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Post by cobhamstokey on Jun 1, 2022 22:20:53 GMT
I thought it was a thread about a night club
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Post by clarkeda on Jun 2, 2022 15:35:31 GMT
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Post by danceswithclams on Jun 3, 2022 1:22:55 GMT
As a former pretend tramp, I can vouch for the fact that the genuine Gentleman of the road is all but a thing of the past. In the late 1970s, I was a member of the Amateur Mendicant Society, a collection of like-minded individuals who spent days or weeks as tramps as a part time hobby. I did it to observe people. Tramps are like waiters, people talk openly in front of them. The government often used Amateur Mendicants to spy. My beat was the A49 between Shrewsbury and Abergavenny, taking in Church Stretton, Leominster and Ludlow . I could often be found in the Heather Brae garage, Lazy Trout truck stop or Queenswood cafe. Great times . Rarely recognised. Most Amateurs have names and it pays to have a gimmick , eg bright red hair, always reading a book, well dressed or profusely swearing. Mine was being well spoken earning me the Nickname The Professor . Tramps - gentlemen of the road - are much less prevalent now as a lifestyle choice so the AMS has all but fallen into disuse. Like the red squirrel , they still appear in books but in real life they have been replaced in their natural habitat by homeless with real issues , such as substance abuse,mental health challenges . I understand the government now uses Chavs as a disguise to observe. I was asked to take part not long ago but sitting outside a shopping centre in a tracksuit texting people all day is not my idea of fun I 100% want to hear more about the life and times of 'The Professor'. You should definitely post excerpts from the (as yet unwritten, I assume) memoirs on here as a precursor to The Daily Express cottening on to the literary buzz and serialising the tome over a 16 week period. (If thus actually happens the bagsy being your agent)
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Post by rivival on Jun 3, 2022 2:02:47 GMT
Great music
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Tramps.
Jun 3, 2022 3:12:29 GMT
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Post by NassauDave on Jun 3, 2022 3:12:29 GMT
But pricy for me and complete wankers on the doors but hey ho.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jun 3, 2022 3:27:32 GMT
One holding a badger here. Not sure which smells worst.
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Post by OldStokie on Jun 3, 2022 10:43:52 GMT
As a former pretend tramp, I can vouch for the fact that the genuine Gentleman of the road is all but a thing of the past. In the late 1970s, I was a member of the Amateur Mendicant Society, a collection of like-minded individuals who spent days or weeks as tramps as a part time hobby. I did it to observe people. Tramps are like waiters, people talk openly in front of them. The government often used Amateur Mendicants to spy. My beat was the A49 between Shrewsbury and Abergavenny, taking in Church Stretton, Leominster and Ludlow . I could often be found in the Heather Brae garage, Lazy Trout truck stop or Queenswood cafe. Great times . Rarely recognised. Most Amateurs have names and it pays to have a gimmick , eg bright red hair, always reading a book, well dressed or profusely swearing. Mine was being well spoken earning me the Nickname The Professor . Tramps - gentlemen of the road - are much less prevalent now as a lifestyle choice so the AMS has all but fallen into disuse. Like the red squirrel , they still appear in books but in real life they have been replaced in their natural habitat by homeless with real issues , such as substance abuse,mental health challenges . I understand the government now uses Chavs as a disguise to observe. I was asked to take part not long ago but sitting outside a shopping centre in a tracksuit texting people all day is not my idea of fun Excellent stuff fella. I think had I been in the AMC, I would have roamed the highways and byways of Cornwall dressed like a pirate and everybody would have referred to me as 'The Pirate of Penzance'. I would have needed an eye patch and a parrot, of course. OS.
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Jun 3, 2022 12:25:08 GMT
As a former pretend tramp, I can vouch for the fact that the genuine Gentleman of the road is all but a thing of the past. In the late 1970s, I was a member of the Amateur Mendicant Society, a collection of like-minded individuals who spent days or weeks as tramps as a part time hobby. I did it to observe people. Tramps are like waiters, people talk openly in front of them. The government often used Amateur Mendicants to spy. My beat was the A49 between Shrewsbury and Abergavenny, taking in Church Stretton, Leominster and Ludlow . I could often be found in the Heather Brae garage, Lazy Trout truck stop or Queenswood cafe. Great times . Rarely recognised. Most Amateurs have names and it pays to have a gimmick , eg bright red hair, always reading a book, well dressed or profusely swearing. Mine was being well spoken earning me the Nickname The Professor . Tramps - gentlemen of the road - are much less prevalent now as a lifestyle choice so the AMS has all but fallen into disuse. Like the red squirrel , they still appear in books but in real life they have been replaced in their natural habitat by homeless with real issues , such as substance abuse,mental health challenges . I understand the government now uses Chavs as a disguise to observe. I was asked to take part not long ago but sitting outside a shopping centre in a tracksuit texting people all day is not my idea of fun I 100% want to hear more about the life and times of 'The Professor'. You should definitely post excerpts from the (as yet unwritten, I assume) memoirs on here as a precursor to The Daily Express cottening on to the literary buzz and serialising the tome over a 16 week period. (If thus actually happens the bagsy being your agent) "Down and Out in Powis and Ludlow".
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Tramps.
Jun 3, 2022 13:48:29 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2022 13:48:29 GMT
I thought it was a thread about a night club I wonder what dress code Tramps nightclub had back in the day? Piss stained trackie bottoms only .
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Jun 4, 2022 2:59:17 GMT
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Post by NassauDave on Jun 4, 2022 2:59:17 GMT
Used to love them. Disco Inferno was great.
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Tramps.
Jun 4, 2022 6:16:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2022 6:16:57 GMT
There's quite a few homeless in Stafford high street.
Never see many in Stoke town, Hanley bus station is a different story altogether.
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Post by marwood on Jun 4, 2022 9:20:07 GMT
Almost certainly a member of the AMS on an undercover mission in Fulham. Very polite. Earned him the soubriquet "The Well-Mannered Wanderer" Could have blown all of our cover and peached on the AMS in court but kept quiet and did his porridge for all our sakes. A true gent All money to charity For me, I would tell my life story for a bag of chips, and by golly gosh, I earned it. Often I would talk for an hour. Gesticulating. Standing up. Doing different voices and characters etc. Families loved me
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Post by somersetstokie on Jun 4, 2022 13:53:49 GMT
Almost certainly a member of the AMS on an undercover mission in Fulham. Very polite. Earned him the soubriquet "The Well-Mannered Wanderer" Could have blown all of our cover and peached on the AMS in court but kept quiet and did his porridge for all our sakes. A true gent All money to charity For me, I would tell my life story for a bag of chips, and by golly gosh, I earned it. Often I would talk for an hour. Gesticulating. Standing up. Doing different voices and characters etc. Families loved me
I did all that once. Back in the 80's I did an hour on Speakers Corner by Hyde Park, offering my view of Nuclear weapons!
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