Kenton Bar Celebrities Pre-1988 - Seppy The Rag & Bone Man

By El Patron -
Now this guy WAS a character. A visionary - greener than green before it became trendy. Bollocks to all this modern day recycling - Seppy was there 20 years before these tree hugging liberal hippy fuckers even thought of recycling their old Daily Telepgraphs. He used to pull a handcart, yes a fucking handcart, in between the yokes like an oxen, around Kenton Bar Estate collecting old clothing, old appliances - basically anything that people wanted to get rid of. He used to blow a teachers whistle to make people take notice he was in the area. Kids would rush out with bags of old clothing that parents had saved up and give it to Seppy in return for something.........

I guess his real name must have been Septimus - what a great name eh?

Factoids about Seppy:
  1. No matter how much stuff you gave him the reward was either 5p or a balloon - usually a balloon. I personally NEVER got a 5p and always got a balloon. To get more than 5p you had to donate at least one live family member
  2. My Mam said he was really a millionaire and made a fortune selling the rags, scrap metal and paper on to people who recycled it

imageSeppy looked like Fungus The Bogeyman

 

Comments

  1. ghost of mensforthSunday, May 2, 2010 at 9:20:00 PM GMT

    wonder what Seppy(why so named?...septic?...) would have given you if you had of literally given him some cut up rags and the sunday dinner carcass?....
    (probably a black eye!)

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  2. El PatronMonday, May 3, 2010 at 10:06:00 AM GMT

    Seppy - Septimus you oaf. I wrote it in the text. Imbecile.

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  3. ghost of mensforthMonday, May 3, 2010 at 11:55:00 AM GMT

    master you said'I guess his real name must have been Septimus'...you did NOT say his name WAS Septimus...I therefore am entitled to mein speculation as to the origin of this beggar's name...was he yellow of visage?...(maybe he had jaundice...)

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  4. El PatronWednesday, May 26, 2010 at 9:28:00 AM GMT

    he was not yellow of visage. He reminded me of an ogre from a children's book.

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