)

[Mamyalynne]

I like random.

[LadyCG]

That's cool, Tiggs.

Two of my longest friends are Ellie Goulding's Godparents. I met her a few times at their house before she became famous. We both used to stay over at the same time and sometime sit up to silly o'clock chatting.

[tiggerblue10]

I like Ellie Goulding, lcg. Love this song...

https://youtu.be/miOEmyjpLkU

[Smowball]

Love these facts

[Peter Pedant]

1980 The barman at my tennis club said
llook at all these county tennis players giving themselves airs,
I used to play rugby for England 1934,5

when I was carting one wheelbarrow of sand from one dune to another in Egypt ( excavating, silly! ) 1978 The textiles expert was the sister of Dorothy Hodgkin - nobel 1964 for structure of Vit B 12. and never found time to tell us

[Peter Pedant]

hey everybardy ! ma daydy is famous !

ma dayd daddy that is !

My dear Papa was involved in digging a tunnel out of chokey ( POW camp silly!) and was paired with David Feilding. not a misspelling, and also an artist. He recorded that most miner POWs wore nothing but he wore shorts. At an IWM (Imperial War museum, pay attention !) around 1990, I was surprised to see a Fielding painting of a miner escapee, wiv white shorts. Ma daydy I was sure.

So at the desk I said to the skool leeva, that I could identify the miner in the escape painting and she ( obviously now on AB ) said "Foo everyone says dat!" and I asked
that the person in a painting is Paul Pedant now of ....

oo no, and laughed nervously. "Dey all say they know the sitters of war paintings and fings like dat !"

so I wrote to the curator and got an official poss off letter (dusty reply). I pointed out that I had given provenance of one of their paintings that previously they didnt know diddly squat about and she did admit that. - So I said OK can I use it ( jpg)?

and the curator said - "christ no - you crazy? copyright - poss off you can!" but in a curatory way.

and fiirty years later boys and girls
researching this entry
here he is !

https://artuk.org/discover/artists/feilding-david-charles-19131966

I cant see if he is wearing white shorts....
no it has to be him, Feilding wouldnt have had many pairs ( of miners ) would be?

I will have to email my fambly - so happy Ab I really wouldnt have found it wivvart

[New Judge]

My Dad knew a bloke who was the second cousin (once removed) to a friend of Eric Morecombe's sister's boyfriend's flatmate's uncle.

How cool is that? :-)

[Ken4155]

My ex-wife's godfather was the biological father of ex footballer Mark Bright (Crystal Palace).
My cousin used to date the brother of Paul Abbot, creator of Shameless.

[davebro]

Was Eric Morecombe any relation to Eric Morecambe?

[New Judge]

He was his half-brother which, in a way, doesn't make my "connection" very cool at all. :-)

[Ken4155]

I do believe they were twins, davebro, and the only way to tell them apart was because one of them was dyslexic. :-)

[bhg481]

My dad used to work in the packing department of a shirt manufacturer and Jimmy Clitheroe used to call in asking to buy "seconds".

[bookbinder]

When my sister-in-law was about 16, she was a member of a theatre group, in Bradford, with actor George Layton. My sister-in-law didn't continue with a career in the theatre, but George Layton has done very well.
I never met George Layton, and I rarely see my sister-in-law, but I reckon that I have some faint, very faint, bragging rights about my distant theatrical connection!

[bhg481]

My dad's sister married a man whose son had been hanged for murder.

[davebro]

George Layton? - wot's he bin in then?

[Jackdaw33]

@17:00. That's interestimg, do you know the name of the son? I may remember the case.

[bhg481]

The surname was Clayton, the year 1947, the hangman was Pierrepoint.

[bookbinder]

http://georgelayton.co.uk/

[New Judge]

//When my sister-in-law was about 16, she was a member of a theatre group, in Bradford, with actor George Layton.//

Does he ever mention your sister-in-law to his friends?

Most famous for playing Bombardier "Solly" Solomons in "It Ain't Half Hot Mum", dave.

[davebro]

proof!