Local nuts

[TheBitch]

Mrs Bitch went to our local town centre yesterday and came back pissing herself laughing. Apparently there's a woman who frequents the local shops claiming she's married to Johnny Depp, has tattoos of him on her arm which she tells people about, was carrying his autobiography round with her and was telling anyone who cared to listen and some who didn't that she's going to his next red carpet premier with him.

 

What an ace nutjob. I really wanna meet this woman.

 

Any other local fruit cakes residing by the GF you wanna tell about?

[melons]

We used to have an ace one in Corris, Phyllis the Rock, she wasn't so much nutty as eccentric.

 

She used to get up and be on the main A487 road by 6am every sunday to thumb a lift to chapel in Bala. The thing that made her stand out was that she wouldn't wait for a car to stop, if you were going slow enough she'd open the car door and get in, if you weren't slow enough, she'd jump out in front of your car to make you stop then get in.

 

Died in her home about 3 years ago.

[Kevin D]

Meet Facebook's super tramps - Edinburgh Evening News

 

THEY may not have a place to live but they've secured a place in the hearts of the city's social networking community.

A raft of Facebook and Bebo sites dedicated to some of the city's most well-known homeless men have sprung up on the internet.

 

By far the most popular individual is "Beaver Man", a gentleman with a mane of long matted hair resembling a beaver's tail who is regularly seen enjoying a burger and a glass bottle of Irn-Bru in and around Lothian Road.

 

"Beaver Man" – who has also been christened "Night Beaver" and "Carpetheid" – has more than 3,000 online fans over no less than seven social networking sites, including a dedicated Facebook page, two Bebo pages, three Facebook appreciation groups and a place in the "Edinburgh Cult Celebrities Appreciation Thread".

 

While many of the sites appear to be poking fun, their creators seem to have a genuine affection for the men.

 

Nadine Moore, a journalism student, is the creator of "Beaver Man Rocks!", dedicated to the colourful Lothian Road drifter.

 

She said: "The Beaver Man is definitely one of the cult figures of homeless people in Edinburgh. What sets him apart from his fellow wanderers is most certainly his very distinct appearance.

 

Beaver Man is also shrouded in mystery, as he has for as long as we loved him always kept to himself."

 

CULT FIGURE: 'Rastatramp' has two Facebook pagesOther notable Facebook successes include "Meadows Big Issue Man" and "Rastatramp".

 

"Meadows Big Issue Man" is actually John White, 64, has 361 Facebook fans and calls the Meadows his "salvation".

 

Mr White, originally from the Home Counties, has been homeless for more than 30 years following the death of a loved one. He moved to Edinburgh to isolate himself from his loss.

 

He said: "The Meadows has really brought me closer to people again and I am lucky to have my regular customers and people I chat to every day."

 

"Rastatramp", so called because his dark skin and long white dreadlocks give him the appearance of a Rastafarian, is also known as "The Shaman of Leith Walk" and has two Facebook pages entitled "Does anyone else think Rastatramp could be God?" and "I honestly love the Rastatramp on Leith Walk!".

 

As well as featuring "Beaver Man" and "Rastatramp", the "Edinburgh Cult Celebrities Appreciation Thread" also pays tribute to "Shamblin' Man", a crooked gentleman with tattered clothes and a bin bag of possessions.

 

But Graeme Brown, director of Shelter Scotland, housing and homelessness charity, warned against making light of a very serious situation. He said: "While some of the comments are affectionate, there are some which are worryingly derogatory and perhaps serve as a reflection on those posting such comments."

 

He added: "I wonder whether people posting comments or setting up such pages would make better use of their time, perhaps volunteering, or lobbying for an end to homelessness."

 

Had quite a few run ins with beaver man including infamous time he touched my friends leg.

 

The bolded one is a different story. I've only met him once and wasn't aware that he had priors as no-one, except the lad I was with when I encountered him, has ever brought him up. He just stopped us in Princess Street and started banging on about 1950s Britain; he had a really distinguished accent and diction which enhanced how amazing he was. So engrossed was I that I returned to the same spot three weeks in a row hoping to find - but a no go.

[PaulMcC]

Remember the auld fella who used to go about town on a bike but never pedalled and had loads of No Smoking signs and plastic bags attached to it?

 

Haven't seen him in about 3 years now. Must have died.

[Mel Wood]

Mrs Bitch went to our local town centre yesterday and came back pissing herself laughing. Apparently there's a woman who frequents the local shops claiming she's married to Johnny Depp, has tattoos of him on her arm which she tells people about, was carrying his autobiography round with her and was telling anyone who cared to listen and some who didn't that she's going to his next red carpet premier with him.

 

Maybe she's some kind of tribute to his real life wife?

 

A sort of 'Vanessa Parody', if you will.

[Guest ShoePiss]

Remember the auld fella who used to go about town on a bike but never pedalled and had loads of No Smoking signs and plastic bags attached to it?

 

Haven't seen him in about 3 years now. Must have died.

 

'no smoking man', seen all over the place if it's the same fella.

[Paulie Dangerously]

There was a tramp who used to hang round Walton Vale years ago, think his name was Tommy. He used to get pissed, put on women's clothes and then dance in the road on the Vale on a saturday morning, essentially crippling the traffic flow.

 

I recall walking past the Ethel Austins and hearing the sound of young girls screaming. I looked across the road and there were about 5 girls from Archies screaming laughing running away from Tommy who has his kecks round his ankles and was doing a little jig outside the Billy Hill.

 

Believe he threw himself on the line at Fazackerly train station which was sad

[PaulMcC]

'no smoking man', seen all over the place if it's the same fella.

 

Have you seen him about lately?

 

Where else would he be spotted outside Liverpool?

[Paulie Dangerously]

I've seen No Smoking in Southport and also Wigan. Many years ago though, I would assume he is dead

 

*edit*

 

[Mel Wood]

Have you seen him about lately?

 

Where else would he be spotted outside Liverpool?

 

He used to be in Southport a lot too. Used to see him pushing his bike up towards there, on my way to work.

[a stoner]

We've got a town full of 'em. About 10 years ago they closed down the nuthouse in bodmin prefering a "care in the community scheme" instead. So it's a town of nutters instead of just an institution full of 'em. Great on a Saturday afternoon in the high street as they all seem to be out together.

[TheBitch]

Another guy used to talk to himself as he walked down the road and stop and shake hands with cars.

[WaltonRed]

Paddy the Tramp is a County Road legend.

 

RIP.

[Jaimba McLean]

I've seen No Smoking in Southport and also Wigan. Many years ago though, I would assume he is dead

 

*edit*

 

 

A tragic Niquitin lozenge overdose i'm lead to believe

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Jacko, Tony beep- beep, and the much missed Danny Taggart from Tuebrook.

[TheBitch]

Jacko, Tony beep- beep, and the much missed Danny Taggart from Tuebrook.

 

Explain these please.

[Edward.]

There was an old woman who lived opposite my Nana on Ludwig Road called Old Mrs Davis, if you slammed the car too loudly she would come out screaming cracking a whip. I suppose you had to be there.

[The-Sir]

Anyone remember "The Searge"?

 

He used to get the 89 bus when we were coming back from school, and was a little odd.

 

In all fairness I dont remember much else about him.

 

Plinky Plink was a legend aswell.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Explain these please.

 

Jacko was ' Plina-a-plink ' in own with the cardboard guitar. My arl fella was his Case Worker in the Hostel on Shaw St he was in. in a nursing home now I think ?

 

Tony Beep-beep from Old Swan would wave and shout at drivers till they beeped. seen him a while back.

 

Danny was related to a friend of mine and walked up Tuebrook continually with a radio to his ear on match days telling everyone what was happening, he could also be a pain in the arse but he was a character.

[Steve Holt]

A nutjob stays near my uni. She's an old woman who comes up to the uni and goes about asking students where they are from. Once you've told her that she tries to give you money then follows you. Its fuckin weird.

 

Another nutjob sometimes gets the bus I get home. She has literally the cruelest face I have ever seen. She makes Ebeneezer Scrooge look like Gandhi. She barks at bus drivers, passengers. Accuses them of all sorts like trying to steal from her. She looks at you as if she genuinely wishes you were dead.

[manwiththestick]

Maybe she's some kind of tribute to his real life wife?

 

A sort of 'Vanessa Parody', if you will.

 

I can't rep you for this as it won't let me, very good!

[MokTheAfflicted]

'no smoking man', seen all over the place if it's the same fella.

 

His clone is around Swansea ........ or is it Tenby?? Theres loadsa sheep anyway

[Paulie Dangerously]

Jacko was ' Plina-a-plink ' in own with the cardboard guitar. My arl fella was his Case Worker in the Hostel on Shaw St he was in. in a nursing home now I think ?

 

Tony Beep-beep from Old Swan would wave and shout at drivers till they beeped. seen him a while back.

 

Danny was related to a friend of mine and walked up Tuebrook continually with a radio to his ear on match days telling everyone what was happening, he could also be a pain in the arse but he was a character.

 

Weirdly enough some lad who drinks round our way is a care worker and says Jacko is in the home he works in. Say's he's a proper funny bastard as well

[Mendoza]

[Uncle_Meat]

Jacko was ' Plina-a-plink ' in own with the cardboard guitar. My arl fella was his Case Worker in the Hostel on Shaw St he was in. in a nursing home now I think ?

 

Tony Beep-beep from Old Swan would wave and shout at drivers till they beeped. seen him a while back.

 

Danny was related to a friend of mine and walked up Tuebrook continually with a radio to his ear on match days telling everyone what was happening, he could also be a pain in the arse but he was a character.

 

 

Tony was still going strong last time I saw him, lurking around Kenny Market tidying up for Bridget who used to do the second hand clothes at the back. Bridget was a character as well. Well into her late 60/70s, but old and infirm my arse, seen her batter smackheads around the bonce with her walking stick many a time.

 

 

Danny! Fuckin' 'ell, that takes me back. Danny the Tranny we used to call him. Tranny as in Transistor radio back in those more innocent days because, as you say, he always had this radio welded to his ear.