My pick is the traffic cone trumpet guy. Jamie’s his name
Stanley Green, apparently died in 1993, but he has a wikipedia entry.
Macaw man in Hackney
Russell Square Pigeon man?
The Maharajah of Old Compton Street
Bond Wimbledon. The King of Bling.
RIP Moses in Kingston
Zombie Punk. Disgusting human
Aldgate East the man with no front teeth with the 3 leg grey dog
Fritz.
Years ago there was a guy in London who went around telling people ’why be a sinner when you can be a winner’. Saw him outside nearly every gig I went to for years. Wonder what happened to him.
Liverpool Street “Good morning have a good DAY!!!” Says it every ten seconds. Sweet guy.
Horace – RIP – The best of luck
Used to be Victor in Bermonsey. RIP
Fritz in Catford
The guy with a cat on his shoulder around Camden
Shoreditch Speedo man… Not sure he’s about much anymore though
Leicester Square Pikachu
The New Cross Defender. Stands outside of Matalan doing martial arts moves.
There’s a bloke in Kentish Town who wanders round in circles with a measuring wheel sort of muttering a random absurdist monologue that both makes no sense and is very compelling. Always a treat to see his work
Too many to choose from in London, as this thread proves. It would probably make for an entertaining but quite sad documentary.
My outside shout – The dark-haired, bearded northern guy in and around Shoreditch, circa 1999-2011 whose line of choice was, “Would you like to make a donation to a doner kebab fund?”
What about that man who used to wear a golden pyramid hat around Covent Garden? I always thought he was a cult leader or something.
Guy who sings living on a prayer very loud on the met line?
Flag man.
In the past it could have been mad wheelchair lady in Finchley Rd.
The guy from Chelsea (West Brompton) with two massive parrots
There was a guy in the Sutton/Croydon area known as Jesus who went round in a white suit, long white beard etc. I’d have said more god than Jesus but that was the common term.
Also had the guy known as the wizard around there – walked round in spangly robes, staff and had a cat on his shoulder. As with most of the people who are genuine characters they were cool.
A friend told me about a woman in Putney but I can’t remember the name they gave her. Apparently banned from the local libraries. She’d go up to people and ask them the time then tell them it wasn’t that time and attack them.
Doesn’t Romford have a wizard?
Rabbit Man in Walthamstow
Seen him a few times when I used to live there – fond memories of him. Quirky but harmless guy.
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My pick is the traffic cone trumpet guy. Jamie’s his name
Stanley Green, apparently died in 1993, but he has a wikipedia entry.
Macaw man in Hackney
Russell Square Pigeon man?
The Maharajah of Old Compton Street
Bond Wimbledon. The King of Bling.
RIP Moses in Kingston
Zombie Punk. Disgusting human
Aldgate East the man with no front teeth with the 3 leg grey dog
Fritz.
Years ago there was a guy in London who went around telling people ’why be a sinner when you can be a winner’. Saw him outside nearly every gig I went to for years. Wonder what happened to him.
Liverpool Street “Good morning have a good DAY!!!” Says it every ten seconds. Sweet guy.
Horace – RIP – The best of luck
Used to be Victor in Bermonsey. RIP
Fritz in Catford
The guy with a cat on his shoulder around Camden
Shoreditch Speedo man… Not sure he’s about much anymore though
Leicester Square Pikachu
The New Cross Defender. Stands outside of Matalan doing martial arts moves.
There’s a bloke in Kentish Town who wanders round in circles with a measuring wheel sort of muttering a random absurdist monologue that both makes no sense and is very compelling. Always a treat to see his work
Too many to choose from in London, as this thread proves. It would probably make for an entertaining but quite sad documentary.
My outside shout – The dark-haired, bearded northern guy in and around Shoreditch, circa 1999-2011 whose line of choice was, “Would you like to make a donation to a doner kebab fund?”
What about that man who used to wear a golden pyramid hat around Covent Garden? I always thought he was a cult leader or something.
Guy who sings living on a prayer very loud on the met line?
Flag man.
In the past it could have been mad wheelchair lady in Finchley Rd.
The guy from Chelsea (West Brompton) with two massive parrots
Surely its the [panny-farthing guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJ6IORDw14)?
Boris Johnson. The town jester 🤷🏽♂️
Croydon auntie
There was a guy in the Sutton/Croydon area known as Jesus who went round in a white suit, long white beard etc. I’d have said more god than Jesus but that was the common term.
https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/1733765.local-legend-jesusman-dies-of-cancer-aged-61/
Also had the guy known as the wizard around there – walked round in spangly robes, staff and had a cat on his shoulder. As with most of the people who are genuine characters they were cool.
https://hinglewrites.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/why-sutton-is-in-fact-not-normal/
A friend told me about a woman in Putney but I can’t remember the name they gave her. Apparently banned from the local libraries. She’d go up to people and ask them the time then tell them it wasn’t that time and attack them.
Doesn’t Romford have a wizard?
Rabbit Man in Walthamstow
Seen him a few times when I used to live there – fond memories of him. Quirky but harmless guy.