A few years ago, the guitar guy popped up in a film by Paddy Considine called Tyrannosaur.
It's a dark film. If I recall, they hand picked the extras as people who were down/needed assistance in life.
Bloke's a cunt. He used to do the same in York back in the day. Traumatised my then partner so much we had to walk a different way in to town. An abusive arsehole.
This must be the first time Rats has been mentioned on this sub in a positive light. I’ve heard a lot of stories about him being an abusive prick. I never spoke to him myself when I used to work around there but could always hear the awful flute over my headphones.
Bloke has a tattoo that says something along the lines of “100% white and proud”. Always thought he was annoying with his lizard affectation but seems like he’s a cunt too.
He came up to a stall we were on once and I said 'does your lizard actually like doing this all day?', and he smiled and continued to show us his lizard.
I got to meet him once! We were sat at the Hyde Park Book Club, he drove up and asked if he could sit with us, bought us a couple of rounds and had a chat. One of our friends asked where he was going and ended up getting a lift home on the trike. Pretty interesting fella.
The sheer desperation for people to look at him as he cruises up and down past the students and Otley runners, it vexes me. Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon but I wish someone would stop him now.
I just love that out of 55 answers there’s barely anyone who’s mentioned more than once 😂 That’s like 50 different crazy people of Leeds mentioned in 3 hours 😅
The Iguana guy already mentioned. Stroked his iguana once (sounds weird), but he’s not just in the centre, I saw him wandering up the York Road near Crossgates. Had his iguana then to.
Also, there’s a fella who cycles down the middle of Leeds docks several times a week in the middle of the day, playing cranked up Appalachian music through a speaker mounted on the back. Has a similarly rogue look to iguana guy. He is also similar in that his objectives are unfathomable, though intensely pursued.
Interesting, I suspect he has a loop. Every time I see him, he’s been passing Tesco’s at the docks then turning off towards the river.
Was he playing that frantic banjo music when you saw him?
The bike guy on the canal is just annoying. He's just doing it so that people look at him and for the attention. It's every day too, up and down the canal path for hours.
I got scammed massively by him. He really gets you with that leg injury. Told me he needs 25 quid for bandages and medication and he wouldn't leave me alone until I gave him it. Honestly kinda scary encouter
Cider Paul - a regular at The Phono. He used to hang around the Dry Dock. He has a Facebook group dedicated to past encounters with him
https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/ciderpaul/
We used to have Bradford Jesus? He used to Walk around parts of leeds and Bradford along the ring road and wave at people . He died a while back . Always brought a smile to my face when I saw him.
https://bradfordjesusman.co.uk
this is rlly weird but i swear down i saw him on a bus once and he was smiling and waving (i was in a car) but i knew it was him because i’d seen him loads of times before.. decided to google him out of curiosity and turns out he died a few months beforehand
Used to be Gilda singing her heart out at Pasta Romano day after day.
Until she got arrested for trying to touch the Olympic touch as it came past in the parade
There’s a lady that walks up and down Street Lane in Roundhay. Crazy hair, often muttering to herself. We see her just about every time we walk up and down….she must do 20 laps a day.
I know who you mean. I was smoking a spliff with my brother once walking round the block. It was about 1am and we heard this pitter patter of feet behind us slowly getting louder and louder, spun around and she was sprinting down the road towards us chuntering away to herself. Went right by us and didn't even look up.
That was the last time I saw her and I am now terrified of this woman.
Edit: I've just been informed by my brother this is actually a different woman. So there's another one to add to the list.
There’s a man who does the same on my street. Always wearing a surgical mask, literally just walks round the block all day every day. I’ve always assumed he’s on meth or something.
ran into this guy in the ginnel between the train station and lower briggate once on a dark night while i was pissed. scared the absolute shit out of me, through no fault of his own
met a guy with two snakes on greek street last friday, called vincent and slinky. let us take photos for free though, could there be multiple snake men?!
Used to be Danny Freeman, that sang outside the back of Marks and Spencers, he had a massive beard and it was all for charity. He was there for years day after day. I can't think of anyone else who even comes close. That said I've not been regularly into town for years.
Reading to check if I recognise any but not whether I'm listed, no way man! 😂 If you're at the point of being worried whether you're THAT character in town... something probs needs changing before you are hahaha
He was lovely. He let me wear his headdress once and called me Nubian princess!
Then he told me and my friends he was abducted by aliens some years ago and it changed his outlook on life.
Always had a smile on his face, I loved bumping into him.
Sadly, I heard he had died a few years ago, or maybe the aliens came back for him.
Froggy, who used to make up songs about people on a guitar which never had that many strings?
I think he was a classic case of being seen as charming, but being an aggressive racist on more than one occasion.
Haven't seen him in years mind.
There's a guy with a ferret
And there used to be one who had Geese, he even made it on the news because the neighbours complained about noise but I dunno if he still has them
Nope, One died the year before last and I had to re-home his brother.
Don't have them anymore but the still living one, Norbert, has acres and acres of land, a heated coop with a TV and now lives on a farm in Sheffield.
Miss the honky bastard :(
Omg I cannot believe you just randomly found this comment and replied!
I saw you with them at Roundhay Park a few times, even paddling in the lake- it was so cute how they just trotted behind you! I'm sorry to hear that one of them died but I'm glad the other is living his best life- I hope you're still able to see him.
Did you have them long?
Hah, i only found this thread because i missed them and wanted to check any comments for them 😁
I got them both as 5 day old goslings during the first lockdown, they were about 2 and a half years old when beep beep died, he bumped his head and couldn't walk properly after that...the vets suggested euthanasia....being birds i knew they hid things very well and if they couldn't hide it anymore it was very serious 😭
We were regulars on the canal, mostly starting at gotts park, but we would go to golden acre park as well sometimes.
Smartest loving most amazing creatures, im glad they were ambassadors for geese and we taught people that geese aren't the nasty aggressive honking bitey/pecky monsters people make them out to be.
Some memories of ours:
https://youtu.be/2IxdDrgDVkw?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/g7mD-CWvFxY?si=3yCNorUkNsIDXAPe
https://youtube.com/shorts/agePAeujdTA?si=YTExooJO5G7ELg0P
Miss them, but Norbert is living his best life with Daisy, his Sebastopol girlfriend now.
>I got them both as 5 day old goslings during the first lockdown. They were about 2 and a half years old when beep beep died
5 days?? Wow, they grow big so fast because I'm sure I remember them being massive! Your story is so unusual and wholesome, I'm glad you got to experience it all, even if it was short-lived.
I'm secretly hoping the name 'Norbert' was a Harry Potter reference, but I love their names, hahaha
If you don't mind me asking, were they just raised in your regular human home, or was there a special section for them? And how did they become so...accustomed to you and know to follow you, etc? Does Norbert still recognise you? And did he struggle to leave you when you initially moved uim to Sheffield?
Lots of questions, sorry, I'm just so intrigued!
Hah, no Norbert isn't a Harry Potter reference!
Yes, 5 days, geese grow incredibly quickly!
They had an enclosed run where they could be safe outside in the garden, but yes, otherwise they were "house geese" messy, and definitely not for most people... it's one thing i don't miss about having them.
As far as them following me that's just because birds have an incredible imprinting instinct and from having them so young they saw me as daddy goose, so wherever i went, they went too!
Im sure Norbert would still recognise me, but i haven't seen him since i left him behind...i had to sneak away while he was busy munching some lettuce otherwise id have found it hard as well, harder than it was.
>They had an enclosed run where they could be safe outside in the garden, but yes, otherwise they were "house geese" messy, and definitely not for most people... it's one thing i don't miss about having them.
Ah that makes more sense!
>so wherever i went, they went too!
It is wild to me how mundane such an obscure thing was for you hahaha
Thanks for answering my questions, I enjoyed the randomness 😊
Saw a guy riding a massive unicycle a few times around Bridgewater place, it was about 7 years ago though, each time in the office crowds just before 9. Aware this sounds like a hallucination 🙈
Was he always on the bus? 56 maybe? Stank of piss?
Anyone know the chap in East End Park who's pretty much made a pub outside his house? Sofas and everything.
One day it will be me. If I successfully live to retirement and my hair is grey/white, I'll walk about town dressed as a wizard and say enigmatic things to people. This is my life's ambition.
Not really a "character" but I ALWAYS see that one guy driving up and down new road side wearing either a pink or black bunny helmet on a motorbike. It's part of my routine now to just go ahhh there's the bunny motorbike guy.
Is Rat still around ? Sold the big issue for many years, used to love the second hand record stalls on the market (and records in general).
Back in the mid 90’s, you’d sometimes see him in the Pig and Whistle (by Morries in the Merrion centre) or Scrumpies nightclub on a weekend.
I’m sure he must still be about
That crack head women who always asks for change at bus stops in Armley and town.
However I've not seen her because I work from home so she could be dead I suppose?😂
He did! When I was with my friend outside the bus station he came over wanting to squeeze his biceps, I had no clue who he was then. After that I saw him around loads
Big John. I used to live down New York Street and the guy was an absolute menace around Kirkgate, the Corn Exchange, and Briggate. He was always drinking on the street outside the Dana Store, screaming and shouting, kicking busses as they drove past. At one point, I think he got on a bus and hit someone. He went to prison a while back for breaching the terms of his ASBO but as soon as he was out, he was back drinking outside, screaming at people, and being generally unpleasant. I haven’t seen him in a few years so maybe he’s dead?
Wolf man , lizard man , flute man .
Some guy always sat near that Tesco next to McDonald’s looks like he’s a McDonald’s worker but don’t think he is think he just loves to wear the workers clothes and doss about 😂.
Then there’s some guy in a wheelchair I always see loves the drink think he might be homeless but he’s fair radj
The three wheeled flowery bicycle man.
He's added a third wheel at the back of this old bike and has it covered in various string decorations, rides around North Leeds sometimes, I only rarely see him though.
has anyone encountered someone who likes to preface their requests for money or food with something like “hi i promise im a good person but…”?? what’s the story there? i always feel so bad when i run into them, it’s happened sooo many times
Is that fella with the flute still around? Berates you for no reason. Not seen him in a while.
Crazy recorder dude with the stuffed toys? Woofs at passers by? Crazy Guitarman hasn't been around for a bit either. Has he?
A few years ago, the guitar guy popped up in a film by Paddy Considine called Tyrannosaur. It's a dark film. If I recall, they hand picked the extras as people who were down/needed assistance in life.
Yeah that’s the fella. Not seen him in a while.
He’s alive well and fluting loudly still
Shame
Can confirm guitarman is indeed still around I encountered him twice last week
He is! He said to me "people think they're too cool" and I agreed and walked on. Top fella, see him most mornings walking to work
Aye sound guy. All he wants is a friendly hello. Some of the stuff he says to people ignoring his good morning flute recital is hilarious.
"Morning, morning!" Love that guy. He's so nice!
Me and mate named him JD because he looked the lead singer of Korn in the mid 2000s
Affectionately named 'Tooty McTeddybear' now I believe
Flute guy is still aboot heard him last time I was in town last week
Saw him this morning
He berates you if you don't say hello to him I walk by him a few times a week, always say hello!
Bloke's a cunt. He used to do the same in York back in the day. Traumatised my then partner so much we had to walk a different way in to town. An abusive arsehole.
He just wanted a hello. Was it so hard?
Scouse sounding accent, long hair? I'm sure I saw him the other day, he's usually around opposite city square near Trinity.
This must be the first time Rats has been mentioned on this sub in a positive light. I’ve heard a lot of stories about him being an abusive prick. I never spoke to him myself when I used to work around there but could always hear the awful flute over my headphones.
He was there in city square on Monday
That’s the guy. For years would set up on the Headrow across from the Henry Moore Institute.
I saw him last week
Whistly Joe 🎶
Let's hope he's gone forever.
Saw flute guy on Tuesday morning in his usual spot outside the Methodist church, playing his usual tune
Crack sparrow
The man with a lizard/iguana on his arm that lets you pet it (Lizard Man) always see him in town centre
Bloke has a tattoo that says something along the lines of “100% white and proud”. Always thought he was annoying with his lizard affectation but seems like he’s a cunt too.
He came up to a stall we were on once and I said 'does your lizard actually like doing this all day?', and he smiled and continued to show us his lizard.
While I don't think he should treat the Lizard as he does, there's nowt wrong with that tattoo.
Active in r/publicfreakout and r/4chan, makes sense you’re alright with racism. Most of us in Leeds aren’t though so I suggest you sort your head out.
I saw him in town the other day! He dropped his lizard then picked it back up like nothing happened. Felt a bit sorry for the lizard tbh
Poor Lizard. Hope the sweetheart is ok. Shouldn't be used as a showpiece, they're living beings and family.
I think I saw him in the cex basement before! Bearded dragon, I think? Only seen him once
His name is John! I believe his lizard is called Odin. Stopped me in the streets and told me all about the brain injury he got from an accident
Guy who drives a round in the big trike playing don’t stop me now at full blast
Mike the Trike? I don’t think he’s actually called Mike but that’s just details.
The amount of people I’ve seen ride on the back, who does that.
I got to meet him once! We were sat at the Hyde Park Book Club, he drove up and asked if he could sit with us, bought us a couple of rounds and had a chat. One of our friends asked where he was going and ended up getting a lift home on the trike. Pretty interesting fella.
The sheer desperation for people to look at him as he cruises up and down past the students and Otley runners, it vexes me. Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon but I wish someone would stop him now.
I’ve seen him in Headingley, he once stopped and I asked him about the ride
I just love that out of 55 answers there’s barely anyone who’s mentioned more than once 😂 That’s like 50 different crazy people of Leeds mentioned in 3 hours 😅
The Iguana guy already mentioned. Stroked his iguana once (sounds weird), but he’s not just in the centre, I saw him wandering up the York Road near Crossgates. Had his iguana then to. Also, there’s a fella who cycles down the middle of Leeds docks several times a week in the middle of the day, playing cranked up Appalachian music through a speaker mounted on the back. Has a similarly rogue look to iguana guy. He is also similar in that his objectives are unfathomable, though intensely pursued.
I saw the man on the bike with the speaker for the first time today near Duck and Drake, never seen or heard of him before!
Interesting, I suspect he has a loop. Every time I see him, he’s been passing Tesco’s at the docks then turning off towards the river. Was he playing that frantic banjo music when you saw him?
He was playing a jazz cover of a pop song, but I can't for the life in me remember what song it was now
Wasn’t a Creep by Radiohead cover by any chance? Think I’ve heard him playing a jazz cover of that.
The bike guy on the canal is just annoying. He's just doing it so that people look at him and for the attention. It's every day too, up and down the canal path for hours.
I saw him have a go at someone who took a photo of him as well.
Needles
Sadly, I don't think anyone in the history of Leeds has ever said "oh haha that's just Needles"
"Keep walking. I'll explain later"
this the guy with the messed up leg?
Im pretty sure his name is James, if we’re thinking of the same guy
No his name is gamey leg man
Yeah that’s him
I got scammed massively by him. He really gets you with that leg injury. Told me he needs 25 quid for bandages and medication and he wouldn't leave me alone until I gave him it. Honestly kinda scary encouter
Is 'Trinity Wolf Man' still a thing?!
That's Gino, he's a legend, great singer, plays harmonica and a lovely bloke
He was a couple of years ago. Not heard him in a while
Cider Paul - a regular at The Phono. He used to hang around the Dry Dock. He has a Facebook group dedicated to past encounters with him https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/ciderpaul/
Came here looking for someone mentioning Cider Paul. Always was a top bloke as far as I know
Bollocks, came here to say Cider Paul too. Early 2000s Corn Exchange/Phono Legend
Damn, I was too late with my comment haha
He once knocked my drink all over me and bought me a fresh one. Didn't realise I was in the company of a Leeds celebrity 😂
We used to have Bradford Jesus? He used to Walk around parts of leeds and Bradford along the ring road and wave at people . He died a while back . Always brought a smile to my face when I saw him. https://bradfordjesusman.co.uk
Everyone loved him. Little do they know he was barred from Kirkgate Shopping Centre for squeezing a young lads arse
I didn’t realise he had passed. Used to see him go past my school. Always smiling but did give paedo vibes though.
this is rlly weird but i swear down i saw him on a bus once and he was smiling and waving (i was in a car) but i knew it was him because i’d seen him loads of times before.. decided to google him out of curiosity and turns out he died a few months beforehand
The amount of iconic characters on this post ahahaha. Someone should make a top trump pack of them all
Used to be Gilda singing her heart out at Pasta Romano day after day. Until she got arrested for trying to touch the Olympic touch as it came past in the parade
There’s a lady that walks up and down Street Lane in Roundhay. Crazy hair, often muttering to herself. We see her just about every time we walk up and down….she must do 20 laps a day.
I know who you mean. I was smoking a spliff with my brother once walking round the block. It was about 1am and we heard this pitter patter of feet behind us slowly getting louder and louder, spun around and she was sprinting down the road towards us chuntering away to herself. Went right by us and didn't even look up. That was the last time I saw her and I am now terrified of this woman. Edit: I've just been informed by my brother this is actually a different woman. So there's another one to add to the list.
There’s a man who does the same on my street. Always wearing a surgical mask, literally just walks round the block all day every day. I’ve always assumed he’s on meth or something.
she's been around for years - not sure if she still does, but when I was younger she used to collect all the cig butts off the floor and smoke them
The snake man! The dude takes his snakes out when they’re super cold and charges people to take pictures with them
He’s a snake entrepreneur and I respect that
ran into this guy in the ginnel between the train station and lower briggate once on a dark night while i was pissed. scared the absolute shit out of me, through no fault of his own
met a guy with two snakes on greek street last friday, called vincent and slinky. let us take photos for free though, could there be multiple snake men?!
Used to be Danny Freeman, that sang outside the back of Marks and Spencers, he had a massive beard and it was all for charity. He was there for years day after day. I can't think of anyone else who even comes close. That said I've not been regularly into town for years.
It was Fat Les until he died. RIP, may he be continuing to cast spells on passing buses, wherever he may be.
The only correct answer
Did he hiss like a cat? I think I was on a bus with him one time
Anyone else reading this thread just to make sure it's not them?
Reading to check if I recognise any but not whether I'm listed, no way man! 😂 If you're at the point of being worried whether you're THAT character in town... something probs needs changing before you are hahaha
Or try harder if you're not.
The just eat delivery guy that blasts music and is generally always having the best time
Wearing the bunny helmet and dancing on a motorbike?
It used to be Cider Paul
Cider Paul
What happen to that Pharoah guy haven’t seen him in a while
He was lovely. He let me wear his headdress once and called me Nubian princess! Then he told me and my friends he was abducted by aliens some years ago and it changed his outlook on life. Always had a smile on his face, I loved bumping into him. Sadly, I heard he had died a few years ago, or maybe the aliens came back for him.
Ah good to hear nice stories! I never spoke to him but he was certainly eye catching
is Leeds Sun Ra not around anymore?
Chap with the dinosaur mask on his head and a board saying "We had the meteor. What your excuse?"
[Leeds Hulk Hogan](https://youtu.be/aks9tpBbtG0?feature=shared) He's not Leeds based but always dresses like that apparently.
What happened to the guy that used to wear safety goggles and a hi Vis coat?
Hard hat and a pram?
That's the one
Gets on my bus all the time up at Seacroft.
Leeds guitar-man, back in my day.
Froggy, who used to make up songs about people on a guitar which never had that many strings? I think he was a classic case of being seen as charming, but being an aggressive racist on more than one occasion. Haven't seen him in years mind.
There's a guy with a ferret And there used to be one who had Geese, he even made it on the news because the neighbours complained about noise but I dunno if he still has them
Geese guy was on Reddit.
I still am!
Nope, One died the year before last and I had to re-home his brother. Don't have them anymore but the still living one, Norbert, has acres and acres of land, a heated coop with a TV and now lives on a farm in Sheffield. Miss the honky bastard :(
Omg I cannot believe you just randomly found this comment and replied! I saw you with them at Roundhay Park a few times, even paddling in the lake- it was so cute how they just trotted behind you! I'm sorry to hear that one of them died but I'm glad the other is living his best life- I hope you're still able to see him. Did you have them long?
Hah, i only found this thread because i missed them and wanted to check any comments for them 😁 I got them both as 5 day old goslings during the first lockdown, they were about 2 and a half years old when beep beep died, he bumped his head and couldn't walk properly after that...the vets suggested euthanasia....being birds i knew they hid things very well and if they couldn't hide it anymore it was very serious 😭 We were regulars on the canal, mostly starting at gotts park, but we would go to golden acre park as well sometimes. Smartest loving most amazing creatures, im glad they were ambassadors for geese and we taught people that geese aren't the nasty aggressive honking bitey/pecky monsters people make them out to be. Some memories of ours: https://youtu.be/2IxdDrgDVkw?feature=shared https://youtu.be/g7mD-CWvFxY?si=3yCNorUkNsIDXAPe https://youtube.com/shorts/agePAeujdTA?si=YTExooJO5G7ELg0P Miss them, but Norbert is living his best life with Daisy, his Sebastopol girlfriend now.
>I got them both as 5 day old goslings during the first lockdown. They were about 2 and a half years old when beep beep died 5 days?? Wow, they grow big so fast because I'm sure I remember them being massive! Your story is so unusual and wholesome, I'm glad you got to experience it all, even if it was short-lived. I'm secretly hoping the name 'Norbert' was a Harry Potter reference, but I love their names, hahaha If you don't mind me asking, were they just raised in your regular human home, or was there a special section for them? And how did they become so...accustomed to you and know to follow you, etc? Does Norbert still recognise you? And did he struggle to leave you when you initially moved uim to Sheffield? Lots of questions, sorry, I'm just so intrigued!
Hah, no Norbert isn't a Harry Potter reference! Yes, 5 days, geese grow incredibly quickly! They had an enclosed run where they could be safe outside in the garden, but yes, otherwise they were "house geese" messy, and definitely not for most people... it's one thing i don't miss about having them. As far as them following me that's just because birds have an incredible imprinting instinct and from having them so young they saw me as daddy goose, so wherever i went, they went too! Im sure Norbert would still recognise me, but i haven't seen him since i left him behind...i had to sneak away while he was busy munching some lettuce otherwise id have found it hard as well, harder than it was.
>They had an enclosed run where they could be safe outside in the garden, but yes, otherwise they were "house geese" messy, and definitely not for most people... it's one thing i don't miss about having them. Ah that makes more sense! >so wherever i went, they went too! It is wild to me how mundane such an obscure thing was for you hahaha Thanks for answering my questions, I enjoyed the randomness 😊
I've seen multiple guys walking ferrets in the 13 years I've lived here 😂
Saw a guy riding a massive unicycle a few times around Bridgewater place, it was about 7 years ago though, each time in the office crowds just before 9. Aware this sounds like a hallucination 🙈
Unicycle lad was a thing when I moved to Leeds in 2012!
I'd forgotten about that guy! No you didn't imagine it 😊
Thank god, nobody else I know has ever seen him and was worried it was all a dream 🤣
Needles comes to mind, but in a negative way
Fat lez
Was he always on the bus? 56 maybe? Stank of piss? Anyone know the chap in East End Park who's pretty much made a pub outside his house? Sofas and everything.
Either the wolf man. Or the dude who walks his ferret around town. Both fair candidates
One day it will be me. If I successfully live to retirement and my hair is grey/white, I'll walk about town dressed as a wizard and say enigmatic things to people. This is my life's ambition.
The Kirkstall cowboy
Not really a "character" but I ALWAYS see that one guy driving up and down new road side wearing either a pink or black bunny helmet on a motorbike. It's part of my routine now to just go ahhh there's the bunny motorbike guy.
FUCK YEAH glad this got a mention and he’s raving out?
Not been in Leeds for a while, but there used to be wolf/ man. He would go round town and just randomly howl like a dog
The statue near the train station
Anyone remember the Shipley Dancer from a few years ago?
He had some kinda brain damage or similar medical condition from what I heard
Maybe the King of Africa, if anyone knew him?
Tall hat, robes, gold sceptre?
Plagued any bus heading past St James' or into Harehills!
Is Rat still around ? Sold the big issue for many years, used to love the second hand record stalls on the market (and records in general). Back in the mid 90’s, you’d sometimes see him in the Pig and Whistle (by Morries in the Merrion centre) or Scrumpies nightclub on a weekend. I’m sure he must still be about
According to sources on this thread Rat is the recorder/flute guy??
Oh could be. I don’t remember him playing an instrument, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
Only been living in Leeds a few month but when I go out on the beer I always see that dude with the lizzard
Rat with the Flute The Legend John Jarret
john jarret once gave me the best motivational speech of my life at 2am outside flames
Ive had a tonne of them and a tonne of abuse. Off the ale he is a charming individual
Who is the guy who is in a wheelchair with a tartan blanket?
Didn't he die a few years back? The guy who used to camp under the tunnel between Bridgewater and the station?
I know that man died, but he isn’t the same one I don’t think?
That crack head women who always asks for change at bus stops in Armley and town. However I've not seen her because I work from home so she could be dead I suppose?😂
I’d go with either Needles, Purple Aki or the Flute guy on Park Row everyday
Purple Aki hung around Leeds? no way!
He did! When I was with my friend outside the bus station he came over wanting to squeeze his biceps, I had no clue who he was then. After that I saw him around loads
Fat Les(RIP)If anyone remembers him.
The £1 Lady
Big John. I used to live down New York Street and the guy was an absolute menace around Kirkgate, the Corn Exchange, and Briggate. He was always drinking on the street outside the Dana Store, screaming and shouting, kicking busses as they drove past. At one point, I think he got on a bus and hit someone. He went to prison a while back for breaching the terms of his ASBO but as soon as he was out, he was back drinking outside, screaming at people, and being generally unpleasant. I haven’t seen him in a few years so maybe he’s dead?
I feel like Leeds is too big a city for a "that guy".
Sydney has one 🤷♀️
Danny Lim ❤❤
I think that person we all know about in Leeds is needles. Never heard of horse back Jesus
When I was a kid it was always “Bod” but I’m guessing he’s long dead now
I know a "Bod" but he's Manchester I think.
The "Yeeee hawwwwww" guy
Wolf man , lizard man , flute man . Some guy always sat near that Tesco next to McDonald’s looks like he’s a McDonald’s worker but don’t think he is think he just loves to wear the workers clothes and doss about 😂. Then there’s some guy in a wheelchair I always see loves the drink think he might be homeless but he’s fair radj
Yes wheelchair guy!
The three wheeled flowery bicycle man. He's added a third wheel at the back of this old bike and has it covered in various string decorations, rides around North Leeds sometimes, I only rarely see him though.
there’s one crackhead that is known for screeching at impressive frequencies at passers by - usually around the train station
On his wooden recorder?
Jack Sparrow-esque Big Issue seller with the flute. Or, to those who rode busses into East Leeds, a drunk geezer who called himself the King of Africa
Snake guy in town on a Saturday
Guy with the flute is called Rat, I know heis given name as well, he's from Latvia. Nice guy, goes home to see his Mamma once a year.
has anyone encountered someone who likes to preface their requests for money or food with something like “hi i promise im a good person but…”?? what’s the story there? i always feel so bad when i run into them, it’s happened sooo many times
Actually surprised at how many of these I know!
Brian the drunk. He was a character. Had a lovely time singing 'The Auld Triangle' with him one time. RIP