Stafford - tramptastic?

[Andreas Rex]

Michael Southall

Is he known as Semtex Mick too? Short fella, balding, angry, usually wears a leather jacket? He started coming to the Railway Inn a year or so ago, and was always very concerned about the positioning of the ashtrays (ahh...those were the days) and the beer towels on the bar. If he went (mumbling) to the loo and someone dared to move an ashtray or beer towel even slightly he'd really get a cob on and would put them straight back to their rightful position. Everything had to be parallel to the edge of the bar, or he wasn't a happy chappie. Someone said that he was known as Semtex Mick cos he used to go to pubs saying that he had explosives in his bag. He was always very very chatty, but it was just random crap. Once he told me and whoever I was sitting with that he'd been "deported from Leicester", which set us off laughing uncontrollably....that didn't please him. There was always a dreadful aroma about him, which was eased slightly when he'd use the sinks in the loo to have a wash. Eventually he got barred from there too, I think for being aggressive and a general nuisance.

Incidentally, has anyone else noticed that since the smoking ban was enforced every pub you go into now just smells of farts? Just not right.

 

[Sir BoD]

Michael Southall

Is he known as Semtex Mick too? Short fella, balding, angry, usually wears a leather jacket? He started coming to the Railway Inn a year or so ago, and was always very concerned about the positioning of the ashtrays (ahh...those were the days) and the beer towels on the bar. If he went (mumbling) to the loo and someone dared to move an ashtray or beer towel even slightly he'd really get a cob on and would put them straight back to their rightful position. Everything had to be parallel to the edge of the bar, or he wasn't a happy chappie. Someone said that he was known as Semtex Mick cos he used to go to pubs saying that he had explosives in his bag. He was always very very chatty, but it was just random crap. Once he told me and whoever I was sitting with that he'd been "deported from Leicester", which set us off laughing uncontrollably....that didn't please him. There was always a dreadful aroma about him, which was eased slightly when he'd use the sinks in the loo to have a wash. Eventually he got barred from there too, I think for being aggressive and a general nuisance.

Incidentally, has anyone else noticed that since the smoking ban was enforced every pub you go into now just smells of farts? Just not right.

Blimey, that sounds very much like Dave Dix. He didn't speak in a very soft Geordie accent, did he?

 

[Andreas Rex]

Blimey, that sounds very much like Dave Dix. He didn't speak in a very soft Geordie accent, did he?

That's the fella! Semtex DAVE. I thought Semtex Mick sounded a bit funny.

 

[Mrs M]

I remember Dave Dix. He used to come into the Chains (pre- joxers) complete nutter, looked like captain kirk.

 

[Toble]

I remember Dave Dix. He used to come into the Chains (pre- joxers) complete nutter, looked like captain kirk.

I recall him mainly from the Nags, and more recently the Nelson.

Anyone else spot the thing in the paper last week about Denzil?
Not content with shouting from the treetops, he's now sening the newspapers death threats from his prison cell.

 

[mickyboy]

Yeah good old Denzil! Completely mad that one, not a tramp but one hell of a character.

His best treetop performance was outside the old Tesco store. Bridge street was shut off for a couple hours while they tried to get him down.

 

[mickyboy]

I recall him mainly from the Nags, and more recently the Nelson.

Anyone else spot the thing in the paper last week about Denzil?
Not content with shouting from the treetops, he's now sening the newspapers death threats from his prison cell.

I bet the officers in the prison love him!

Wonder which papers he's been targeting this time?

 

[Sir BoD]

Yeah good old Denzil! Completely mad that one, not a tramp but one hell of a character.

His best treetop performance was outside the old Tesco store. Bridge street was shut off for a couple hours while they tried to get him down.

I dunno, this one takes some beating!!

EDIT: Warning. This Youtube contains some swearing. It is Denzil after all!

 

[mickyboy]

Don't think it was our Denz, but he ran him a close second with that performance!

 

[gon2seed]

Yeah! Big up to Denzil from the Boys at the station. Bit of a legend with us as you can imagine. Nowt we can ever do to get him down until he decides to, but we get to listen to his anti-establishment ranting, while being paid.

I should really put my sensible head on, and point out the amount of public money wasted, and even the danger to the rest of the population of the 'Ford caused by having a pump and an ariel platform tied up watching Denzil; (You just have jizzwit! Ed) but really you just have to admire his fortitude, his stubborness, and his incredible climbing skills!

 

[wildwood]

Yeah good old Denzil! Completely mad that one, not a tramp but one hell of a character.

His best treetop performance was outside the old Tesco store. Bridge street was shut off for a couple hours while they tried to get him down.

I dunno, this one takes some beating!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOcmOTEkavg

EDIT: Warning. This Youtube contains some swearing. It is Denzil after all!

Haha.. I remember that.. (it definitely was Denzil)

I had to do a couple of laps in the car just to laugh at the stupid eejit.

 

[wildwood]

A month later or so he was up a tree on Mill Bank aswell wasn't he?

 

[Andreas Rex]

Denzil in the paper

 

[gota quid]

every town needs a nutter,

 

[mickyboy]

A month later or so he was up a tree on Mill Bank aswell wasn't he?

Yeah think he was. Mind you, don't think there are many trees left in Stafford he's not scaled the hieghts of!

 

[robjames69]

Theres Bobby Nat(?) who's a current tramp I believe. He's thin, asian with a beard and I think he looks like the singer from System of a Down. He's sometimes up Baswich or Wildwood area and has a dog. I'm always a bit puzzled because he wears a lot of different clothes which makes me wonder if he is a Full-time or Part-time tramp. when I worked at Threshers at Bodmin he came in for a can of tennants super and as he was leaving he said randomly "I was never scared.... cus I already knew who the witch was" then laughed maniacly and left. So he's definately mental aswell...

 

[db]

Theres Bobby Nat(?) who's a current tramp I believe. He's thin, asian with a beard and I think he looks like the singer from System of a Down. He's sometimes up Baswich or Wildwood area and has a dog. I'm always a bit puzzled because he wears a lot of different clothes which makes me wonder if he is a Full-time or Part-time tramp. when I worked at Threshers at Bodmin he came in for a can of tennants super and as he was leaving he said randomly "I was never scared.... cus I already knew who the witch was" then laughed maniacly and left. So he's definately mental aswell...

i'm assuming you know bobby and this is a joke.. i'd be very surprised if bobby nat has actually become a tramp lol..

 

[wildwood]

Don't think he's turned into a tramp, but I'm assuming he's got some kind of problem.

He usually sits on the wall outside Freedom with a can and his dog, watching the world go by muttering something or other.

What happened to him? I remember him being a few years above me at school (his brother was in the same year as me) and he was... well, errrr normal!

 

[Gramaisc]

http://www.shropshirestar.com/features/minisites/starhistory/downloads/40years_p2_pdfs/star3.pdf

Poddy, or Derek Podmore, .......... Long live the memory of Poddy the Poacher

Poddy came up in conversation just the other day. I was in the Trident Trains model railway shop at Dagfields Craft Centre near Nantwich, and, Richard, the proprietor mentioned him as we were discussion 'special' people. Turns out that he knows him well and Poddy has calmed down a little, but is getting along OK these days. When he nailed himself to the tree, he failed to consider the fact that my bike was illegally chained to the court railing behind him and I had to run the gauntlet of the dozen coppers whom he was, fortunately, adequately distracting whilst I unlocked it and made my escape.

As for Denzil, he has a level of steadfast determination which just has to be admired. For the first event up the tree across from the old Tesco he had hired a loud-hailer and taken some sandwiches and a drink up with him. I suggested that to him he had an 'impromptu accomplice' take a collection from the crowd the next time to cover costs, but he seems to have preferred to maintain the purity of a solo performance.

 

[cookie_monster]

i'm assuming you know bobby and this is a joke.. i'd be very surprised if bobby nat has actually become a tramp lol..

there but for the grace of god bobby!

Don't think he's turned into a tramp, but I'm assuming he's got some kind of problem.

He usually sits on the wall outside Freedom with a can and his dog, watching the world go by muttering something or other.

What happened to him? I remember him being a few years above me at school (his brother was in the same year as me) and he was... well, errrr normal!

yeah, bobby nat came into viccy wine in town when i worked there (getting on for 6 years ago) and he definitely wasnt entirely with it. he had the appearance of living rough and certainly wasnt sober. we had a little chat and then i really had to try and tactfully get him out of the shop, he was stopping customers from coming in.

my personal opinion is that he was somebody for whom the drugs really didnt work, but that is only based on what i remember about him from school (based on your timeline wildwood, i was the year above you) and the years immediately after....but its a really sad to hear that thats what his life has become.


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