Accy Characters
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What about modern day characters. Anyone know mad Pete "The Rockin Reverend" Rapson. He must be in his late fifties but still goes out round town usually wearing a striped suit with trainers and has his own unique progressive dancing style involving alot of side-to-side bouncing around and arm flailing ???.
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Yes I remember the Rag `n` Bone man coming around Ossy with his horse `n` cart shouting (RAG BONE, ANY RAG BONE).
Also their was a small guy in the 70s up Ossy who used to always be seen pushing a 2 wheeled cart around everywhere, can’t think of he’s name at the moment.
I remember in the early 80s down Accy seeing a man walking around town in full American (Viet-nam) period combat uniform, including the helmet. Not once but quit a few times.
Yes I remember the Rag `n` Bone man coming around Ossy with his horse `n` cart shouting (RAG BONE, ANY RAG BONE).
Also their was a small guy in the 70s up Ossy who used to always be seen pushing a 2 wheeled cart around everywhere, can’t think of he’s name at the moment.
I remember in the early 80s down Accy seeing a man walking around town in full American (Viet-nam) period combat uniform, including the helmet. Not once but quit a few times.
I remember the Rag and Bone man that always called up Church St with his horse and cart. We use to get a Gold fish for a pillow case full of old cloths. I also remember monthly visits by the door to door salesman who sold house hold cleaning products including little sample tins of floor polish that kept us occupied for hours. His suit case was always full of what to us where mystical things. Gone are those days, we don’t have the trust to open our doors that wide to day…….
That would be the Bettawear man (sp?) Doug.
Are we allowed to say "Pacci Ali"?
Who was the guy on the market who had a flower stall selling everything at "Haa - aalf a crown a bunch" ? Towards the end of the day his bunches got larger as he tried to sell as much as possible. It was always a good idea to wait as long as you could and maybe get three bunches in one for the "haa-aalf a crown" Good Lord - that's only 12 1/2 pence! What can you get for that these days?
Are we allowed to say "Pacci Ali"?
Who was the guy on the market who had a flower stall selling everything at "Haa - aalf a crown a bunch" ? Towards the end of the day his bunches got larger as he tried to sell as much as possible. It was always a good idea to wait as long as you could and maybe get three bunches in one for the "haa-aalf a crown" Good Lord - that's only 12 1/2 pence! What can you get for that these days?
I am well aware of Pete Rapson's antics. Remember him jumping off tables at Accy CC at a Heavy Metal gig - quite a character. Anyone know the asian guy (20's) who tries to convince people he is Michael Jackson - haven't seen him since the allegations.....
re: 'p*ccy ali' - Yeah....c'mon mods, if we are gonna have certain words we cant write then it needs to be across the board. Not just when thin-skinned lefties complain.
re: 'p*ccy ali' - Yeah....c'mon mods, if we are gonna have certain words we cant write then it needs to be across the board. Not just when thin-skinned lefties complain.
Gosh yes I remember Uncle Dick and Ali's stall. I'd completely forgotten them. That's going back a bit.
That's a valid point too about the name. I don't think anyone objected in those days did they?
That's a valid point too about the name. I don't think anyone objected in those days did they?
I remember the Michael Jackson impersonator, he used to moonwalk up Broadway, I saw him last year strutting his funky stuff in Blackburn. Does anybody remember the Spaghetti woman, she's dead now, but she walked with a stick and constantly swore at kids. My dad said she once refused to get off his bus, he ended up having to radio for another one and transferring his passengers onto it, we used to have so much fun irritating her.
Ah yes I remember leaning on a lamp post at Redman's corner - just down from the library wasn't it?
I remember a few of the above mentioned...
Ali's stall was actually kelly's stall, i remember him bellowing out ALL THINGS ON HERE CHEAPER AND CHEAPER ON HERE!
Dancing billy was a legend of the town centre, even after a drink or five he could spell any word you asked for 10p.
The ravin rev p. rapson is syill around and about. Seen him in the castle a month ago.
Does anyone remember the little chinaman from aveue parede chippy who constantly spat up and down the streets of accie?
Ali's stall was actually kelly's stall, i remember him bellowing out ALL THINGS ON HERE CHEAPER AND CHEAPER ON HERE!
Dancing billy was a legend of the town centre, even after a drink or five he could spell any word you asked for 10p.
The ravin rev p. rapson is syill around and about. Seen him in the castle a month ago.
Does anyone remember the little chinaman from aveue parede chippy who constantly spat up and down the streets of accie?
I don't understand that. Do you mean that Ali didn't actually own the stall but worked for someone else called Kelly?powerwash man said:
O.K....Ali's stall was adjoined to the old concrete market structure and with a canvas roof went onto broadway.
Kelly's stall went around the side of the old electric showrooms (or was it gas), and to where the concrete ramp led to the market cellar.
Both of the market traders were asian(kelly was his name). I know this as i used to work there when i was eleven years old.
Kelly's stall went around the side of the old electric showrooms (or was it gas), and to where the concrete ramp led to the market cellar.
Both of the market traders were asian(kelly was his name). I know this as i used to work there when i was eleven years old.
How long ago was this? I can't relate my memory of Ali's stall location to this description.