I once glared at a bus with Mr. Tickle on its livery.
Mr. Tickle was there because the bus was the primary route serving Cleckheaton, where Roger Hargreaves (the author of the Mr. Men books) was born and raised, and I was working there at the time.

That's about the nearest you get to celebrity encounters out here in darkest Yorkshire. Unless Jimmy Savile is involved, and as I avoid Leeds as far as humanly possible, he isn't.

Oh no, I tell a lie. I share a hometown with the fellow who wrote those uplifting tales, Kes and Threads.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 20:40, 3 replies)

I am unfortunate enough
to work in cleckheaton. I can't say that it brings me a great deal of joy.
(Ace McAce Where we're going, we don't need roads, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 22:01, closed)

There's the current world DH mountain biking champion...
...he hails from Sheffield.

Does it count as famous? Probably not.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 14 Oct 2009, 0:12, closed)

Threads
even thinking about it makes me want to kill myself
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Wed 14 Oct 2009, 9:29, closed)