-
I
was arrested for under-age drinking
-
I
was a passenger in a Bubble Car that overturned in town. We simply
rolled it back on its wheels and carried on our way!
-
I
lived in a tree-house in Negril, Jamaica for 3 months
-
I
was in the Army from 1949 to 1957
-
I
was run over by a lorry
-
I
was stood dinner by Charlie Kray (elder brother of the Kray twins) all
the while not knowing who he was
-
In
the late eighties I got caught with a friend in a full-scale riot in
Athens. The city centre was sealed off and we had to break into a
clothes shop for the night
-
I’ve
been on the tallest log flume in the world – Atlantic at Sea-World in
Florida
-
I’ve
stood on the edge of an active volcano crater
-
I
am terrified of heights but I did a dare and jumped off a high diving
board. I am more afraid now but I have promised I will go up Heights of
Abraham (Cable cars in Matlock) this year
-
I was looked up for
24hours in an Army Jail in Thornton
-
I
nearly drowned in deep mud when I was 7 years old
-
I
used to own a fancy dress hire shop
-
I
once had to iron Fred Elliot's trousers (the larger than life Coronation
Street character) and they were so big I needed to use two ironing
boards. – this person worked in a hotel at the time!
-
My
sister was engaged at one time to one of the Gallagher brothers from
Oasis
-
I
was once in a plane crash – upon landing the plane hit the boarding
gantry , though there was no damage, just a bump
-
My
first car was a red, white and blue mini
-
I
don’t have a TV at home
-
I
was unconscious for 24 hour following a pre-rugby match warm up
-
Because
I’m terrified of flying I was convinced to jump 10,500 ft out of an
aeroplane for charity
-
I've
had a chart topping song written about me by an old school friend (the
song was Disco 2000 by Pulp – the old school friend was Pulp's lead
singer Jarvis Cocker)
-
I
flew over Mount Kilimanjaro in 1993 on a jumbo with only 6 people on
board
-
I
spent 2 days stuck in transit at Cairo airport the day President Sadat
of Egypt was assassinated
-
As a child I
opened a bottle of cod liver oil capsules and with a razor blade opened
every one to empty the liquid out. In doing so I cut every finger tip
-
I was arrested in Poland
for having the wrong sort of bus ticket
-
My brothers girlfriend
knew Hugh Grant at Oxford
-
I played football for 5
years with an ex-england football Manager – Kevin Keegan
-
I swam with dolphins on
holiday
-
I spent 9 months in St
Petersburg
-
I hit my brother on the
head with an exe as a child
-
I once had a flight on
Paul McCartney’s’ private jet
-
Open All Hours was
filmed near to where I grew up. David Jason fell off his bike outside
my front door
-
I left my whole life in
London to join my son in Sheffield
-
I appeared in a Bryan
Adams video
-
I am a direct descendent
of King Edward III
-
I was a winner of a
local music festival in the single/due category
-
I trained as a teacher
prior to becoming a chartered accountant
-
I once gained entry into
Spain without a passport
-
I was once mistaken for
a ghost