Who are your local celebrities? Not famous people but the 'purple aki' or 'wee mental davey' type.
We have quite a few but one is known as 'The Pirate' and he is one crazy mother fucker, big 20 stone alcoholic tramp who looks identical to captain Blackbeard and carrys a fuck off knife in his boots. Been chased by him when I was kid many times. Heard story's he's robbed, attacked, slashed and sexually assaulted people. Scary bastards always in the back of your mind when walking home after a night out.
Ninjah - big mental bloke that walks around town drumming on bins and claiming he's related to Owain Glyndwr Toy mic Trevor - fella that sings into a toy mic Shaky hands man - walks around town shaking people's hands
Joan Turner....who is a bit of a legend in the Variety/Showbiz world...but sadly ended up a lonely old piss head who lived in sheltered housing down the road from me. made the mistake of helping her home from the shops once in the pissing rain as she was paraletic..and she fell over! she weighed a ton when trying to help her up!!!
She was a gutsy old bird too.......even the local chav hoodrats gave her a wide berth, as she gave as good as got.
Used to be a guy who walked all around Bradford wearing what looked liked a monks outfit and carrying a satchel,used to wave and say hello at everyone,bit of an oddball Don't know if he still does though?
Quote by RhysNinjah - big mental bloke that walks around town drumming on bins and claiming he's related to Owain Glyndwr Toy mic Trevor - fella that sings into a toy mic Shaky hands man - walks around town shaking people's hands
Most of the ones near where I live/have lived have been homeless: 'donar kebab man' - guy who asks for a "donation to the DONAR kebab fund" ad naseum, "the laughing tramp" - homeless bloke who tells shite jokes for cash etc
There's a gospel black women in Sheffield who preaches allday and plays some kind of ukulele and also a tramp who wears every item of clothing he owns. Think hes skinny as a rake but looks about a metric ton in size!
Quote by haxbyUsed to be a guy who walked all around Bradford wearing what looked liked a monks outfit and carrying a satchel,used to wave and say hello at everyone,bit of an oddball Don't know if he still does though?
Yeah the Bradford Jesus man, he's still knocking about I see him regularly, he gets all over Bradford and never seems to age. Think there's a blog dedicated to him.
walks about the town centre looking like a cross between hulk hogan and jimmy saville in a bright 70's flared suite....think hes some sort of salesman cos hes always carrying a stack of catalouges, seen him fully chase people down the street before now trying to give them a catalouge shouting out his catchphrase "ITS JUST A GREAT READ". Absolutley mental. Legend.
Well we've got Singing Søren, a homeless and a bit mental guy singing at the main shopping street. Saw an interview with him once, he was once given £100 to leave as he was singing outside of an office. Easy money.
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Loads of these kind of nutters round Wolverhampton The two that stick in my mind the most are Fred the ringroad tramp, dead now but he was a polish immigrant who used to live in a tent in the middle of the ringroad, was offered housing etc but just decided to stay there. And i always remember the cowboy from when i was younger, just a nutter who used to run about the town centre in cowboy gear talking absolute shit Sure last time i saw him he had turned in to one of those preachers you get down the high street.
Just remembered my dad telling me about a bloke when he was growing up who used to walk round topless all year but if it got too cold he'd put a sheepskin coat on. Few of these in Edinburgh too; the Kaiser being the one who sticks out most http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/antiso...life.2836975.jp
Another one is Ethel Green, a legendary working girl from back in the day, who was famed for being one of the best looking prostitues on the cobbles, fell into a life of drink and drugs but still maintained her profession despite being nearly 100 years old. Used to be seen wandering the streets asking blokes if they wanted a good time, reeking of piss/cider/fags. Rumour had it a few yars ago she died of an overdose but fact is she is now thankfully in a care home.
Used to be a guy in Aberdeen called eedy mcbobble heedy. he was weird. pushed a trolly, wore a dress, ran everywhere and slept in a bin. think he is now dead
in edinburgh, haymarket hobo - this homeless guy with a beard that has really really long unwashed hair, which as a result has morphed into one massive rectangle of greasy hair. impressive stuff.
Quote by MattCUsed to be a guy in Aberdeen called eedy mcbobble heedy. he was weird. pushed a trolly, wore a dress, ran everywhere and slept in a bin. think he is now dead
in edinburgh, haymarket hobo - this homeless guy with a beard that has really really long unwashed hair, which as a result has morphed into one massive rectangle of greasy hair. impressive stuff.
One dreadlock man, and his mate that looks like he's been attacked by a lion. Every single piece of clothing he wears has been ripped to shreds.
We've got a nudist called ERNIE From time to time you can see him racing on his bike, doing sports or just walking through the town or suddenly appearing the university - naked of course. He seriously thinks he would be some kind of artist. Once he had to appear in the court for his "art" and the first thing he did was stripping and showing the judge his body. A few years ago, we played in Dortmund, he went to the game and started his naked one-man pitch invasion ... 5 minutes after that our team equalised and we played 1:1 in the end
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Don't know if he still does though?
The two that stick in my mind the most are Fred the ringroad tramp, dead now but he was a polish immigrant who used to live in a tent in the middle of the ringroad, was offered housing etc but just decided to stay there. And i always remember the cowboy from when i was younger, just a nutter who used to run about the town centre in cowboy gear talking absolute shit 
