The body

By ghost of mensforth -
Anyone remember the time a kid called Norman discovered the body of a 'tramp' in the undergrowth on the middle of the big roundabout at the top of Kenton Bar?apparently he had been there some weeks...

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  1. AnonymousSaturday, August 15, 2009 at 1:12:00 AM GMT

    Why was this "Normal" lurking in the trees on the roundabout - ask yourself that>>>>>..

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  2. ShadesSunday, August 16, 2009 at 9:10:00 PM GMT

    I can remember that being found, it made the papers. Maybe 1975?

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  3. AnonymousWednesday, January 27, 2010 at 10:25:00 PM GMT

    I remember it being announced at assembly...

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  4. El PatronWednesday, January 27, 2010 at 10:27:00 PM GMT

    No it was later than 1975 - it was a tramp they said.

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  5. AnonymousWednesday, June 9, 2010 at 7:04:00 PM GMT

    hello its Fergie (Dave Ferguson)i was there at the time & think it was norman ferren from leeches estate, we used to play hide & seek on the roundabout in those days. i lived at the top or ryal walk (number 12 ) near ironsy in fact

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  6. AnonymousThursday, June 10, 2010 at 5:42:00 AM GMT

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  7. AnonymousTuesday, June 29, 2010 at 8:03:00 PM GMT

    was it not dave alxeandra who found it?

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  8. AnonymousWednesday, June 30, 2010 at 4:28:00 AM GMT

    I recall that it was Norm(Lord Norman of Leeches) who found it-maybe Dave was with him at the time?

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  9. AnonymousMonday, July 5, 2010 at 12:27:00 PM GMT

    It was Norman Ferren and Steven Coburn that found the body,as Mr Ferguson says we were playing hide and seek at the time, when Cocky(Steven Coburn)sat on the bodys legs whilest hiding....It was'nt a tramp it was a patiant from St Nicks....

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  10. AnonymousThursday, August 26, 2010 at 11:27:00 PM GMT

    Actually it was me, Brian Fish. I killed the tramp after molesting him, never killed since but think I will again soon. PS Love the pics of the pyry.

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  11. ghost of mensforthFriday, April 22, 2011 at 9:02:00 AM GMT

    Next week I shall go and try to resolve this mystery and find the newspaper article...1975 you say?...

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  12. ShadesFriday, April 22, 2011 at 4:00:00 PM GMT

    I don't know how my post re-appeared here, I was off-net in Florida for two weeks until April 17th.

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  13. El PatronSaturday, April 23, 2011 at 2:52:00 AM GMT

    I was playing around with a new comments system from a third party and it mysteriously posted a lot of comments from the past - about 75 of them all at 2:34 PM on April 13th. Needless to say I won;t be using that system..............

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  14. ghost of mensforthFriday, April 29, 2011 at 3:54:00 PM GMT

    spent 3 hours searching 1975 looking for it in the Journal archives at city library...to no avail...fergie etc:can you remember what time of year it was?-winter/spring/summer/autumn?-this will narrow the search...if you give me this info I will try the evening chronicle archive-it would help enormously if we can narrow down the search period...

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