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Dez Wrote:

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> I pass Jo Brand taking her kids to school in

> mornings and saw James Nesbitt in Upland Road

> recently getting into his Audi. He looked at me

> and I looked at him. I used to see Lorraine Chase

> in Sainsbury's but she seems to have relocated.


you are begging for a witty response involving Luton airport, but I cant be arsed

you are begging for a witty response involving Luton airport, but I cant be arsed


I complimented her. I told her that she was more beautiful at the checkout than she'd looked in a magazine photo I'd seen the same week. She seemed pleased and talked to me. I was made up. I'd say from what she had in her trolley and the car she was driving that she has a better paid job than me!

A few years ago, the missus passed Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and another guy (American accent, seemed vaguely familiar but she couldn't think who he was) on Northcross Rd. From the way they were looking around at things, we figured they may have been scouting the area. And of course, Terry Jones used to live in Camberwell.
Yesterday Mrs B and I were walking down LL. This girl walked past and I was convinced she was someone off telly or something as her face looked so familiar. Anyway I pondered over it as we continued our walk and it struck me, she was in fact one of the girls who tends bar in the Magdala. So from now on I shall consider all the people who tend bar in ED as local celebrities.

Brendan Wrote:

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> Yesterday Mrs B and I were walking down LL. This

> girl walked past and I was convinced she was

> someone off telly or something as her face looked

> so familiar. Anyway I pondered over it as we

> continued our walk and it struck me, she was in

> fact one of the girls who tends bar in the

> Magdala. So from now on I shall consider all the

> people who tend bar in ED as local celebrities.




>:D<

I think there should be a Celebrity ED ladder ranked by kudos.


Top Tier - International Stars of Film and/or Music

Members would include Michael Gambon, Terry Gilliam


Second Tier - Credible UK TV Actors/Pop Stars

Timothy Spall


Third Tier - Not so credible TV Actors/Pop Stars/Comedians

Nesbitt, Eclair


Fourth Tier - Soap Stars/ TV Journalists

Her from Eastenders/Bad Girls, Her from Corrie, Anyone who has appeared in Heartbeat/The Bill, Jeremy Bowen

OK, how about Fantasy East Dulwich Celebrities? You get points for each celebrity you spot, we would just need to firm up the categories and point values. The lesser-spotted Gambon would be quite rare so would be worth a lot more than your common or garden Nesbitt.

Red_Cat Wrote:

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> katietatie Wrote:

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> > A friend of mine is convinced that he saw Erin

> > O'Connor (model, currently for M&S I

> think.....)

> > coming out of ED on Northcross road last week.

> > Has anyone else spotted her around I wonder to

> > confirm his sighting?

>

>

> Haven't seen her but I do remember reading a

> magazine article that said she lived in ED and

> goes swimming in the local pool


I'm new to this forum and only discovered it through searching this topic. I saw Erin O'Connor last Saturday lunchtime in The Cambria pub near Loughborough Junction and was trying to confirm that it was her and not sby who looks like her. Having seen your posts, I'm now certain it was her.

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