polka-dot Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Best self-employed business plan the man could come up with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_Collins Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Oh yeah and if you tried to take it out of his hand as you passed he use to snatch it back and dirty look you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Chips Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 I worked in town in the eighties and never saw the guy. Does anyone know....was it a scam? Or just an over enthusiastic fund raiser? Scam is a bit strong if the latter. defo a scam. had an old cocoa tin as a collecting box with a hand written label. Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 "Wilf": http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=10191 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lens a tener Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 his name was wilf staniforth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell1945 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Also the blind chap who sold shoelaces and matches out side ,was it, Suggs on the moor.Another one was the bloke who gave away Old Moores Almanacs and when you took it off him he wanted a donation,think his name was Littlewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad279 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I can remember the pen man and used to cross the road wheni saw him coming and the guy with the almanacs used to stand at the steps down into pond street ,i can remember my dad saying keep away from him so as a boy i thought almanacs were something to stay clear of.What days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediumfast Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I can remember him I remember being in town with my parents and my Dad having a big bust up with him I'm sure it was in The Hole In The Road though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie9920 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I'm another one who remembers the pen man. Used to stand outside Suggs, or anywhere on that stretch between Suggs and Heart Foundation. Me and my Mum always called him Miss World. He always used to approach women by saying "Hello, Miss World!". My Mum being the born and bred, no nonsense Sheffield woman she was used to give him short shrift, I can tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Also the blind chap who sold shoelaces and matches out side ,was it, Suggs on the moor.Another one was the bloke who gave away Old Moores Almanacs and when you took it off him he wanted a donation,think his name was Littlewood. The Old Moores Almanac guy used to stand near the steps to Pond Street bus station where the electronic street guide was. He conned me out of two bob in the early sixties. Two bob well spent really, never fell for similar cons again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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