Local nutters/eccentrics

[Keeper!]

Yes aka the Levenshulme bicycle man when he got down there

MIA under the 192, RIP amazing character

 

[normskih]

there's a lady used to walk from the wythenshawe area through heald green and beyond, she would walk fast and every lamppost would walk round the post 2/3 times , never knew where she came from or went too, used to see her nearly everyday, haven't seen her for a bit

I know who you mean. She had a some kind of illness but was a nice lady who never did anyone any harm. I think her name was Christine, she lived off Portway and she died suddenly at the beginning of Covid. Very sad.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Early 90s often used to get accosted by a deaf mute punk guy with full mohican holding a piece of paper saying 30p bus. Used to be around Market st, seen him at a few gigs round this time.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

There used to be a bloke you’d see knocking round various bars and nightclubs in Manchester in the 90s impersonating Peter Stringfellow. Last time I saw him the taxi line in Piccadilly gardens was giving him a right ribbing.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Anyone remember the bloke who used to hang around Hyde Rd near the bus depot with a billboard. Something to fo with a music website.

And a guy on the A6 with a religious one?

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Paul Nolan was a character. He’d drink in pubs from the university campuses up to Rusholme and just shout random crap about Taggart or U****d in general. He didn’t appear to have many friends but would latch on to anyone.

I think they were more eccentric than anything but The Piccadilly Rats were very entertaining in town. I used to see both the late Ray and also Tommy Trouble dancing on their own.

 

[laserblue]

Many of us will remember the nutter in the Platt Lane stand in the 90s who used to bring a raw chicken to games and stand up ranting and moving about what was left of its legs.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Anyone ever seen the fella around Parrs Wood/Ladybarn/Burnage who rides around on a penny farthing?

Or the fella in Gorton/Reddish area who has a sea turtle and takes it to the supermarket car park for people to stroke it?

 

[urban genie]

Early 90s often used to get accosted by a deaf mute punk guy with full mohican holding a piece of paper saying 30p bus. Used to be around Market st, seen him at a few gigs round this time.

Yeah he used to go in the old piccadilly records when in the gardens, pestered me a few times in there.

 

[DruntBlunt]

Show some compassion blues, as I'm certain most of you do. I work daily with people with schizophrenia and they sure as hell don't have an easy time.