Who's the most famous 'tramp' in Sheffield? [Archive]

spyro2000

10-05-2005, 17:08

It seems to me that there a a lot of 'tramps' who have become very famous in sheffield.

e.g. theres the one mainly seen around town centre that wear loads and loads of layers of clothes. Theres the one that looks like the english picture bible version of jesus, but with black hair and then theres the somarlian geeza who pretends he knows you, shakes your hand, then holds your hand while he asks you if you have got any spare money for him before letting go.

EdEd

10-05-2005, 17:22

theres this guy who hangs on ecclesall rd who wears loads of layers and carries a stick if anyones seen him

AJ sheffield

10-05-2005, 17:23

Have you seen the one who walks up southey green. His trousers are so dirty they have gone shiny. I thought he had the worlds first pair of chrome jeans. As he walked up southey hill in the sun, the reflection was blinding motorists as they drove past. Respite only came when there was enough flies in the air around him to give him shade. I think some of the motorists thought he was the traffic cop from terminator.

Lucy_Smith

10-05-2005, 17:30

Originally posted by EdEd
theres this guy who hangs on ecclesall rd who wears loads of layers and carries a stick if anyones seen him

Yes that's the guy me and my boyfriend call the man with no head because when we first saw him we both had to double take him. We thought he didn't have a head because it was covered up with so much clothes!!! Beware though...he once turned quite nasty on my flatmate and followed him down Eccy Rd shouting obscenities! :shocked:

EdEd

10-05-2005, 17:35

lol from the minute he started trying to prop himself up with his stick i knew he was a wierdo

spyro2000

10-05-2005, 17:45

Originally posted by EdEd
theres this guy who hangs on ecclesall rd who wears loads of layers and carries a stick if anyones seen him

Is he the same one that walks around town and has loads of layers? Carries loads of shopping bags, and has about 5 scarfs on so you can hardly see his head. But I think he is either bald or has a bald spot

EdEd

10-05-2005, 17:56

yeah i think so

A.B.Yaffle

10-05-2005, 17:57

Originally posted by spyro2000
Is he the same one that walks around town and has loads of layers? Carries loads of shopping bags, and has about 5 scarfs on so you can hardly see his head. But I think he is either bald or has a bald spot

He's called Albert, he spends the day in town and the evening in Endcliffe Park. He is very knowledgeable and interesting to chat to, but stand a fair distance back from him because he tends to spit while talking.

andywatton

10-05-2005, 18:06

And tends to smell of wee :s

I know him as Five Jackets.

*Twinkle*

10-05-2005, 18:12

The friendlist tramp is my "famous" tramp lol! Geoff knows who I mean! I met him Jan 2003 when me and Chris were looking for a valentines restaurant... We keep seeing him around the devonshire green area, i think thats his "stomping ground" lol.... Now we've moved to West.One, we see him all the time, especially near Tesco and he gets me really frustrated as he asks me on my way up there, then on my way back down!!! ARGH! I shouted at him when he was talking to me, trying to get me to give him money as I was getting my cash out of the ATM. Grr surely theres a law against harrassing someone as they're getting cash outta atms?

marmite

10-05-2005, 18:14

Originally posted by EdEd
theres this guy who hangs on ecclesall rd who wears loads of layers and carries a stick if anyones seen him

think i know the bloke. is it the one in the oark who often dissapears leaving his bags ( i always seem to check the river??) or the one who dances in the roundabout??

marmite

10-05-2005, 18:17

stay clear of the tramp on eccy rd with HUGE beard, his trousers have mysterious brown stains on, thought the smell was our dog...no such luck.!! Also i no of one in town who picks up fag ends all day ( i could put you never can tell with the council) - but nahh

8balltiger

10-05-2005, 18:18

whatever happened to jack the tramp, of shirecliffe, he lived at the corner house of musgrave and tended to roam around the herries road ,tesco

8balltiger

10-05-2005, 18:22

there used to be a beardo weirdo, that used to shout at traffic, usually on haymarket, we used to call him vauxhall victor, as we thought he shouted mainly at vauxhalls

muddycoffee

10-05-2005, 18:27

The most famous tramp in sheffield is undoubtedly Captain ******** himself.

Here is a website which I made all about him. The first page is all made up by me, with the comedy real name changes, but all the other drivel is what he makes up when he's drunk every night.
the website of ******** (http://www.********.com)

spyro2000

10-05-2005, 18:31

Originally posted by muddycoffee
The most famous tramp in sheffield is undoubtedly Captain ******** himself.

Here is a website which I made all about him. The first page is all made up by me, with the comedy real name changes, but all the other drivel is what he makes up when he's drunk every night.
the website of ******** (http://www.********.com)

Never heard of him pal

Whats happened to the one who always used to sit outside Maccy D's (on fargate) with his little dog. He was ginger.

muddycoffee

10-05-2005, 18:37

Originally posted by spyro2000
Never heard of him pal

Whats happened to the one who always used to sit outside Maccy D's (on fargate) with his little dog. He was ginger.
What is Maccy D's?

Well the good captain tends to spend most of his time at broomhill, where he pretends to have an "office", he has been thrown out of lots of pubs for taking his trousers down to show off his scars, and has been known on more than one occasion to drink a pint of anybodies P*ss for £10. Ask anybody in broomhill who he is.

spyro2000

10-05-2005, 18:42

Originally posted by muddycoffee
What is Maccy D's?

Well the good captain tends to spend most of his time at broomhill, where he pretends to have an "office", he has been thrown out of lots of pubs for taking his trousers down to show off his scars, and has been known on more than one occasion to drink a pint of anybodies P*ss for £10. Ask anybody in broomhill who he is.

MAccy D's = Macdonalds

savbaby

10-05-2005, 19:18

Originally posted by spyro2000
Never heard of him pal

Whats happened to the one who always used to sit outside Maccy D's (on fargate) with his little dog. He was ginger.

this one is steve, if its the guy i thinking of, me and me mates were talking about him other day as not seen him for months, last i spoke to him he was getting serious sores on his legs from the drugs he was taking so we think he is dead now.

has anyone seen the drunk in town with the blades shirt on? his name is paul and many a time i dragged him out of maccy d's while he was trying to attack customers and staff, he made the front page of the star as he was always getting arrested for his behaviour and when in court was abusive to the judge!

spyro2000

10-05-2005, 19:31

Originally posted by savbaby
this one is steve, if its the guy i thinking of, me and me mates were talking about him other day as not seen him for months, last i spoke to him he was getting serious sores on his legs from the drugs he was taking so we think he is dead now.

has anyone seen the drunk in town with the blades shirt on? his name is paul and many a time i dragged him out of maccy d's while he was trying to attack customers and staff, he made the front page of the star as he was always getting arrested for his behaviour and when in court was abusive to the judge!

He was a pretty decent guy from what I could tell. Always seemed to be happy.

Gingerbarf

10-05-2005, 19:59

noseyrosie

10-05-2005, 20:26

Well surely its got to be that guy that comes up to people and does the robot then goes 'I'm the friendliest tramp in sheffield' he's a right laugh!

*Twinkle*

10-05-2005, 20:34

Originally posted by noseyrosie
Well surely its got to be that guy that comes up to people and does the robot then goes 'I'm the friendliest tramp in sheffield' he's a right laugh!

he's my famous tramp lol!

superblues

10-05-2005, 20:45

anybody remember subway cyril ?

andyb

10-05-2005, 20:57

Sure do...far more street cred than any of these 'new comers'

zombiekillah

10-05-2005, 21:22

dinp

10-05-2005, 22:27

What about the fat bloke in the blue coat who seems to hang around outside Casbah a lot.

Him and the friendliest tramp in Sheffield of course :D

Oh, and the scruffy woman by Argos at Castle Square

Unregistered

10-05-2005, 22:31

Tab Hunter from the Cross.

He could spot a tab end in the gutter from a hundred paces.

Kristian

10-05-2005, 22:32

The injustice! Nobody's mentioned Pond Street Nora yet. Or my last ex for that matter! :D

Shiesh

10-05-2005, 22:41

We had a famous tramp in Middlesbrough called Kehoe....he came up to me one day and asked me 'what colour knickers I had on...'!!

He was normally very polite...!!
:D

vidster

10-05-2005, 23:38

Call me a killjoy but do we really need to be gossiping about the poor and destitute people that live on the streets in Sheffield?

Obviously i don't get it? :?

misterseven

11-05-2005, 00:06

i think the guy that strides up and down devonshire/division st needs to be mentioned,he used to be a top chef at langhams restaurant-london,he's really polite and not at all scary,he also owes me about fifteen quid from when i used to work in kites!
lastly in response to the last message,i dont think theres anything wrong with noticing tramps,its got to be better than just staring past pretending that they dont exist.
i hope i'm remembered as fondly as old pond st nora!

matthewluck

11-05-2005, 00:17

Surely someone knows 'tea man' hes skinny with dark hair and needs a shave most of the time, he asks you for money for a cup of tea and hangs around West St / Divison St.

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Swan_Vesta

11-05-2005, 06:59

Originally posted by zombiekillah

there used to be this crazy lady round crookes too .... long red/ginger hair , often standing naked on crookes shouting to the likes of "im 52 and im still a virgin!!!!!!" and flashing at buses ..... what a strange world we live in eh.

I've been ambushed by someone matching this description many years back and caught the receiving end of some propper gutter language and an unwanted flash of flesh, I think she used to live in those flats in between the Mason's and the Ball - Not really a bona fide tramp I think but certainly afflicted with some kind of mental issues.

Coincidentally, me and some friends were discussing the tramps and characters Sheffield and our home towns last night - Some right corkers came out of that discussion.

Which magazine was it which ran a feature called "Top Tramps"? Very akin to Top Trumps but with members of the homeless on the cards with points for halitosis, stench of wee etc etc ....... I've got a feeling it was Viz but am not 100%.

NicolaE

11-05-2005, 15:44

The tramp with the many layers and a beard once talked to me and seemed nice enough until he asked me if I was a virgin....

What about that horrible blond woman who roams town all day and asks you for money then swears at you if you don't give her any? I really don't like her, shes everywhere! Harmonica man gets on my bus, I think he's mostly harmless, bit insane though.

BoppinBruce

11-05-2005, 15:53

Many of the people you mention have mental health problems so are not tramps in the true sense of the word. I come across them everyday in my employment.

A tramp is somebody that consciously makes a choice to snub society and live the life they choose. They are few and far between.

I find it quite sad that we have a thread highlighting these people when they actually require help and support that, in most cases, society and the NHS can not supply due to cutbacks.

muddycoffee

11-05-2005, 15:58

Originally posted by spyro2000
MAccy D's = Macdonalds
Oh lord. haven't they banned that rubbish yet? I wish I'd never asked now. [shudder]:mad:

d71146

11-05-2005, 16:00

I was wondering what happened to the chap selling pens around Sheffield he was a bit of a pain but always seemed jovial and polite.

ToryCynic

11-05-2005, 16:02

And tends to smell of wee :s

We have a "Pigeon Pete" in our area; he can regularly be found roaming the local streets carrying a Morrisons carrierbag, walking like a pigeon and smelling of wee too.

Alex.

spyro2000

11-05-2005, 16:18

Seeing as this thread is highlighting 'people', and not tramps in general...

Has anyone seen what is known by me and my friends as "the jesus lady"?

Shes the nicest woman youll ever meet. Gets on the bus and usually either sings to the bus or even plays her guitar while singing. When you get on the bus and walk past her she greets you with a "god loves you" etc. A truly amazing lady

NicolaE

11-05-2005, 16:40

Yeah, even if you don't believe what shes saying she always makes you feel happy!

*Twinkle*

11-05-2005, 16:45

Originally posted by spyro2000
Seeing as this thread is highlighting 'people', and not tramps in general...

Has anyone seen what is known by me and my friends as "the jesus lady"?

Shes the nicest woman youll ever meet. Gets on the bus and usually either sings to the bus or even plays her guitar while singing. When you get on the bus and walk past her she greets you with a "god loves you" etc. A truly amazing lady

lol I've met her!!! (Twice)!!! What a small world it is! :thumbsup:

8balltiger

11-05-2005, 17:40

Originally posted by Shiesh
We had a famous tramp in Middlesbrough called Kehoe....he came up to me one day and asked me 'what colour knickers I had on...'!!

He was normally very polite...!!
:D

btw, what colour+ knickers did you have on, please:D

spyro2000

11-05-2005, 18:01

Originally posted by 8balltiger
btw, what colour+ knickers did you have on, please:D

seems a very reasonable question to me, and one id like to see the answer to :D

bostonaire

11-05-2005, 18:15

Originally posted by BoppinBruce
Many of the people you mention have mental health problems so are not tramps in the true sense of the word. I come across them everyday in my employment.

A tramp is somebody that consciously makes a choice to snub society and live the life they choose. They are few and far between.

I find it quite sad that we have a thread highlighting these people when they actually require help and support that, in most cases, society and the NHS can not supply due to cutbacks.
i feel the same everytime i see posts about folks who walk thru the day to pass time .or in general are a little different ....why should they be subject of conversation? or a post on here.?

spyro2000

11-05-2005, 18:22

Originally posted by nitelife40
i feel the same everytime i see posts about folks who walk thru the day to pass time .or in general are a little different ....why should they be subject of conversation? or a post on here.?

Why not??? Most of the people being talked about have actually been praised,

And whats wrong with talkig about these people. I dont see poeople complaining when we talk about policemen on the street, "chavs", or builders etc. Why is it different if the people are "different", and why does that mean we cant talk about them?

bostonaire

11-05-2005, 18:32

because single-ing one particular person out isnt really fair ......just because.....if they werent a little different you wouldnt be mentioning them .... no one said that anything bad was said .im merely stating that if they werent of the minority they wouldnt be mentioned.

spyro2000

11-05-2005, 18:40

Originally posted by nitelife40
because single-ing one particular person out isnt really fair ......just because.....if they werent a little different you wouldnt be mentioning them .... no one said that anything bad was said .im merely stating that if they werent of the minority they wouldnt be mentioned.

Yeah I suppose I hear what you are saying. But is it really that much of a big deal? The forum is basically for people to talk about anything just as we would do if we was all in one room chatting together. I dont see a difference persoanlly, althought I do see your point.

cheers

NicolaE

11-05-2005, 18:45

People on the forum have started huge threads on Naz and David Blunkett, and no-ones said 'you shouldn't be posting about him becuase he's blind/hes an idividual person' etc. Were not meaning to be malicious, these people are a part of Sheffield and I don't really see whats so bad about dicussing them. Theyre a lot more interesting then the 'important' people such as the politicians in this city.

spyro2000

11-05-2005, 19:26

Originally posted by NicolaE
People on the forum have started huge threads on Naz and David Blunkett, and no-ones said 'you shouldn't be posting about him becuase he's blind/hes an idividual person' etc. Were not meaning to be malicious, these people are a part of Sheffield and I don't really see whats so bad about dicussing them. Theyre a lot more interesting then the 'important' people such as the politicians in this city.

Nicely put Nilolae.

I think that anything and everything "sheffield" should be discussed here. I dont see a problem with it.

blademan

11-05-2005, 19:52

the most travelled one must be the one that looks slightly like jesus, ive seen him all the way from bramall lane to right over past the wicker!

aim'n'Mark

12-05-2005, 09:19

The harmonica man you mentioned is totally harmless bless him and he isnt actually a tramp. He lives near me and all the kids call him woody cause he goes out on his bike and collects wood for his fire. He is a real friendly person and always makes me smile with his greetings

JonJParr

12-05-2005, 09:37

Someone approached me on West St the other day (asking for money) and claimed he was "officially the friendliest tramp in Sheffield". I wasn't aware that there was an official body that judged these things?

Harmonica man is great - he's always on Fargate or walking around the M&S food hall. I love it when he strikes up a tune!

BoppinBruce

12-05-2005, 10:15

The difference is that many of the people mentioned have no choice in the way they live, they have mental health problems. Builders, chavs etc have a choice and choose to be such as do policemen, boxers etc. and they have the facility to challenge anything said about them.

I just wonder how many of the people joining this thread have worked in the local Monday night soup kitchen or helped out at The Cathedral and actually got close to these people.

How many would invite them into their own homes for a hot meal and a shower? Perhaps that's the real question.

NicolaE

12-05-2005, 11:31

Maybe someone should change the title of this thread to 'Who is the most famous Character in Sheffield' instead of 'Tramp'? Sounds better and may offend less people.

spyro2000

12-05-2005, 13:28

Originally posted by NicolaE
Maybe someone should change the title of this thread to 'Who is the most famous Character in Sheffield' instead of 'Tramp'? Sounds better and may offend less people.

Yes I think you are right. Originally this thread was suppose to be just about tramps, but i think that it has digressed nicely into famous 'characters', which is a good thing and not something I thought of originally.

BoppinBruce

12-05-2005, 13:29

I'll start another thread and lets see what the reaction is......

ToxicFlames

12-05-2005, 14:13

I was coming out of foxes music after id bought my guitar and a guy who was playing a harmonica wanted me to play guitar while he played harmonica i would have done it but i was allready late for work could have been a laugh

BoppinBruce

12-05-2005, 14:22

I have to say this again before I go, sorry, why the f**k am I apologising?

The guy with the harmonica is not a tramp. He is a mental health user.

The guy with the carrier bags full of clothes that looks like a hiker that sits outside the cathedral is a mental health user.

The guys and gals from Archers, MHAGS, MHUR are mental health users. Alcoholics are mental health users, just pop into Bens Place sometime.You'll see what I mean, but of cos you wont in your safe little worlds will you?

Get your facts please before posting your response and for F**ks sake get real

ToxicFlames

12-05-2005, 14:23

Alreet pal chill dont get ya thong in a twist

JonJParr

12-05-2005, 14:23

Originally posted by BoppinBruce
Alcoholics are mental health users, just pop into Bens Place sometime.

Get your facts please before posting your response

Actually there's no connection between mental health and alcoholism. That's why you can't ever be sectioned under the Mental Health Act for being an alcoholic! Have a read of the legislation (Mental Health Act 1983).

ToxicFlames

12-05-2005, 14:30

right actully you have just ****** me off

My little world your trying to say that i dont realise that these people are around in the world are you taking the **** what makes you so high and mighty why dont you donate that horse your sat high on

what is your problem you know you wouldent like this topic when you read the tital so why bother posting

no one is saying any thing really bad about these people your apart from this reply yours is the most offencive

you want people to help you by making them feel guilty well it dosent work matey people will help out if thay want to not because you have come on here making people feel bad

its not the way to get help ask nicly because you get alot more with suger than you do with ****e

BoppinBruce

12-05-2005, 14:32

Sorry JonJParr I was, maple ward on suicide watch. Get your facts right please before committing yourself to print.

JonJParr

12-05-2005, 14:34

Originally posted by BoppinBruce
Sorry JonJParr I was, maple ward on suicide watch. Get your facts right please before committing yourself to print.

I can't believe that you were sectioned under the Mental Health Act for alcoholism - it simply isn't allowed by law. I am getting my facts right because I've studied the Act very closely in the past. You will not have been sectioned for being an alcoholic. There are safeguards in the Act against this- you have to be deemed "not of sound mind" by both your General Practitioner and a Consultant Psychiatrist. A drug addiction, which is specifically mentioned in the Act, is not tantamount to "not of sound mind".

ToxicFlames

12-05-2005, 14:36

probly be sectioned for being harmfull to himself or others

Carl_Malibu

12-05-2005, 18:05

thats why the mental health act is so fecking useless :S

of course alcoholism is a disease. And dont you dare try to say it isnt because I've seen what happens when alcoholism gets out of hand.

The thing none of you people seem to realise, is that, but for the grace of god, any of you could be one of these "famous tramps"

but for the grace of god

it makes me sick :S

JonJParr

12-05-2005, 18:58

Originally posted by Carl_Malibu
thats why the mental health act is so fecking useless :S

of course alcoholism is a disease. And dont you dare try to say it isnt because I've seen what happens when alcoholism gets out of hand.

If it's all the same to you Carl I will "dare" to say that it is not a disease. I'd say that alcoholism itself is never in hand and always out of hand. And I too see the effects of alcoholism on people- I don't walk round with my eyes shut. I do agree that the Mental Health Act is hopelessly out of date and needs amending. However, I still don't believe that people should be detained by the state simply for being addicted to a drug. Otherwise we would have to detain all smokers too. An addiction to a drug is not a disease it's a dependency. We don't say smokers have a 'disease' because they choose to smoke; we say they have a 'dependency' - on nicotine. It's no different with alcohol.

Kthebean

12-05-2005, 19:07

With respect, JonJParr, your analogy with smokers is a little redundant, since it is possible to live a relatively long and normal life whilst being a smoker, it doesn't affect your moods, prospects and family to the same extent as being an alcoholic. No-one ever killed anyone because they were 'under the influence of nicotine'!

But Bruce mate you need to lighten up a little bit! Not everything is an attack on alcoholics or homeless people. This thread was just meant to be a bit of harmless fun, I think.

coyleys

12-05-2005, 19:10

Originally posted by superblues
anybody remember subway cyril ?
Was subway Cyril on the go the same time as pond sreet nora

JonJParr

12-05-2005, 19:15

Originally posted by kathythebean
No-one ever killed anyone because they were 'under the influence of nicotine'!

Perhaps it as a bit redundant Kathy. Perhaps we've never heard of anyone 'killing under the influence nicotine' because the ideas never been explored. Indeed, nicotine has been known to produce violent behaviour from those who are dependent upon it.

Kthebean

12-05-2005, 19:20

Thats true, including me, when I was giving up last year! :) What I meant was that I believe alcoholism affects your life more than nicotine addiction does. I guess anything that gives you a chemical imbalance could drive you to kill though..interesting...

Getting a bit off thread now though!

savbaby

12-05-2005, 20:20

Originally posted by spyro2000
Seeing as this thread is highlighting 'people', and not tramps in general...

Has anyone seen what is known by me and my friends as "the jesus lady"?

Shes the nicest woman youll ever meet. Gets on the bus and usually either sings to the bus or even plays her guitar while singing. When you get on the bus and walk past her she greets you with a "god loves you" etc. A truly amazing lady

if this lady is the black lady then i used to work with her, she is so friendly but it does get a bit overbearing when she tries to force god on you, but she is lovely. for the life of me i cannot remember her name!

spyro2000

12-05-2005, 21:02

Originally posted by savbaby
if this lady is the black lady then i used to work with her, she is so friendly but it does get a bit overbearing when she tries to force god on you, but she is lovely. for the life of me i cannot remember her name!

Yes thats her, she is black. Lovely lass

*Twinkle*

13-05-2005, 18:10

Grr, I just went up to West Street for a pizza and got asked by 3 different tramps for money!!! GRRRR!!!! I only walked from the Barclays bank to Crown Pizza and got bugged 3 times.... oh my god!

Gingerbarf

15-05-2005, 15:26

:rant: :rant:
if we can have a thread on here about how ugly Kelly Osbourne is, :gag:
then i'm sure we can chat about "TRAMPS". Which as far as i can see no-one has been "Slagging any of them off".

so i'd like to thank spyro2000 for starting a great thread:thumbsup:

slimsid2000

09-04-2008, 13:55

This is an old old thread but I thought it was the right one to post on.

On a similar thread to this somebody mentioned a man called Mr. Trousers who frequented the Hillsborough area. He aquired his nick name in two way. One was because his trousers were usually worn high up on the waist (a la Simon Cowell) and the other I dare not repeat as it is rather unpleasant.

I believe I may have seen him at some time in the past. Does anyone else know of him?

sharonxxxx

09-04-2008, 14:06

not sure he quite constitutes as a tramp but what about troggy of the manor

credit to him cos he never begged but he went round "collecting" copper and lead to weigh in!!

he goes in The Ball Inn on Mansfield Rd nowwa days

troggys cool i think hes funny
he comes in our shop of a night and entertains us with all his swearing
but i dont mean hes nasty hes just a funny bloke
creases me up when he stands shouting in the middle of the road at the tram driver ha ha ha bless him x

LJB23

09-04-2008, 14:24

J-Boy

09-04-2008, 14:45

people must know i think his names bob, he wears a cap got scraggy hair has gone real down hill over last year. he always comes up and tells jokes, last time i seen him he had a little silver mic aswell.. was pooring some cider out for 'his homies'. hes mates with the flute player aswell.. ive seen em doing songs on west street with another guy, they all satrted arguing about wat song to do..

i asked em if it was crap being homeless... he said they all live in a squat and can smoke crack whenever they want and all walked off in a line singing..

bigthanks

09-04-2008, 15:08

alexieee13

09-04-2008, 16:38

the one who wears hundreds of layers of clothing and used to have a scabby dog is known as crazy layers and used to offer me cider:|

lawlessdan

09-04-2008, 16:53

anyone met comedy bob? always telling you jokes for money! grrr occasionally bugs me in cavendish!

okismoki

13-04-2008, 21:00

Does anyone know Beechy or Craig Beech. He usually knocks about around the tesco/herries road/Northern General Hospital. He's usually on his bike and stands at bus stops, waving at buses and cars. He usually has a back pack containing cider and a walkman. He's usually dancing about like Bez from the happy Mondays. He's actually a nice bloke and I always say hello to him.
He's not technically a tramp, he just says he prefers it outdoors.
is he usually wearing camouflage gear,hanging around crabtree ponds?whilst showing my daughter round my old stomping grounds from the 70,s,we were startled by a man who seemed to appear from nowhere,mud smeared on his face,combat jacket and trousers,with an old "spud" gun,plastic toy knife & plastic hand grenades in his snake belt.he approched us,telling us all about the frogs and toads in the pond,seemingly quite friendly,he then told us he was on a special mission,we were trespassing on his camp,and if we didn,t move ,he would gut us with his hunting knife,pulling out the plastic knife.Needless to say,we moved fast,and got out of there. we spoke to a woman on the bus home who told us he was an ex-soldier who camped out in the woods there,whilst he was harmless,it could be a shock the way he crept up on people,then disappeared again,seemingly melting into the background.does anyone know who the "norwood ninja" is????

Dave650

13-04-2008, 21:08

the one who wears hundreds of layers of clothing and used to have a scabby dog is known as crazy layers and used to offer me cider:|

I've heard him referred to as crazy layers too! I also often get talking to the one who spins off a story about how he shouldn't be begging as he sells the big issue but him and his brother are £5 short of a bed and breakfast for the night. There's also parachute pete and the cycling harmonica playing tramp. But my fave is 'sheffields friendliest tramp' ....the body popping tramp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3610OqAuxeE) :hihi:

puddinburner

13-04-2008, 21:08

Pondstreet Nora!!! every time

Dave650

13-04-2008, 21:08

is he usually wearing camouflage gear,hanging around crabtree ponds?whilst showing my daughter round my old stomping grounds from the 70,s,we were startled by a man who seemed to appear from nowhere,mud smeared on his face,combat jacket and trousers,with an old "spud" gun,plastic toy knife & plastic hand grenades in his snake belt.he approched us,telling us all about the frogs and toads in the pond,seemingly quite friendly,he then told us he was on a special mission,we were trespassing on his camp,and if we didn,t move ,he would gut us with his hunting knife,pulling out the plastic knife.Needless to say,we moved fast,and got out of there. we spoke to a woman on the bus home who told us he was an ex-soldier who camped out in the woods there,whilst he was harmless,it could be a shock the way he crept up on people,then disappeared again,seemingly melting into the background.does anyone know who the "norwood ninja" is????
There's one who's always dancing away outside encliffe park in the mornings I always give him a wave :)

Luby

14-04-2008, 06:15

Troggy of the Manor, been around for years.

CrazyDaisy

14-04-2008, 06:50

I've not seen Albert (layer man) or Harmonica man for what seems like a good couple of years.

The lady who says God Bless You is still around - I have never met anyone with such a sunny disposition as her - she's lovely!

samc

14-04-2008, 10:11

I saw Albert around Hunters Bar end of last year but not seen him lately - anyone know if he's ok?

Stormy

14-04-2008, 11:02

Theres a friendly chap who plays piccolo either outside the station or in the covered walkway between the train and bus stations

TDWard

14-04-2008, 13:21

Havent read the whole thread so he may already been mentioned.
But the Hunters Bar/Eccy Road tramp who listens to his stereo, dances with cider and waves at traffic is my favourite

fyy123

14-04-2008, 13:39

Not sure if anyone has mentioned him yet but there used to be a black guy that I used to see often, he used to push a supermarket trolly along the A57 glossop road and used to walk to sheffield and back think he was living rough in an abandoned house near the Rivelin dams. Not seen him for years, Wonder what happened to him?

weesie

14-04-2008, 14:07

There's one who's always dancing away outside encliffe park in the mornings I always give him a wave :)

He is cool, he also hangs out on the bottom of Rivelin he always waves and time to chat. We call him Cider Man

exmrbd

14-04-2008, 19:08

Dont think he's been mentioned but there was the " Mirror Man " in the 1990's a tramp with a large coat and beard used to go onto the concourse at Midland Station everyday, he was called the " Mirror Man " because there was the photo booths there and he used to talk to himself for hours in there mirros before peeing on the floor :hihi:

Event Horizo

14-04-2008, 19:14

the guy who says hes the friendliest tramp is a class act

seamouse

14-04-2008, 19:19

Is walter a tramp? (resides hillsboro corner)

cgksheff

14-04-2008, 19:25

Top Tramps (http://www.yidaho.myby.co.uk/toptrumps/tramps.htm)!

exmrbd

14-04-2008, 19:28

Top Tramps (http://www.yidaho.myby.co.uk/toptrumps/tramps.htm)!

LMAO :hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi::hihi:

Dave650

14-04-2008, 19:32

the guy who says hes the friendliest tramp is a class act

(see my link a few posts up ^ );)

Dave650

14-04-2008, 19:33

Is walter a tramp? (resides hillsboro corner)

no I think he has a flat, he just likes to wander...

seamouse

14-04-2008, 19:39

he`s been around for years, used to give out conkers, now he`s just bonkers...

Dave650

14-04-2008, 19:45

he`s been around for years, used to give out conkers, now he`s just bonkers...

He always was.... It's his birthday on the 24th I think he'll be about 83/84

Tyranna

14-04-2008, 19:54

I'm counting on those awfully nice and correct PR people soon outlawing altogether the use of the word 'tramp', so that it will no doubt join all those other non-PC words to do with racial/religious/social/sexual etc. labels.......

J-Boy

16-04-2008, 14:18

comedy bob was in the lescar sunday night he got on stage and did some stand impromptu stand up in the back room haha.. he had the flute mans flute.. apparently he got arrested for buskin so he was lookin after the flute until he saw him next.

J-Boy

16-04-2008, 14:18

oh yeh theres a facebook group.. hunters bar tramps. join it.

addylewis

16-04-2008, 22:55

Hey - I've met the "god loves you" lady on the bus, she's ok...only seen her the once though.

This is from about 4-6 years ago, but who can remember the big issue seller by the interchange crossing? Used to wear a green coat, long hair... "HELLO there BUDDY, how ya DOin'? Alright?" REAL nice guy, seemed to chat to people more than actually selling the big issue...spent an hour and a half just standing there chatting to him once...wonder what his name was and what happened to him? I remember he bought a nice looking blue coat from oxfam eventually...I'm just hoping he got himself a flat or something somewhere coz I remember he said he lived in a squat...

I used to call him "mad nutter"...well, he was just always so HAPPY - every day...

(ok, not a tramp...but, y'know - he was living rough...)

sleepercreep

16-10-2010, 21:48

was it pond street nora..

spritulist

16-10-2010, 22:10

i have not seen many in sheff for a long time

wotsits

16-10-2010, 22:12

He's called Albert, he spends the day in town and the evening in Endcliffe Park. He is very knowledgeable and interesting to chat to, but stand a fair distance back from him because he tends to spit while talking.

Albert like Brandy Snaps.

spritulist

16-10-2010, 22:13

their was a few at one time

wotsits

16-10-2010, 22:15

There's one who's always dancing away outside encliffe park in the mornings I always give him a wave :)

Thats Craig the dancing tramp. I have asked Pete McKee to paint him. I think it would be really good, everyone loves the dancing tramp at Endcliffe park. :hihi:

spritulist

16-10-2010, 22:16

is he still their??

wotsits

16-10-2010, 22:24

is he still their??

He moves around alot. But yes he still appears.

chem1st

16-10-2010, 22:36

he's not strictly a tramp but anyone seen crazy harmonica man? usually around town playing a harmonica and shouting randomness to people. the other day i saw him walking up fargate with a maccy ds happy meal box on his head like a hat talking to people :clap:
ive seen paul , the guy that made the star too ... usually singing football songs and being offensive! he used to get everywhere but havent seen him in ages.
anyone seen sambo rambo either? crazy little man , perfectly harmless , spoken to him a couple of times, think hes gotten worse of late lately , think hes asian and going a bit grey and usually around the devvy green area of town.
there used to be this crazy lady round crookes too .... long red/ginger hair , often standing naked on crookes shouting to the likes of "im 52 and im still a virgin!!!!!!" and flashing at buses ..... what a strange world we live in eh.

'Eggy' of Lowedges. He used to sell golf balls on Beauchief golf course. When I was a young un I'd sell golf balls there too. Me and my cousin would always stop and chat with him. When he stopped selling golf balls, he gave us a load which he had amassed. The last time I saw him would have been late 2007/8 outside the Wetherspoons on Division St.

I think he may have passed on now, I've not seen him in a long time. He was a great bloke, at this time of year he'd begin playing the xmas tunes on his harmonica on the bus and in town, people would sing along.

He may still be living up Lowedges (near the terminus on Atlantic Rd I believe).

sleepercreep

17-10-2010, 00:55

theirs one in chap..that sleeps in the park by the wood...

slick rick73

17-10-2010, 01:41

'Eggy' of Lowedges. He used to sell golf balls on Beauchief golf course. When I was a young un I'd sell golf balls there too. Me and my cousin would always stop and chat with him. When he stopped selling golf balls, he gave us a load which he had amassed. The last time I saw him would have been late 2007/8 outside the Wetherspoons on Division St.

I think he may have passed on now, I've not seen him in a long time. He was a great bloke, at this time of year he'd begin playing the xmas tunes on his harmonica on the bus and in town, people would sing along.

He may still be living up Lowedges (near the terminus on Atlantic Rd I believe).

Eggy!

We knew him as Para Pete. i remember him also from Beauchief golf course selling golf balls back in the 80's.

i heard he had passed away a few years ago. A real character and i actually have fond memories of him. he was a decent bloke. I think he used to nick bikes because he always had a nice one.

chem1st

17-10-2010, 01:55

Eggy!

We knew him as Para Pete. i remember him also from Beauchief golf course selling golf balls back in the 80's.

i heard he had passed away a few years ago. A real character and i actually have fond memories of him. he was a decent bloke. I think he used to nick bikes because he always had a nice one.

I remember one time, me and my cousin had been collecting balls all day and it was getting close to sundown, not a person to be seen on Abbeydale golf course, so we sneaked on for a quick par3. Anyhow some golfers appeared and gave us a whack with the club each (we'd have only been about 9 or 10!), and threw us off the course. We shot up the public footpath to the next hole, they drove their balls down to towards the green and we ran along the fairway and stole them. They gave chase and we must have ran a half mile towards Beauchief, we came to the three threeway fork in the road/path and Eggy was sat there on the wall, we hopped over the wall and hid. The golfers soon followed and Eggy sent them running the wrong way.

Do you remember the pink Amsterdam style bike he had around 2001? You could spot him from a mile off!
I also heard he had passed away :(

His first name must have been Pete then?

I'll miss his harmonica tunes. The MOTD of the day one especially!

hard2miss

17-10-2010, 01:58

was it pond street nora..100% behind this post.

Not everyone will remember pond street Nora, she is now a kind of urban myth but I assure you she existed.

blimey I must be getting on :D

IanG

17-10-2010, 02:36

I remember one time, me and my cousin had been collecting balls all day and it was getting close to sundown, not a person to be seen on Abbeydale golf course, so we sneaked on for a quick par3. Anyhow some golfers appeared and gave us a whack with the club each (we'd have only been about 9 or 10!), and threw us off the course. We shot up the public footpath to the next hole, they drove their balls down to towards the green and we ran along the fairway and stole them. They gave chase and we must have ran a half mile towards Beauchief, we came to the three threeway fork in the road/path and Eggy was sat there on the wall, we hopped over the wall and hid. The golfers soon followed and Eggy sent them running the wrong way.

Do you remember the pink Amsterdam style bike he had around 2001? You could spot him from a mile off!
I also heard he had passed away :(

His first name must have been Pete then?

I'll miss his harmonica tunes. The MOTD of the day one especially!

Parachute pete? top lad! reyt character remember him from beauchief collecting golf balls early 90's
Used to come out with some reyt stuff, can remember when some of the older lads off wooders lobbed him in the pond, poor old bugger, last time I saw him he was on the 75/76 upto lowedges banging out some random tunes on his harmonica must be a coupla years back now, not seem him since.

mediman

17-10-2010, 05:38

RitchieRitch

17-10-2010, 11:15

There's a tramp thats seen quite often around town, usually laid unconscious on the steps outside the Bankers Draft.

You can smell him before you see him and if you dare to look at him, he'll stare back before drunkenly rambling on about how he'd deck you.

RitchieRitch

17-10-2010, 11:19

if this lady is the black lady then i used to work with her, she is so friendly but it does get a bit overbearing when she tries to force god on you, but she is lovely. for the life of me i cannot remember her name!

She usually gets on the 41 from outside Wilkinsons? She got on last week and started handing out leaflets to everyone before she sat down. Inviting us all to attend a group and 'learn to love God'.