if he was in trainers

person I've seen in a shop is Neil Hannon in Tower Records Picadilly, he was a bloody diminuitive imp!

On Wednesday I saw the guy who used to play Fred Elliot in Coronation Street in Nottingham. I recognised him but had to research exactly who he was when I got back to work. promise.

keith(?) from that joseph programme. also in boots.
significantly less exciting.

At first I thought he was homeless, he looked like he hadn't washed in years.

who i can't remember the name of, in a greasy cafe in london. he laughed at a silly face i made whilst eating my fry-up. i felt a little warm inside.

at that Canadian pub near Covent Garden. Also once saw Mac from Green Wing shopping for bedroom furniture at Ikea Wembley.

Why does my life suck so?

in WH Smiths. he was buying a one foot in the grave video

in the Trafford Centre.

It was the first season we'd got him and he was huge and frightening. He had a blonde bitch on his arm and I thought 'WOW HE'S GONNA BE WELL GOOD'.

Wrong.

Boots in sunny Oxford?

at HMV in Oxford in the mid-90s Thom Yorke was in all the time and the only thing he ever bought was TDK D90 blank tapes. True fact.

on a few occasions. he makes a lovely cup of tea!

just walked in to work.

It was sexy time!

in HMV is the only one i can remember

buying veggie snacks

(Ian something?) in HMV in Cardiff. He was very sharply dressed. I was staring at him for ages trying to work out who he was, when I realised he was looking back at me. In fairness to him, he said hello. It was only after he walked off and got mobbed by a horde of emos I realised I'd missed the chance to push him down the escalator.

I felt a rare urge to say something, but what do you say? "Love the guitar playing mate, didn't believe the allegations."

I stayed silent.

tell me.

The title of this thread reminded me of when XFM's morning show used to have a celeb spotting phone in thing and the big booming, announcer voice used to suggest 'Thom Yorke at the Pic N Mix counter in Woolworths, eating a sherbet dib dab' as someone you might have seen.

Walked past me in Berwick Street. After a few seconds it dawned on me that I had to speak to him as I may never get another chance so I turned around and called his name!

They say never meet your heroes but he was a top bloke, despite my babbling and nervousness at meeting someone I respect and admire so much.

I've always thought he'd wear comfortable unassuming shoes

dad.

And Alesha Dixon what won Strictly Come Dancing.

in the trafford centre. jesus, that's bad.

Thats not the best, but that is the most recent.

...for the indie win?

and when i worked in Reckless i served Trigger from Only Fools And Horses.

But I waited at a bus stop with Les Dawson when I was at school.

but i saw ben folds at the nashville airport.

he flies southwest, for anyone who cares to know.

I saw the tall curley haired one from the Kaiser Chief in Boots a while ago.

9 out of 10 indie popsters use Boots.

in a sportswear shop on turl street. HI!

I served Jennifer Saunders in Exeter. She was buying the Avril Lavigne album. she wasn't funny which wasn't surprising.

I saw "David" from Roseanne. He was in the toy store FAO Schwartz. I was a little tween at the time and it was so exciting!

when I went into Harrods on a school trip. No idea what I was thinking of, but we were young. Someone spotted him and started screaming (it was the height of their fame) and he disappeared very quickly.

And Tony Robinson in a Tesco in Bristol looking like a tramp. I don't say that lightly... he was.

in sainsbury in Ripley, Derbys, buying veggie snacks with Andy Sneap.

(Thought I'd already posted this)

stood in the doorway for a minute or so, then walked back out again. he obviously wasn't too impressed...

Grooverider at Gatwick Airport
Maxi Jazz at Heathrow airport
John Hannah in Urban Outfitters
Gilles Peterson at the British Museum
Fiona Bruce in Covent Garden
Mitchel and Webb in the pub.

Does that make me a celebrity by association?

Or just a bit too try hard?

and missed the shop bit out.

Reading was never a strong point of mine..

in the costa coffee in blackwells.

looking just like his character from nathan barley while in soho.

Also David Mitchel bumbling along, again in soho looking just like 'mark' from peep show.

life imitating art?

cod loin, when i worked for tescos.

then i saw him again in the bullring 2 years later

Richard Ayoade bumming around soho a fair few times.
Ive seen loads of celebs milling about soho.
amy winehouse was in the restaurant opposite my work last week.
I saw Noel Gallagher in a guitar shop on Denmark Street once, he was telling the guy in the shop how he'd "been playing guitar for years" but couldn't find any string long enough for one of his guitars

A full English breakfast, whilst he was injured though so i guess he's allowed. I was really tired and it took me ages to understand his stupid accent :(

in The Bully (Bullingdon Arms, Oxford) at a David Gray show years ago. Yes, I've seen David Gray... it was years ago though, and he had supported Radiohead a fair bit in the past I think.

I was stood at the bar next to Thom whilst he skulked around trying to order a pint of Guinness. He's very short isn't he?

Colin was there too, I think Colin can be spotted at a lot of gigs here.

From Maximo Park.

Honestly I live in Newcastle and I see him every!

Were practically friends lol, well not really.

He even shops at the same record shops as me - me and my girlfriend think he stalking us. I saw the rest of maximo park at a Lightspeed Champion gig in N