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there is a story about that old gentleman apparently some years ago he lost his wife and on the day of the funeral he lost his wedding ring and he goes along that road everyday hoping to find it i have seen him lots of times usually in the morning when i have been taking my daughter to work. there is a story about that old gentleman apparently some years ago he lost his wife and on the day of the funeral he lost his wedding ring and he goes along that road everyday hoping to find it i have seen him lots of times usually in the morning when i have been taking my daughter to work. awww what a sad story 
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Just read through all of the posts I haven't had such a good laugh in ages!!!!
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there is a story about that old gentleman apparently some years ago he lost his wife and on the day of the funeral he lost his wedding ring and he goes along that road everyday hoping to find it i have seen him lots of times usually in the morning when i have been taking my daughter to work. Living on the Woodchurch i see this guy almost every day walking up and down outside Landican as i'm on my way to pick my wife up from work. He is called "THE GATEKEEPER" by some locals around here. He does appear to be looking for something on the floor as he walks. I hadn't hear'd the "ring" story before. A friend of my wife's once, feeling sorry for him, stopped and gave him a pack of 20 fags as she thought he was always looking for second hand dog-ends to make his rolly's. His reply, in his own words was.... "F*** Off, i don't smoke!"
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davy ha ha . now theres a name from the past. poor bugger dont think id have liked to hae had that done to me !
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davy haha is a weirdo
he only went mad because his mates thought they killed him
and rolled him up in a carpet and left him for days
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yerr you can say that again mate
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Does anyone remember a tall fella known as the Tightrope Walker. He used to be seen in Laird Street carefully walking along the cracks in the pavement. This was late 60's early 70's. the guys name was ernie he lived in gamlin st. i was always told as a kid that his house was bombed and he was blew into the fire (not lit),he left birkenhead and moved to blackpool last i heard about him must have been about 1995
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We used to have a fella called ginger williams in neston (don't know why he was called ginger because as long as i knew him he was as bald as a coot)he used to run a car scrapyard up raby road but in later years he specialised in selling vans that you could have in any colour as long as it was white because he used to respray all the vans he sold in cheap gloss paint
We also had a local gentleman tramp called maxi grant who used to walk round neston 12 months of the year in a pair of old wellies,he would sleep at night on any bench available in neston even though he had a flat.In his youth he was an acclaimed architect and drew the plans up for a few of the houses on the main route, liverpool road (the ones on the left) as you head into neston
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We used to have a fella called ginger williams in neston (don't know why he was called ginger because as long as i knew him he was as bald as a coot)he used to run a car scrapyard up raby road but in later years he specialised in selling vans that you could have in any colour as long as it was white because he used to respray all the vans he sold in cheap gloss paint
We also had a local gentleman tramp called maxi grant who used to walk round neston 12 months of the year in a pair of old wellies,he would sleep at night on any bench available in neston even though he had a flat.In his youth he was an acclaimed architect and drew the plans up for a few of the houses on the main route, liverpool road (the ones on the left) as you head into neston Remember both of them aswell, Maxi for the bench sitting near the old Ladbrokes and outside the Town Hall. He even lived at the bottom of Cottage Close iirc. Also Gingers yard in Raby, remember him having a Series 1 Turbo for sale cheap as chips bt i was to young to buy it, his Daughter inherited the yard but unfortunatly passed away from alcohol problems. She started making the his old yard better but after her death her husband is carrying it on. For people who don't know the place just think "next to the donkeys" who are in the next field lol.
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We used to have a fella called ginger williams in neston (don't know why he was called ginger because as long as i knew him he was as bald as a coot)he used to run a car scrapyard up raby road but in later years he specialised in selling vans that you could have in any colour as long as it was white because he used to respray all the vans he sold in cheap gloss paint
We also had a local gentleman tramp called maxi grant who used to walk round neston 12 months of the year in a pair of old wellies,he would sleep at night on any bench available in neston even though he had a flat.In his youth he was an acclaimed architect and drew the plans up for a few of the houses on the main route, liverpool road (the ones on the left) as you head into neston Remember both of them aswell, Maxi for the bench sitting near the old Ladbrokes and outside the Town Hall. He even lived at the bottom of Cottage Close iirc. Also Gingers yard in Raby, remember him having a Series 1 Turbo for sale cheap as chips bt i was to young to buy it, his Daughter inherited the yard but unfortunatly passed away from alcohol problems. She started making the his old yard better but after her death her husband is carrying it on. For people who don't know the place just think "next to the donkeys" who are in the next field lol. thanks for that Phil I just read it out to him and he had a laugh remembering the old days. I bet you will know my OH if you are from Neston too 
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I might know him but i'm a young gun lol.
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I remember Tubby Royden from the late 70's early 80's. We used to see him around Mayor Park gates on Ellans Lane. I am sure he had a tatoo (inky dink) of a cross on his forehead and LOVE & HATE on his knuckles. He must have been mid 30's then (I was in my teens). Is he still alive? He used to chat and try to impress us with stories and feats of strength. He seemed an o.k guy, just think he was lonely.
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He used to be seen around royden park when i was little. Many a times we would see him standing on pathways in front of us. very scary man
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