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Walking man

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Flying Duck, May 25, 2022.

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  1. Flying Duck

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    Anybody remember this priest/monk fella?

    Circa 91/92 used to walk the streets in full robe and sandals?
     
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    #1 Flying Duck, May 25, 2022
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    #2 Storck, May 25, 2022
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    Of course. He was around for a lot longer than just the 90s.

    I first came across him when I was a student in the 80s. I'm somewhat ashamed to say that we used to call him the 'Mad Monk'. He was also known as Jesus, and various other names. His real name was Geoffrey Brindley.

    https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13622663.bradford-jesus-man-dies-in-hospital-after-fall-at-home/
     
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    Yes
     
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    Never heard him called Walking Man before
     
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    I think he was known as lots of different names.
     
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    yep, I’ve heard a lot of different names for him over the years but never Walking Man. That is why I wondered if it was him
     
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    I'm sure it must be.
     
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    Used to see him as far back as the 70s walking by Undercliffe Middle on Otley Road when I attended there. Always had a cheery wave for everyone.
     
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    Amazing, I remember walking home from St Georges and young scrotes taking the piss out of him and he'd reply with "Im doing the work of the lord"
     
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    He was around in 1966 and maybe earlier.

    I remember him walking around Thorpe Edge and we moved to Undercliffe in 1966.
     
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    saw him at a folk festival in Whitby in the 70’s. He’d walked all the way from Bradford.
    The chip shop at the bottom of Emm Lane always gave him a free lunch whenever he turned up.
    Also known as the Happy Wanderer.
     
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    Always just knew him as Bradford Jesus didn’t know there were so many names for him, once saw him in the city centre it was like meeting a celebrity haha seemed a nice mild mannered bloke. Always rumours floating around that he lives in a cave but god knows what’s true with these stories.
     
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    My family and friends called him The Disciple.
     
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    I used to see him when i was a child in the '60's the last time i saw him was in a paper shop in wibsey about 8yr ago,he walked in picked up a large kitkat nodded at the owner and he was off
     
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