I’ve Kathy Smallwood-Cook in my ‘everyone else since is a disappointment’ family. I’ve not got one Olympic medal or world record
I drank some of Guy Ritchie’s English Lore at the weekend Although he did give me a glass of water some years ago
British F1 GP, 1992. No, I wasn`t "that guy" but I was stood an arms length away from Nigel Mansell when the crowd had stopped him at Club Corner on his cool down lap, also stood in front of Damon Hill`s Brabham I think, at the same place and gave him a thumbs up, he returned the gesture. I have beat Guy Martin at a motorcycle event, Pre-65 trials, maybe 2008-ish. I beat him by maybe half a dozen points, I had been riding for years, it was his first time and on a borrowed bike, but a win is a win. The next meeting he came and had a quick chat and a look around my bike, really nice bloke. If I remember rightly he retired at that meeting but beat me at the next, the world was back as it should be. The best one, Cadwell International Classic, 2013. I was mooching around near the pits when who should walk past but Giacomo Agostini with his minder/helper following carrying his helmet. I tag on to them and the marshall on the pit gate lets Ago and "co" in, I wonder if he thought "who`s that good looking ex world champ with Ago? better let him in as well" Anyway, when we got in the pits, Ago turns and looks at me, smiles and winks, he knew. 20 minutes later, the fecker nearly runs me down as he leaves the pits. A really good day and there were load of famous riders and bikes kicking about, shame they haven`t done it all again. Mick Grant. Riders on their bikes carrying their helmets are, to me, the coolest pictures.
I got told off by Spike Milligan for having a loud Lambretta. Which for me, was one of my life highlights as he is a hero of mine. He started angry(ish) but was grinning at me by the end. "what are we gonna do now?" I called Bob Hoskins a fat cunt. Ho tooted me and shouted at me on Gt Marlborough St, again on a Lambretta was I. So I said fuck off you fat cunt and proceeded to go even slower.
Back in the eighties I spent a week between Christmas and New year at Lord Halifax's place at Sledmere with the Queen and Prince Philip and the following year with Charles and Diana
Years ago I used to drink in the same pub Francis Benali (Saints player). I beat Paul Denning (Suzuki MotoGP boss from years back) at the Brighton speed trials, he was on a GSXR, and I was on a ZZR, and we had a few beers afterwards, really nice bloke. But best of all, Jim fixed it for me....Wa hay !!! PS. Bradders has the best one, I think he was groomed by Michael Jackson......
[QUOTE="Wayne58, post: 1187741, member: 36907" PS. Bradders has the best one, I think he was groomed by Michael Jackson......[/QUOTE] But he had such a lovely soft touch...
Fighting Cocks, now a Mcdonalds. It was not my local, but we used to play pool out there, and I played for the team when Franny first played for Saints as a youngster, think he had not long left school.
I saw Ian Dury at Montego Bay airport. He leaned across and whispered something in the flight attendants ear and she slapped him really hard across the face. He just ambled off laughing his socks off.
I got a bollocking from the Queen for being in Windsor castle without a tie on.... ( i was kind of on duty at the time)
I am a correspondent of her Majesty the Queen. We exchange letters. When I was six I sent her a picture I'd drawn for her as a birthday present. She wrote back and said thanks. I also used to drink in the same pub as Jack Hargreaves.
