Local Characters

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Tue 28 Aug, 2007 11:08 am

Hi WiggyHope it was a clean hanky (Yuk!).Can imagine u with trowsis rolled up and bracesdangling ,shoutin 'Hasta la Vista' to all the toplesscrumpet walking by!Hope u had a good hol anyway!CheersArry

JanCee · Post by **JanCee** » Tue 28 Aug, 2007 4:33 pm

arry awk wrote: Hi WiggyHope it was a clean hanky (Yuk!).Can imagine u with trowsis rolled up and bracesdangling ,shoutin 'Hasta la Vista' to all the toplesscrumpet walking by!Hope u had a good hol anyway!CheersArry You conjure up such an attractive scenario arry.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Wed 29 Aug, 2007 5:03 pm

Hi JanWell,I can dream can't I? Mind you a grubby hanky could put 'em off!Arry

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Thu 30 Aug, 2007 3:53 pm

There used to be an old guy that wondered around Chapel Allerton back in the 70's early 80's who used to wear socks on his hands a kind of short duffel coat along with halfmast trousers. He had a long grey beard and he wore glasses that looked almost like goggles. We all used to call him the sherpa because he looked like he was dressed to climb Everest. The local gossip was that he was a very rich eccentric who had been a dentist during his working life. I seem to recall reading something along those lines about him in the YEP when he died about 20 or so years ago.

deano_bramley · Post by **deano_bramley** » Thu 30 Aug, 2007 5:21 pm

i went to mission on sunday night and the infamous "chris" sang me a song on his guitar whilst i was in the queue!

sulkycat · Post by **sulkycat** » Sun 02 Sep, 2007 2:28 pm

theres a bloke on one of the buses who sometimes plays an imaginary trombone, complete with tapping of foot & nodding of head, he enjoys it anyway...plus theres white wherewolf man, gets same bus as me on a morning sometimes, has a perfect nasal mohican, pure white thick hair that runs all the way donw his nose (as in not across like a monobrow)oh, and the verrrry drunken woman who refuses to sit in her wheelchair and shouts at all the b%&**$£s who are getting off at HER stophave written many a blog on 'a certain site that will remain nameless to protect the not at all innocent' about the wonders of bus travel in leeds, amused me no end when i moved here but now i am starting to worry that i am becoming one of them....

Hunslets Iggy Pop · Post by **Hunslets Iggy Pop** » Fri 07 Sep, 2007 6:41 pm

Bet no one remembers this guy, I use to live near Shaftsbury house in Beeston with my mum and dad in the late seventies early eighties,and you used to get some colourful characters around there at that time. Well one guy i used to see i called him Robinson Crusoe long scraggly hair , and stick with a bag on the end , and he wore open topped sandals. Turns out he used to call himself Jesus and was evicted by a couple of teachers from wandering around inside the school which my sister used to attend. I remember my sister told me at that time about the incident. He had been telling the kids about Jesus. He actually got his revenge on the junior school in Beeston by painting the gates black and was seen by the teachers and the police were called.

Hunslets Iggy Pop · Post by **Hunslets Iggy Pop** » Fri 07 Sep, 2007 7:00 pm

Clankylad wrote: Re: 'Cider Paul' - we always knew him as 'Webbo' after seeing him in 'Central Park' one night back in the 80s. He went up to the bar and asked for four pints of Websters. By the time the girl behind the bar was pulling the third pint, he'd already downed the first two, so she refused to serve him any more.I see the 'Stud Man' around the outdoor market quite often, usually on Thursdays when you get the best junk and antique stalls. I have known Cider Paul now for many a year. He is one of the nicest people you could meet. I remember a mate of mine telling me a story that Cider Paul was once playing cards with the group The Sisters of Mercy in his house when they used to live in Leeds.Also Cider Paul used to sell bootleg tapes and records around the country and made a good living doing this, before CDs came around and made him redundant .He once went in a posh hotel in Southampton with my mate and was evicted out quickly , only to flash his wallet and money, only then they treated him like some rich rock star.

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Sat 08 Sep, 2007 9:54 pm

does anyone remember the icecream man-sunny boy,he was polish i think or from that area of europe.he was well past 70,and still working.his van was pale blue and as old as the hills!

Post by **cnosni** » Sun 09 Sep, 2007 12:47 am

wiggy wrote: does anyone remember the icecream man-sunny boy,he was polish i think or from that area of europe.he was well past 70,and still working.his van was pale blue and as old as the hills! Leeds 9 area??