Back in 2006 I spent the whole year sending my own signed photo to 1000 celebrities. The rules are below, along with the photo I sent out (this one signed by Rolf Harris. More about that later). https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Downwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Downwards arrow">
The first reply I got back was from @realshanerichie. I remember being SO excited when the postman delivered it. Seems like a nice chap.
I was very proudly on Gillian Taylforth& #39;s dressing room wall and had some soap royalty back including June Brown who put dots around her soap name.
Some replies had a bit more controversy attached to them...
I got a lovely cookbook back from @antonyworrallt and a jumper from Terry Wogan (but have no idea where that disappeared to).
One of the strangest replies came from then MP, and now PM, @BorisJohnson. The back of his signed photo had blu tack on it, like he had just taken it off his office wall...
Tony Blair didn& #39;t disappoint from number 10 but the Queen ruined valentines day.
. @ReeceShearsmith really got into the spirit and @RobBrydon had one of the best photos around. Mel Smith - what a guy!
Many people who replied really seemed to get what I was trying to do by sending my own signed photo. Which was to just highlight how ridiculous it all is.
Newsreaders were consistently good at sending me things. @maitlis sent a really fun reply while Piers Morgan& #39;s photo looked like it was taken at the local passport office.
I had some amazing people reply. Rosalind Pike won the award for most glamorous and Shirley Henderson made my Christmas.
. @brianblessed EAT YEAST! I was so excited when we had him @squarechapel twice last year.
No relation but Lesley Garrett sent a nice letter and I never did get around to joining the @mrmichaelball fanclub.
. @AleshaOfficial loved my signed photo so much she replied twice!
I wrote so many letters that year that I don& #39;t remember what I said but I obviously loved @GaryLineker style in the late noughties. @paulajradcliffe will always be my hero so I still have this on display in the house.
Probably best skipping this one but I always thought it odd that he& #39;d sign my signed photo and send it back to me. I was tempted to sign his and send it back to him.
A couple of legends here. The Tony Hart letter made me cry but looking back I& #39;m really glad I was able to sent my appreciation to him. Bruce is surely everyone& #39;s idea of a true entertainer.
Overall I got about 350 signed photos back from newsreaders, musicians, actors, models, politicians, presenters and everyone inbetween. The moral of the story is post is fun and the @RoyalMail are doing an amazing job of keeping us all connected at the moment. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📮" title="Postbox" aria-label="Emoji: Postbox">
Also many thanks to @YArtspace who exhibited it in January 2017. It was my first solo show and I ended up in plenty of press. This bit from The Metro was good fun.
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