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Kate Ford - Corrie

Linda Barker - Changing rooms and DFS

James Nesbitt (on East Dulwich Grove)

Jo Brand

Rod Liddle - Call my Bluff

Michael Cronin - the PE teacher Mr Baxtor - the orginal Grange Hill cast

Jenny Eclair - by Alleyns

In EDT - Mark Little - Joe Mangel

chris Wrote:

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> I saw Mick McManus a couple of years ago. He was

> in Edwards Electrical(LL) buying a computer cable.


Mick Mcmanus co wrote Hawkwind 'Silver machine' 1970's.


1 for the pub quiz.

Raspberry Wrote:

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> Brenda Blethyn

> Kate Ford - Corrie

> Linda Barker - Changing rooms and DFS

> James Nesbitt (on East Dulwich Grove)

> Jo Brand

> Rod Liddle - Call my Bluff

> Michael Cronin - the PE teacher Mr Baxtor - the

> orginal Grange Hill cast

> Jenny Eclair - by Alleyns

> In EDT - Mark Little - Joe Mangel


WHO CARES??

This is true... I was in the George Canning a couple of years ago and Duncan Goodhew was sitting at the table with 3 other people. I know Duncan to say hello to as he used to come in quite often for a cup of char. After a couple of minutes of small talk with 'me mate Duncan' and his American friends I shook hands with the big guy with the tash and he introduced himself as Mark. Anyway, Mark and I spent the next 20 minutes drinking Guinness and putting the world to rights... then the penny dropped! Mark, American, Big Guy, Big tash ?? 9 Olympic gold medals, 6 in 1968, 6 world records?. Mark Spitz!!! My new best pal Mark Spitz in the George Canning pub Camberwell! Who would have Adam and Eve?d it??

Come on Beat That!!!

Anyway I?m available for autographs any night of the week at a cost of only a small glass of Sherry?????

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