hi

Interesting topic.

Is there any difference between a "celebrity" and a "star" ???

many years ago when my son was very young he used to collect autographs. In his case they were just from cricketers.

At least to collect autographs you had to know who it was you were asking.

I remember one day at Old Trafford when my son was after Geoff Boycott's autograph ( which he refused to give !!) when I spotted one of my favourite England cricketers., Ken Barrington. I told my son who he was and he went to Ken who was superb with my son. A true gentleman and a bloody fine cricketer.

After giving my son his autograph he asked him lots of questions about who he ( my son) played for and whether he was a batsman or bowler and gave hime some tips.etc etc. My son was very excited and found Ken to be very interesting.

As he walked away Ken winked at me and said that he knew that my son didn't know who he was when he asked for the autograph and that I had put him up to it.


I don't think Ken thought of himself as a celebrity but in my son's eyes he was a star.

Cheers

MikeL2