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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: Bentley Bullet on November 06, 2013, 04:43:21 pm

Title: People with famous names
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 06, 2013, 04:43:21 pm: Did you know Bo Derek comes from Barnsley? Not the famous actress of course - a chap called Derek with terrible body odour who works at our place.
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: jucyberry on November 06, 2013, 07:54:13 pm: Years ago I worked for Haven, (the caravan park) the first year my manager was a chap called Andy Williams, when he left his job was taken by a lad called Scott Walker.....
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 06, 2013, 08:24:11 pm: My wife once bought a car from Attenborough motors. Richard Attenborough sold it her, and brother David did the paperwork!
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: Draytonian III on November 06, 2013, 08:26:32 pm: I work with a Brendan Foster, used to work with a Mick Jagger,also before he passed away used work with a Graham Taylor ,his father was cousins with the ex England manager, both from Worksop.
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: CusworthRovers on November 07, 2013, 02:35:51 pm: When I was studying in that there London there were lads in our class called:

Billy Pitt
Ben Disraeli
Bill Gladstone
Stan Baldwin
Nev Chamberlain
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: Dutch Uncle on November 08, 2013, 12:18:03 pm: I went to College in 1969 with a lad called Alec Jeffreys - and told him he nearly had a famous name :scarf:

Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys FRS the went on to discover/develop DNA fingerprinting :chair:
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: IDM on November 08, 2013, 01:10:14 pm: I had a schoolmate called Richard Nixon...

About 10 years ago, a bloke called Michael Jackson worked for me...
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: Crowle Rover on November 08, 2013, 04:21:40 pm: My father in law is Paul Daniels.

I like him, but not a lot!
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: Mike_F on November 09, 2013, 05:00:42 pm: I used to have a customer in Aberdeen by the name of Ronald McDonald. He always looked like he was hoping for the grim reaper to put him out of his misery. Should've just changed his name!
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: Mr1Croft on November 09, 2013, 09:12:40 pm: I got some abuse from Rovers fans begging me not to sign for us this at the beginning of this season.

At Uni one of my tutors was a Dr. Doctor. I kid you not!
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: nice one rovers on November 10, 2013, 03:23:45 pm: Quote from: Mr1Croft on November 09, 2013, 09:12:40 pm
I got some abuse from Rovers fans begging me not to sign for us this at the beginning of this season.

At Uni one of my tutors was a Dr. Doctor. I kid you not!

Sitting in the east stand is Mark Nurse, he recently got married and his wife never took his name , as she is a nurse and didn't want her name badge to say Nurse Nurse.
Title: Re: People with famous names
Post by: scaley back rover on November 10, 2013, 04:36:43 pm: i know a P nurse no joke what made it worse was he couldnt switch his first and middle names round as his middle name was anthony.