The Colourful Characters of Waterford

thewhale · 23-04-2011 4:01pm #1

Hello everyone, this is my first post to Boards :-) Ive just been reading over previous posts and was pondering on the characters that have graced these streets in the past, and such an abundance of characters there 'have been', but what i'm trying to think of the characters 'that are'... I'm sure this town has an abunance of them, and i am not talking about the obvious men (and occaisional women) that are down on there luck and taken to the drink, im talking about those colourful characters that maybe have been working in the same place for 40 years or have the same routine everyday or just have tall tales to tell, there is no stereotype on these people, they are who they are. They are the characters that are the backbone of this beautiful city. Forgive me if this has been done before, but if not give them a mention and maybe tell a story, their story, or your story... or anything at all, use it as a celebration of the people of Waterford.

seanybiker · 23-04-2011 4:58pm

Is mocky dower still scaring kids into school?
That other chap with the scraggly hair that seems to be in lisduggan shopping centre all the time. Really sound chap.

jimbojazz · 23-04-2011 5:08pm

seanybiker wrote: »

Is mocky dower still scaring kids into school?
That other chap with the scraggly hair that seems to be in lisduggan shopping centre all the time. Really sound chap.

Think he died last November.

seanybiker · 23-04-2011 5:23pm

jimbojazz wrote: »

Think he died last November.

He was real? :-o

jimbojazz · 23-04-2011 5:29pm

seanybiker wrote: »

He was real? :-o

Wasn't he the school inspector

Tragamin2k2 · 23-04-2011 5:57pm

seanybiker wrote: »

Is mocky dower still scaring kids into school?
That other chap with the scraggly hair that seems to be in lisduggan shopping centre all the time. Really sound chap.

Johnny Tierney? also I thought mocky was a scare tactic meself :P

marlin vs · 23-04-2011 5:57pm

jimbojazz wrote: »

Wasn't he the school inspector

He sure was, I was caught by him,but he was a fair man.

seanybiker · 23-04-2011 6:11pm

Tragamin2k2 wrote: »

Johnny Tierney? also I thought mocky was a scare tactic meself :P

Yeah Johnny. He's always there. Lovely fella.

marlin vs · 23-04-2011 9:53pm

seanybiker wrote: »

Yeah Johnny. He's always there. Lovely fella.

His son is lovely too,:rolleyes:

seanybiker · 23-04-2011 10:17pm

marlin vs wrote: »

His son is lovely too,:rolleyes:

Don't know him

marlin vs · 24-04-2011 6:26am

seanybiker wrote: »

Don't know him

You do Seany,he follow's the hunt.

gscully · 25-04-2011 9:31am

The guy with the long scraggy grey hair that walks around town, hands behind his back. Usually wears a beige trenchcoat. I've heard he's called 'Sausages' as he'll chase you if you shout that at him. Anyone know if that's true?

Ostrom · 25-04-2011 1:48pm

Of my time - Elvis, Monica, and the guy dressed in a Beret with a mirror obsession

25-04-2011 2:35pm

efla wrote: »

Of my time - Elvis, Monica, and the guy dressed in a Beret with a mirror obsession

The guy with the beret i think was called vogel,he lived out arond bunmahon way

SUNGOD · 25-04-2011 3:00pm

"how do"..cause thats what he will say to you, there are youtube clips of him shouting "how do"

years ago there was harry miller and fella called cashin they were allways together and were just known as "cashin & miller"

harry miller had grey hair and a long grey beard and someone said "harry would you do santa clause for christmas" he replied " i would if you hold him down":D

in more recent times we had the legends known as "multivan" and "newportwex" whose intellect is only surpassed by their popularity

ziedth · 25-04-2011 3:11pm

1967 wrote: »

The guy with the beret i think was called vogel,he lived out arond bunmahon way

Michael "Vousen" (Spelling?) was the chaps name. He got knocked down just outside Kill a few years ago. A pure gent of a man. I chatted to him many times. We could never work out was he a raving looney or just a genius who had the wires crossed in his head. He used to come out with some stuff like look at the sun and know the time and rough date.

I could tell ya some stories.

Edit: I genuinely miss multivan, had I been a mod at the time he never would have been banned

Ostrom · 25-04-2011 3:57pm

Cashin was Elvis, wasn't he? Is he still alive?

MitchKoobski · 25-04-2011 4:56pm

I'd even go so far as to count some people working in shops and pubs and characters of Waterford. I find that I'll be wandering around town and actually recognise someone as "Ah he works in Geoffs" or something.

Tom, the barman and proprietor for Grimes, being my favourite one.

ziedth · 25-04-2011 5:00pm

God ya, there is a guy I think he used to be manager in Michael Guineys who I would literally without fail see somewhere in town about once a month. Haven't seen him in a long time as it happens.

kryogen · 25-04-2011 5:19pm

The town is blessed with some great characters alright

From publicans like Tom in Grimes and Flash in Revolution to the less fortunate such as How do and Toddy, there are plenty of people with stories to tell about the many crazy inhabitants of Waterford City

jayboi · 25-04-2011 5:57pm

What about seanybiker?

MitchKoobski · 25-04-2011 6:07pm

jayboi wrote: »

What about seanybiker?

Never heard of him, sounds dodgy.

jayboi · 25-04-2011 6:48pm

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Never heard of him, sounds dodgy.

Hes a kitten really you'd often see him on his push bike going around the cleaboy.

seanybiker · 25-04-2011 8:07pm

jayboi wrote: »

Hes a kitten really you'd often see him on his push bike going around the cleaboy.

Hahaha I cycled a push bike a few weeks ago and had to go to bed. Mme lungs nearly fell out

gscully · 25-04-2011 10:10pm

efla wrote: »

Of my time - Elvis, Monica, and the guy dressed in a Beret with a mirror obsession

Rick Whelan? Yeah, he loves himself

seanybiker · 25-04-2011 11:49pm

What about that sully fella. Never met him bit heard he walks around with a hammer. *giggles like a school girl and runs*

Flyin Irishman · 26-04-2011 1:05am

ziedth wrote: »

God ya, there is a guy I think he used to be manager in Michael Guineys who I would literally without fail see somewhere in town about once a month. Haven't seen him in a long time as it happens.

Was that an elderly guy, with grey hair?

ziedth · 26-04-2011 8:40am

Flyin Irishman wrote: »

Was that an elderly guy, with grey hair?

No but maybe he wasn't the manager though. What happened is years ago I saw him and I couldn't get over how much he looks like a chap I know really like twins. It wasn't that I started noticing a random guy around town

mecco · 26-04-2011 9:45am

ziedth wrote: »

No but maybe he wasn't the manager though. What happened is years ago I saw him and I couldn't get over how much he looks like a chap I know really like twins. It wasn't that I started noticing a random guy around town

Good recovery, don't think anybody noticed

Partizan · 27-04-2011 11:01am

There are some mad characters around alright but none are as legendary as Tawdy Morrissey. I see How-do around every now and then when I'm back in Waterford.

From my childhood I remember:

Joey LeBlanc and his mother Mazy
Martin Hunt (your man with the hurley)
Mad Tex (he had a dog and a toy horse mounted into the handle bars of his bike)
Mally Boo - mad wan from Johns Park
Ita Butler
Mary 7up
3 Dogs Keating
Bum O'Keeffe
Shammy Kavanagh (used to hang around Railway Square)
Johnny Delacato
Tony Weldon (DJ on WLR)

alot of them no longer with us.

Flyin Irishman · 27-04-2011 11:10am

Shammy was something else allright! I heard just after he died that he grew up in the caretakers house in the peoples park, its a cafe or something now.

Does the old brown and white dog that chases his tennis ball around red square count as a colourful character?

ziedth · 27-04-2011 11:26am

Flyin Irishman wrote: »

Does the old brown and white dog that chases his tennis ball around red square count as a colourful character?

I was literally coming in to this thread to post about that dog. I seem to remember him for ever. As much a character as anyone else in town IMO.

Flyin Irishman · 27-04-2011 11:36am

ziedth wrote: »

I was literally coming in to this thread to post about that dog. I seem to remember him for ever. As much a character as anyone else in town IMO.

Yeah he seems to have been there forever!

lee_baby_simms · 27-04-2011 11:37am

Is dog-dirt Dan still knockin around?

lee_baby_simms · 27-04-2011 3:36pm

Theres a fine line between harmless, playful banter and full blown racist hate filled bile spew.

wellbutty · 27-04-2011 5:09pm

gscully wrote: »

The guy with the long scraggy grey hair that walks around town, hands behind his back. Usually wears a beige trenchcoat. I've heard he's called 'Sausages' as he'll chase you if you shout that at him. Anyone know if that's true?

He has locks almost down to his chin? Who is this guy, I remember him painting Stephens Street school back in the 80s, he looked 50 back then and he hasn't aged a day since

old gregg · 27-04-2011 6:10pm

the legendary and ferocious Stab The Rasher from the '70s

jimbojazz · 27-04-2011 6:52pm

Anyone remember the two lads that wandered around the town sharpening knives - Father and Son I think they were known as. I'm going back about 40years ago. They both wore long brown coats tied with a rope. One wore a beret as far as I remember. They always carried their belongings with them. They were from Portlaoise or somewhere up around that way I think. I was very young at the time but I remember them well.

They were two right characters.

seanybiker · 27-04-2011 7:40pm

old gregg wrote: »

the legendary and ferocious Stab The Rasher from the '70s

He's fairly sound. Was talking to him up in the ronemore for ages one night

brad000143 · 28-04-2011 8:41am

Yes, you are right dude.

mike65 · 28-04-2011 10:02am

I dunno if this counts are a character but some fella in a pale (linen?) suit decided to cross lower Ballytruckle Road just by College Green on in front of me without looking come to a stop in the middle of the road and then yell something at me arms outstretched before he moved across. In his 30s I guess with dark hair.

Guramoogah · 28-04-2011 11:15am

Do any of ye remember the Pigeon Man? He'd be on the Quays or up around Barronstrand Street or Broad Street in the 1970s, feeding the birds. A roundy oul lad, always wore a heavy overcoat tied with a rope.

dayshah · 28-04-2011 11:16am

mike65 wrote: »

I dunno if this counts are a character but some fella in a pale (linen?) suit decided to cross lower Ballytruckle Road just by College Green on in front of me without looking come to a stop in the middle of the road and then yell something at me arms outstretched before he moved across. In his 30s I guess with dark hair.

Was it last Sunday? About 33, longish hair, tanned skin,

seemed to have blood dripping from his palms.

mike65 · 28-04-2011 11:25am

Ah no it was this morning and he was perfectly healthy (in body if not in mind)

jimbojazz · 28-04-2011 11:40am

mike65 wrote: »

I dunno if this counts are a character but some fella in a pale (linen?) suit decided to cross lower Ballytruckle Road just by College Green on in front of me without looking come to a stop in the middle of the road and then yell something at me arms outstretched before he moved across. In his 30s I guess with dark hair.

Ah, he was only doing the Broony

http://videocelts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/brown-scores-rangers1.jpg

kryogen · 28-04-2011 2:39pm

old gregg wrote: »

the legendary and ferocious Stab The Rasher from the '70s

seanybiker wrote: »

He's fairly sound. Was talking to him up in the ronemore for ages one night

I can tell you as someone who knows him pretty well he is not fairly sound, he is a disgrace of a human being, I wont go into the reasoning on this thread, but that man is scum not a very nice guy

Roen · 28-04-2011 8:36pm

Guramoogah wrote: »

Do any of ye remember the Pigeon Man? He'd be on the Quays or up around Barronstrand Street or Broad Street in the 1970s, feeding the birds. A roundy oul lad, always wore a heavy overcoat tied with a rope.

Paddy Forty Coats was his name. Jaysus, that brings me right back.

Here's a list of a few characters I remember

Joey Le Blanc
Jimmy De La Salle
Martin Hunt/Hurley
Wolfie
Miller and Cashin
Eddie the Bat
Tawdy
Alice from Siopa na Pairce
Mary 7up

There's a shed load more but I've forgotten their names.

seanybiker · 28-04-2011 9:01pm

Winnie the glue. Completely forgot about her. Dirty head on her

Dan133269 · 28-04-2011 9:18pm

dayshah wrote: »

Was it last Sunday? About 33, longish hair, tanned skin,

seemed to have blood dripping from his palms.

:D

Anyone remember the old man that used to sell children's toys (mainly those little round things on a stick where you blow them and they twirl round and round, with lots of different colours) outside the old Darrer's and where Dunnes is now outside City Square? Probably early 90's.

seanybiker · 28-04-2011 9:33pm

Ah yeah little small tubby chap.

Tags · 29-04-2011 1:49pm

Dan133269 wrote: »

:D

Anyone remember the old man that used to sell children's toys (mainly those little round things on a stick where you blow them and they twirl round and round, with lots of different colours) outside the old Darrer's and where Dunnes is now outside City Square? Probably early 90's.

Little windmill things yeah? I used to be mad about them as a tot. I think his name was Johnny.

The Colourful Characters of Waterford

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