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<blockquote data-quote="Barbara Fan" data-source="post: 245191" data-attributes="member: 21"><p>Hello [USER=11]@Michelle Stevens[/USER] - i hope you had a lovely birthday <img src="http://smileys.smilchat.net/smiley/party/anniversaires/happy-birth.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":big:" title="Big :big:" data-shortname=":big:" /></p><p></p><p>Thank you – I did receive BBGs autograph twice during her years on the show but she wasn’t the best at responding to fan mail. I bought 3 of her scrap books from a family member in 2003 and met them in NY and went for lunch so that was lovely. We also got someone to take photos of us and upon return to UK I sent BBG some of those pics to her home in Putnam, NY. Then I finally got the reply I had waited for all those years and was a happy girl!</p><p></p><p>2- Oh as a huge fan of Howard Keel I would have to say Clayton Farlow. I thought he was a much nicer person than Jock and I think [USER=6]@Sarah[/USER] said in a thread earlier that Jock was scary, and I agree. I think he was a ruthless man in business and who lied and cheated with her and although it was sad Jim Davis died I was pleased that Howard became a permanent feature in the show.</p><p></p><p>3 – oh it a long story, I wrote to Lorimar in 1983 for autographs of the cast and sent a get well card to BBG as she had just had a heart attack in March 83 - Im a scot so snet it all off together to save on postage and didnt think too much about it, some reply, others dont but i sent off letters on average twice a year with requests for photos and autographs (Thank you Howard, Linda, Steve and Susan, you were fab at replying!!)</p><p></p><p>and a few months later a policeman walked down the path of a holiday home my parents had rented in Kent looking for me. A newspaper was looking for me at my home address and neighbours saw them and by chance had a letter from my mum with address on it. The PC came out to the house after he finished his shift as there was a USA TV company looking for Europes biggest Dallas fan – they had gone to Lorimar, read 1000s of fan letters and picked mine as “it was intelligent!!!” and told them about my Dallas collection too which was growing by the month.</p><p></p><p>1 day later the press were taking my pics on the beach in my bikini, with me sitting on a donkey!! EEK</p><p></p><p>2 days later I was in London getting my passport renewed and a US Visa and next day I was flown out to LA – I still had no real idea what it was all about other than it was to do with Dallas and a fan letter.</p><p></p><p>I spent a day on the set and a day filming with Steve and it was super exciting, sadly I wasn’t allowed to take my camera on set so no pics of that but got a lot with Steve who was just so lovely. And I spent a day at the TV studios filming for a US TV show. The Press covered the story at home and I got interviewed about it too. I was kinda shy as its not really my thing being in the lime light!!</p><p></p><p>But I had a ball and it was a real pinch me I must be dreaming moment to meet cast, crew and see LA and be wined and dined and not have to pay for it!!</p><p></p><p>4 – oh there are lots of places id love to see – South America is on my wish list – Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Easter island</p><p></p><p>There is a prog in UK called Race across the world where groups of 2 people have to make there way from point A to point B and are given the cost of an airfare but they have to do it over land using bus, train, boat, hitch hiking etc</p><p></p><p>This year it was from Central to South America and all the contestants took a different route – the boys who won it stopped off at places that I thought I want to see that, I want to go there and one place in Peru called Rainbow Mountain looked fantastic – it all looked great to me. And I would love to see the end of the world in S America and Tierra del Fuego. Michael Palin the UK Broadcaster and actor got me into travelling – up til then I fried on a beach in Tenerife for 2 weeks and rarely moved off a sun lounger, I then got to aged 28 and got bored with that</p><p></p><p>I like to see and do new things, new cultures, move out of my comfort Zone.</p><p></p><p>Id also like to see Russia, more of Scandinavia and Europe, like Austria and Switzerland or Slovenia, I would love to go on a safari but dont think Id feel safe in Africa</p><p></p><p>I have been to St Lucia but would love to see more of the Caribbean islands as the scenery was lovely and the sea the most clear and beautiful I have ever swam in (and it wasn’t cold!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barbara Fan, post: 245191, member: 21"] Hello [USER=11]@Michelle Stevens[/USER] - i hope you had a lovely birthday :big: Thank you – I did receive BBGs autograph twice during her years on the show but she wasn’t the best at responding to fan mail. I bought 3 of her scrap books from a family member in 2003 and met them in NY and went for lunch so that was lovely. We also got someone to take photos of us and upon return to UK I sent BBG some of those pics to her home in Putnam, NY. Then I finally got the reply I had waited for all those years and was a happy girl! 2- Oh as a huge fan of Howard Keel I would have to say Clayton Farlow. I thought he was a much nicer person than Jock and I think [USER=6]@Sarah[/USER] said in a thread earlier that Jock was scary, and I agree. I think he was a ruthless man in business and who lied and cheated with her and although it was sad Jim Davis died I was pleased that Howard became a permanent feature in the show. 3 – oh it a long story, I wrote to Lorimar in 1983 for autographs of the cast and sent a get well card to BBG as she had just had a heart attack in March 83 - Im a scot so snet it all off together to save on postage and didnt think too much about it, some reply, others dont but i sent off letters on average twice a year with requests for photos and autographs (Thank you Howard, Linda, Steve and Susan, you were fab at replying!!) and a few months later a policeman walked down the path of a holiday home my parents had rented in Kent looking for me. A newspaper was looking for me at my home address and neighbours saw them and by chance had a letter from my mum with address on it. The PC came out to the house after he finished his shift as there was a USA TV company looking for Europes biggest Dallas fan – they had gone to Lorimar, read 1000s of fan letters and picked mine as “it was intelligent!!!” and told them about my Dallas collection too which was growing by the month. 1 day later the press were taking my pics on the beach in my bikini, with me sitting on a donkey!! EEK 2 days later I was in London getting my passport renewed and a US Visa and next day I was flown out to LA – I still had no real idea what it was all about other than it was to do with Dallas and a fan letter. I spent a day on the set and a day filming with Steve and it was super exciting, sadly I wasn’t allowed to take my camera on set so no pics of that but got a lot with Steve who was just so lovely. And I spent a day at the TV studios filming for a US TV show. The Press covered the story at home and I got interviewed about it too. I was kinda shy as its not really my thing being in the lime light!! But I had a ball and it was a real pinch me I must be dreaming moment to meet cast, crew and see LA and be wined and dined and not have to pay for it!! 4 – oh there are lots of places id love to see – South America is on my wish list – Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Easter island There is a prog in UK called Race across the world where groups of 2 people have to make there way from point A to point B and are given the cost of an airfare but they have to do it over land using bus, train, boat, hitch hiking etc This year it was from Central to South America and all the contestants took a different route – the boys who won it stopped off at places that I thought I want to see that, I want to go there and one place in Peru called Rainbow Mountain looked fantastic – it all looked great to me. And I would love to see the end of the world in S America and Tierra del Fuego. Michael Palin the UK Broadcaster and actor got me into travelling – up til then I fried on a beach in Tenerife for 2 weeks and rarely moved off a sun lounger, I then got to aged 28 and got bored with that I like to see and do new things, new cultures, move out of my comfort Zone. Id also like to see Russia, more of Scandinavia and Europe, like Austria and Switzerland or Slovenia, I would love to go on a safari but dont think Id feel safe in Africa I have been to St Lucia but would love to see more of the Caribbean islands as the scenery was lovely and the sea the most clear and beautiful I have ever swam in (and it wasn’t cold!) [/QUOTE]
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