Disco Jeff- Bridgwater nutter

That post made my day....Disco Jeff rules :D

jmc007 said:
Market Dave is fondly missed in Altrincham.
:) Found he has a space on Urban Dictionary.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Market Dave
Not trying to steal any of Disco Jeffs glory, he sounds a great character.
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Thanks JMC007 for reminding me about Market Dave. I saw him a couple of times when I lived in Altrincham and forgot about him...glad to see that he has no found a place in the Urban Dictionary ;)
 
Fleet in Hampshire also has a pink man. He normally walks around with no shoes on, pink flower in his hair, a pink tutu. Apparently use to be in the army. If anyone asks why he dresses like that he just replies "I like the colour pink"
 
In Eastbourne we had Dave the tramp, he died though :( After he passed the paper printed his story, was a male nurse, happily married, had kids, then divorced and gave everything to his ex so the kids would be ok.

We also have a guy who lives in a neighbouring town and visits our work place, he talks to himself, stinks to high hell, and keeps shouting "I'm not a well man". Probably some sort of genius!

There is also a guy who walks through Eastbourne town centre in shorts so short it's like a thong.

Our most notable man though is 'Duran Duran' man. Walks around all day everyday in a big shirt, with frilly sleeves and a few top buttons undone, beige trousers and some nice brown shoes with floppy hair. I don't think he knows the 80's finished. Intrigued to follow him and see what he actually does for a living! Some people call him 'triangle man' due to the shape of his head.
 
Diesel said:
In Newport we had Frankie Lodge an impeccably dressed man who used to walk the streets, usually drunk, singing opera. He also used to throw handfuls of loose change to kids. Lives in a local nursing home now.

We've also got a guy who thinks the River Usk is draining away so spends his time filling up water containers and pouring them in to it.

In Cardiff they've got Toy Mic Trevor, who busks with a kids toy microphone.
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Also in Cardiff they have a busker who just seems to play a constant loop of about 4 bars of Metallica - Nothing Else Matters, near the live lounge. Annoyed the hell out of me when staying in the Travelodge! :mad:


In Leicester we have one guy who sings all of your karaoke hits, in a terrible style. Can't sing to save his live.
We also have another guy who busks with his dog, singing "How much is that doggy in the window" and getting his dog to bark at the right time :D
 
Malt_Vinegar said:
Reading Elvis was famous in my home town of Reading.
Always walking about clutching an Elvis record, willing to tell people how great the king was!
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Christ, I can see this being me in 10 years but not with Elvis.

e : ^ yeah, that's going to get you suspended so I'd remove it pronto.
 
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Southampton we have some 6ft7 guy, about 50 years old, dresses like an old woman. Most often saw him at the job centre when I worked there.

When I worked in Blacks, every Wednesday we used to have this guy run in and tell us an arbitrary football score then run out.
 
Disco Kenny in Cambridge is a bit of a legend, so much so that there was a quote from him on the wall of The Baron of Beef.

There's also Jamaican guy who always sang No Woman No Cry here in Bath, that got tedious
 
I wonder if other Bristolians are familiar with the pole guy at Reflex who goes there every night and franticly swings around in circles all night or walks back and forth really quickly. I've never gone and not seen him going at it at full speed, and the face he puts on when the uninitiated steal his pole. I've got a video somewhere, I'll have to dig it out.
 
Disco Jeff, aka Roadshow, Jeff Goodland is alive and well, but is no longer driving his lorry. My wife used to sign him at the job center.
He can be very articulate at times.
 
Tican said:
In Leicester we have one guy who sings all of your karaoke hits, in a terrible style. Can't sing to save his live.
We also have another guy who busks with his dog, singing "How much is that doggy in the window" and getting his dog to bark at the right time :D
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You ever see the guy who walks about town with a back pack and sandals? He has a scruffy unkempt look about him - just seems to walk. Seen him in all weathers, striding along.
Me and my ex called him the 'walkin' dude'.
 
Shayper said:
In Norwich we had the Norwich Puppet Man.

And the Norwich Ninja.

I kid you not.
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Puppet man of course, but the ninja? Who was that?

The other 'famous' ones from Norwich included 'Marigold' who directed traffic using marigold gloves. By directing traffic I actually mean sending people entirely the wrong way. Radio man walks around shouting into a radio that is tuned usually to sports commentary.
 
Kings Lynn has a tramp who busks all day long, he has no strings on his guitar however. He wears a santa hat and if you attempt to talk to him he screams and chases you (Apparently, I've never tried to find out).

A while ago he got a new guitar with strings, but keeps that on the floor next to him and continues to play the one with no strings.
 
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