The oddest thing you've ever seen

[Bruce Rioja]

The oddest thing that I ever saw was some guy staring at me as I walked down the street in my socks.

You know Leg's Eleven, Bruce? It's the girls that take their kit off, not the customers.

More a Spearmint Rhino type myself, Ratty. Up on the Hagley Road.

[Tricky Trevor]

Once found a lad pissed up and fast asleep in my wheelie bin, with his kecks around his ankles. Woke the daft sod up and told him to do one. Turns out it was a friend of my neighbours who had gone out for some air during a poker session and failed to return. His mate made him come around later and apologise. I've never seen anyone look so sheepish. Ended up shaking the poor lads hand and telling hm not to worry about it.

[William the White]

Cor, Kenny Howcroft isn't still going is he? I remember him when he and Freddy Gordon were just two of a kind in Bolton. I thought you were describing Agnes Figgins at first.

No, he died a few years ago. The incident I described happened a long time ago.

Although I had never heard of him, he seems to have gained some fame in a playwherein the dialogue reads:

[quote](She puts powder on a puff.) Alli-up. (She puts it on her face. It all scatters. She coughs.) Puts me in mind of Kenny, Kenny Howcroft the homo. With his big white handbag. A sweet ‘un. We used to drink gin off each other’s fingers down the bar.

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From 'Road' by Jim Cartwright, son of Farnworth. one of the most important plays of the 1980s IMO.

[TANGODANCER]

Blimey! (I was going to say "Bugger me!" but that might have been misconstrued.)

I used to get the last bus home with my mates to Breightmet on a Sunday night after the Palais around about 1970/71. Many a time Kenny used to be on the top deck,taking the banter off the lads. He was alright and pretty harmless really. Bit of a shock 35 years ago though! Like TD says - there was only him and Freddy open about it in the town. Must have been hundreds too frightened or ashamed to be themselves at that time. Poor devils. It's a much more enlightened society now thankfully. Just as long as they never make it compulsory.

Surely Kenny's not still batting, is he? He must be 90 if he's a day.

EDIT Warty's just answered my question.

As for Aggy Figgins - bloody hell!

There were one or two around. The Wilton was a favourite spot for Kenny H and a couple more. Used to be a woman worked there with a rather large, er chest, and one night after time KH decided to show it to everybody. Hilarious cat fight ensued which he won and left the woman naked from the waist up. Nobody attempted to interfere, well, you don't do you in these things. Not that we were lokking or anything but man, that was one "big" woman.

[ratbert]

The oddest thing that I ever saw was some guy staring at me as I walked down the street in my socks.

You know Leg's Eleven, Bruce? It's the girls that take their kit off, not the customers.

More a Spearmint Rhino type myself, Ratty. Up on the Hagley Road.

Oooh! Going for the posh option

[wovlad]

Was in the old Bergerac's after a Bolton game. Looked across & some bloke was setting fire to his pubes in front of a few people. He then came over to us pissed as fart & said " Give me a £5 & I'll set fire to my pubes ".

Another one that many here would have seen. That bloke on a paraglider who bounced of the roof of the Lever end during the 2-2 Fa Cup draw vs Arsenal. Never forget Ian Wright looking up and saying " What the F*ck"

Was in a bar on Deansgate M/cr when about 30 nude cyclists passed by, under police escort. Never did find out what that was about.

[Puskas]

Was in the old Bergerac's after a Bolton game. Looked across & some bloke was setting fire to his pubes in front of a few people. He then came over to us pissed as fart & said " Give me a £5 & I'll set fire to my pubes ".

Surely better than him saying "Give me 5 pounds or I'll set fire to your pubes".

That would be bad...

[superjohnmcginlay]

Was in the old Bergerac's after a Bolton game. Looked across & some bloke was setting fire to his pubes in front of a few people. He then came over to us pissed as fart & said " Give me a £5 & I'll set fire to my pubes ".

Another one that many here would have seen. That bloke on a paraglider who bounced of the roof of the Lever end during the 2-2 Fa Cup draw vs Arsenal. Never forget Ian Wright looking up and saying " What the F*ck"
Was in a bar on Deansgate M/cr when about 30 nude cyclists passed by, under police escort. Never did find out what that was about.

Aye. That was funny. What about Flipperman against Birmingham at home a few seasons back? Still makes me chuckle.

[Worthy4England]

Was in the old Bergerac's after a Bolton game. Looked across & some bloke was setting fire to his pubes in front of a few people. He then came over to us pissed as fart & said " Give me a £5 & I'll set fire to my pubes ".

Surely better than him saying "Give me 5 pounds or I'll set fire to your pubes".

That would be bad...

I believe that particular transaction costs more than £5....