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.
9. Famous faces visit Northamptonshire
Actor, TV personality and radio host Nicholas Parsons in Rushden in 1978 Photo: Northants Telegraph Retro:Northants Telegraph
10. Famous faces visit Northamptonshire
1975 David Steele at a civic reception in his honour - the year which he won BBC Sports Personality of the Year for his heroics in the Ashes Photo: Northants Telegraph Retro:Northants Telegraph
11. Famous faces visit Northamptonshire
Corby 1979 and Vanessa Redgrave shows solidarity with the steelworkers Photo: Northants Telegraph Retro:Northants Telegraph
12. Pictures from the archive of famous faces in Corby, Kettering, Rushden and Wellingborough areas
1988 Sir Harry Donald Secombe the Welsh actor, comedian, singer and television presenter in Corby Photo: Northants Telegraph