You’ve admired them from afar for their acting, sporting or people skills so when you get to meet someone famous, it’s quite exciting.
In times gone by you might have queued to get an autograph of a football player, or stood in a crowd hoping to have a brush with fame.
1. Famous faces visit Northamptonshire
Mick Smith with his brother Jim Dale Photo: Northants Telegraph Retro:Northants Telegraph
2. Famous faces visit Northamptonshire
1979 Ralph Reader at Corby Gang Show Photo: Northants Telegraph Retro:Northants Telegraph
3. Famous faces visit Northamptonshire
Noel Edmonds visits Kettering Rugby Club in 1972 Photo: Northants Telegraph Retro:Northants Telegraph
4. Famous faces visit Northamptonshire, Northants Telegraph retro, :Pictures from the archive of famous faces in Corby, Kettering, Rushden and Wellingborough areas
Sooty and Harry H Corbett meet fans in Corby in 1973 Photo: Northants Telegraph Retro:Northants Telegraph