Celebrity Pictures

The story I have chosen is 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/news/harry-potter-star-enjoys-ice-cream-at-popular-kent-shop-328151/

I saw the story yesterday and thought what a pointless item of ‘news’ it was. Man eats ice cream with his family having starred in a series of films 20 years ago! What have we come to if this is news? Then I thought about it and realised how much certain actors and musicians and sports stars have become part of my life over the years. If I had been there I wouldn’t have got a selfie but I would definitely have taken a picture and it got me thinking about one of my all consuming hobbies.

When I was a kid I used to write off for signed photos. I restarted the hobby when I became a house husband for a few years and before I knew it, I had a large collection of signed photos from TV, film, sports and music. Every time a new photo arrived in the post I was absolutely over the moon. The photos were left in bags and envelopes for ages until I got a couple of scrapbooks for Christmas a few years ago. Now, most of them are in the book, and it has encouraged me to start again when my current full time job comes to an end.

Who are my favourites? Well, the personalised signed photos from a few stars stick in my head. In no particular order of importance I have Jack Nicklaus, Dick Van Dyke, Alan Alda, David Tennant and my first ever celebrity signed photo from 1970s and 80s TV presenter and singer Isla St Clair. I have many more and apart from restarting the hobby soon I will be blogging about it. So watch this space!

It’s quite amazing that a small photograph with a signature can bring so much pleasure but it does. The story isn’t as uninteresting as I first thought as it has encouraged me to revisit a hobby that has given me huge pleasure over the years.