Lesser Mortals-'Morbsa'


I have already alluded to Morbsa elsewhere on the blog in a comment in the 'Cowshead' post, but Morbsa without a shadow of a doubting Thomas deserves a lesser mortall award and a full post.
Now Morbsa's proper nickname was'Morbid Skullhead'. Here's why:
'there was a chap on the estate nicknamed'morbid skullhead' He used to collect animal skulls and had a box with skulls in, all labelled,like 'blackbird' 'thrush''mouse' 'rat' etc...one time during the icy cold winters we used to have he came across a frozen cat down the fields, not far from the cows head site(we were down there keeping the fire burning from bonfire night)anyway 'morbsa' as he was known found the frozen dead cat. He was full of the joys of and rushed home and returned with...his axe. He chopped off the head of the dead frozen cat, then buried it in his garden and after a few months of leaving the maggots to do their work exhumed the trophy...soon a cat skull took pride of place in his box with the label'cat'underneath it...'
Morbsa looked a bit like Jim off Coronation Street...he once got a tattoo to try to look hard, but unwisely chose a rose, which made him look soft...I think he got another one on top of it to hide it, but cant remember what it was...(update:having racked mein brains I do believe it was replaced with a dagger, done by a tattooist called Kev someone, a skinhead from Kenton...)anyway he ended up driving the bus that look you from departures to the plane at Newcastle Airport and the last time I saw him he drove me to my plane! Last I heard he ended up living and owning a bar in the far east, and when the Tsunami struck we speculated whether or not he and his bar might have been swept away into the Indian Ocean...I hope not Morbsa, cos you were a good lad!...well done mate, you get the 4th lesser mortal award!

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  1. I now remember!
    what happened was he did a 'self made' tattoo using a needle and ink of a cross on his arm which looked pathetic...he then tried to hide this with a proper tattoo which was the rose done by this skinhead Kev from Kenton...he then covered that tattoo with the dagger...

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  2. Morbsa used to make fags using dandelion leaves I recall but I didn't come here to tell you that did I oh my brothers...he worked as a jeweler for a while and I distinctly remember he once made a necklace out of a five pence coin...he cut out our beloved queen's profile from the coin, changed her stern rot(mouth that is) into a smiling clown like rot, drilled a hole in the top of her gulliver(head that is) and attached it to a chain, which he then wore round his neck for some years...'smiling beguiling'...outrageous...

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