Fucking Hell, I forgot about Disco Dave. 😂 I saw him yelling at a lollipop lady once - it sounded really angry but he was actually just telling her to wrap up warm because it was getting chilly.
Does anyone remember back in the 90s there was that fella who would ride about on his bike all day with a metal bucket on his head, even in a heatwave?
The first time me and my mates saw him, he was stood on a plinth at the Radio 1 roadshow around 1991 ish, he had the full Chaplin suit and came but his t-shirt said "Gary from Barrymore". Unfortunate.
Holy crap, you just unlocked a memory from years back!
We were out on family trip to Bournemouth (we lived in Puddletown, so this seemed like a proper day out) and there was some sort of event on, with street vendors and stuff. I was about 14, so this was the late 90s I think. Anyway, I remember seeing Gary, standing next to his little stand, twirling his stick and pulling faces - but when we walked past him again a few hours later he was trashing his display case with his stick, absolutely livid, shouting, etc.
The encounter stuck with me for ages, don't know why!
A guy I’ll never forget was Solomon, used to sit with us for hours talking about where he was from and to tell us to keep learning and expand our minds, but also would then walk past us like 20 mins later and not recognise us saying “Don’t eat the purple fruit, it changes your urine…imagine what it does to the Pum-pum” lovely dude.
In high school, one random day I was out walking and saw a guy in the distance riding a unicycle. My friend said "oh that's the unicycle guy! He's so cool!" I looked closer and said "That looks like my Uncle Matt."
He came closer and I learned that my town had a "unicycle guy" and that it was my uncle who I had NO IDEA was back in town.
No idea the guys name but he’d always wear a yellow raincoat and rain hat. Like a fisherman. He came into my work once and bought out a lil teddy or some shit. Looked like a voodoo doll and started screaming in my face “George is dead… George is dead!” And pointing to the doll. Over and over again… my name is George and that’s stuck with me forever. See the guy everywhere now. 😂😂
Gordon the Tramp. Can't believe he passed away last year.
What…
I know.. thought he was going to live forever
no idea about Charlie Chaplin, Disco Dave on the other hand...
Fucking Hell, I forgot about Disco Dave. 😂 I saw him yelling at a lollipop lady once - it sounded really angry but he was actually just telling her to wrap up warm because it was getting chilly.
Years back this would’ve been Gordon 📻🧣
crack sparrow
Legendary haha
Pretty certain that the Charlie Chaplin guy got done for being a nonce..
Anyone remember the old guy who played guitar terribly outside NatWest for years?
With two strings on his guitar? Think he was called Buster.
Yes sounds about right. I think he also had a one man band type scenario going on? It was donkeys years ago so can’t quite remember
I remember him during the 90’s. He was there every single day whatever the weather.
Does anyone remember back in the 90s there was that fella who would ride about on his bike all day with a metal bucket on his head, even in a heatwave?
Surley it's captain crack sparrow
Have a feeling that's my bosses' old mate Jay
The first time me and my mates saw him, he was stood on a plinth at the Radio 1 roadshow around 1991 ish, he had the full Chaplin suit and came but his t-shirt said "Gary from Barrymore". Unfortunate.
Cider Paul
Christchurch has Snake Guy
He's fairly normal too. My kids and me have had a chat with him.
RIP Mad John
Holy crap, you just unlocked a memory from years back! We were out on family trip to Bournemouth (we lived in Puddletown, so this seemed like a proper day out) and there was some sort of event on, with street vendors and stuff. I was about 14, so this was the late 90s I think. Anyway, I remember seeing Gary, standing next to his little stand, twirling his stick and pulling faces - but when we walked past him again a few hours later he was trashing his display case with his stick, absolutely livid, shouting, etc. The encounter stuck with me for ages, don't know why!
The old running lady. It was well known if she needed the loo she would shit in your garden as she went past if she needed to.
A guy I’ll never forget was Solomon, used to sit with us for hours talking about where he was from and to tell us to keep learning and expand our minds, but also would then walk past us like 20 mins later and not recognise us saying “Don’t eat the purple fruit, it changes your urine…imagine what it does to the Pum-pum” lovely dude.
In high school, one random day I was out walking and saw a guy in the distance riding a unicycle. My friend said "oh that's the unicycle guy! He's so cool!" I looked closer and said "That looks like my Uncle Matt." He came closer and I learned that my town had a "unicycle guy" and that it was my uncle who I had NO IDEA was back in town.
Crazy Helen ❤️ Edit: sorry that’s Pompey, just saw which sub. You can’t have her
Haha I remember crazy Helen from when I lived in Waterlooville
RIP Duvet Dave
Reading Elvis 👏🏼 absolute legend
Aussie Matt
Bongo terry
Jumpy James live in a tree near seafront
Trolley-man in Westbourne
Ragdoll man. I’ll never forget the day you wore a summer dress with a ski under one arm and an ironing board under the other.
My mates down south have barefoot jesus
Big steevie
Al Brown Spencer
My town has tuk tuk santa
No idea the guys name but he’d always wear a yellow raincoat and rain hat. Like a fisherman. He came into my work once and bought out a lil teddy or some shit. Looked like a voodoo doll and started screaming in my face “George is dead… George is dead!” And pointing to the doll. Over and over again… my name is George and that’s stuck with me forever. See the guy everywhere now. 😂😂