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  1. Gramaisc

    The scent of Stafford

    It was Russian Robert, joining in at somebody's wedding.
  2. bpelectric

    Nostalgia - What are your memories of Stafford?

    Russian Robert you mean lived in South Wall worked at English Electric / GEC in 03 shop
  3. T

    Stafford local legends - You had some characters!

    cheers gramaisc flippin heck............................. russian robert forgot bout him
  4. Gramaisc

    Nostalgia - What are your memories of Stafford?

    He has been a veritable mainstay of the Forum since its inception - http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/index.php?search/4577680/&q=robert russian&o=date ..
  5. Eyriebird

    Stafford - tramptastic?

    A bit late, but Robert died earlier this year (2012) or late last year. A lot of Stafford people went to his funeral ...
  6. Scoot Doggy Dogg

    You Know You're A Staffordian When...

    When you have a "those were the days" conversation about Russian Robert, Bizarre Inc, Altern-8, Adventure Babies, Doley Sofas (hi, Tom Sofa), Dennis, the Black Knight Pinball machine in the Whitely Building and Bill the Security Guy from there. etc.
  7. joshua

    Give us a joke... go on it might be funny :)

    Tell tale signs your living to close to Stafford: 1. Your spouse has a poster of Russian Robert smiling as a role model. 2. You let your 12 year old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids. 3. You've been married 3 times and still have the same in laws. 4. The phrase...
  8. O

    Your top 5 things about Stafford.

    1) Good train station (miles better than stoke) 2) Bagnalls (Probably not there now, subbteo stuff in there loved it) 3) Holmcroft Pub 4) Home Bargain 5) Russian Robert
  9. S

    Stafford - tramptastic?

    At the Stafford Shoes drop-in day last week two ladies recalled how Rob was known as 'the Russian' because he was always rushing around.
  10. gon2seed

    Stafford - tramptastic?

    Found it! Which just goes to show me how much my memory has improved! (And how old he is! this was Jan' 2007! Ed)
  11. gon2seed

    Stafford local legends - You had some characters!

    We have been here before, but I will tell my tail again. (When has ever telling it before, stopped him? Ed) Robert has an interesting history, I think, he may have passed on. He got his original nik-name, 'Robert the Robot' from a story he told the ladies at lotus (who bullied him terribly)...
  12. db

    Stafford local legends - You had some characters!

    indeed - it was one of the first ever threads on stafford forum! http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/index.php?threads/stafford-tramptastic.24/
  13. Attaboy!

    Stafford local legends - You had some characters!

    Spooky ..... it was a link about Robert The Russian, late of County Road, that first led me to this site a long time ago. Mickyboy, I've heard similar stories about the "trolly woman" losing a child at birth .... sad. And as for Stafford having "a mob of punks", you can go back to 76/77, ahead...
  14. L

    Stafford - tramptastic?

    I think robert the russian has died, the last time i saw him was in St Georges in 1997
  15. M

    Stafford - tramptastic?

    Robert the Russian(what happened to the great dane) did indeed work for Lotus. Story goes that It was a bad day, rainin and all and Robert was asked to take shoes out for a mate under his coat as it was raining. He was then caught with the stolen goods. Another interesting fact about Robert is...
  16. gon2seed

    Stafford - tramptastic?

    Robert the Russian aka Robert the Robot, oooer I am coming over all nostalgic again, he certainly was a character. I am fully aware of my own ability to waffle and bore to international standards on subjects Staffordian, and apologise in advance for beginning another tale. If you are bored by...
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