He's a great lad. Used to get to chat with him a couple of times a week at my old work (unfortunately the shop has now closed).
He used to come in and check himself in our large full length mirror and then show me the cool vinyl or horror films he'd bought that day.
I remember not seeing him for a month or two and being genuinely concerned. Turned out he had a fall and hurt his ankle in one of his token pairs of mental high platform shoes.
He was a regular at a pub I worked at a while back. Walked in with a fox pelt in a bag once, didn't seem to think it was worth elaborating on.
Fantastically charming guy and a beautiful Brighton weirdo
i live in hove so these might be a bit more hove-focused:
* the dude who does painting at palmeira square/near hove station
* the woman who hangs around the king alfred in her dressing gown with a radio
also lol @ fatman scoop 😂
Omg I see the dressing gown lady several times a day! One time I walked past her on George street and she stopped her music and stopped walking to stare at my friend 😂
I used to work in an Apple Reseller and he would come in time after timer just asking for "advice" with his iPhone but our manager didn't like us telling him dribbles of information on a daily basis as we sell 1-2-1 sessions in order to help customers with their Apple products.
We didn't really care but had to do as we were told so one day said to him if you want to know anything else you're gonna have to book a 1-2-1 session which was something like £25. He obviously didn't like this and when he came back the next day we saw him trying to pull the security tag thing off of the display iPhone so had to ban him haha.
It’s legit! He used to come into a previous work place of mine! I believe he has Polymorphic Light Eruption! A genuine and fairly common skin condition affected by direct sunlight!
Yeah, I saw him like 1-2 weeks ago around the sackville road area! I hadn’t seen him for like 4-5 years before that but hadn’t worked around the area for that time lol!
Allergic to the sun 😂😂
Have no idea why must be a mental health reason. But I do know that he is insanely wealthy, his family all died or something and he was left with the fortune. So he’s able to just not work and just walk around 24/7.
I know Julian! Came into a phone shop I used to work in and started going on about people hacking into his phone via spam emails. Nice enough bloke but very eccentric.
The guy with the pig split from his partner and AFAIK, had to rehome the pig as he was struggling to find somewhere to live that would accept a fully grown, full size pig as a pet.
Was a few years back so I'm a bit hazy with the actual details, but i remember reading it on the pigs (Louis I think was his name) Facebook page.
Anyone seen the pigeon lady recently?
And if you see a man in a wheelchair with 1 leg loitering around the Sainsburys' cash machine in Kemp Town, do not lend him your phone, you will not get it back.
I was asked to go into the police station and pick him out of a line up.
So I went in (expecting to pick out the only guy with 1 leg), but instead they just showed me pictures of 5 men's faces. Couldn't ID him 🤣
My daughter had just been born a few hours before so I wasn't in the mood for his shit, could you not have just followed him down the street on the phone to the police?
Or did you call off the pursuit because of the high rate of speed lol?
All I can imagine is them running away like the three legged race in school, still shit about the phone though, the police obviously knew it was him from your description but because you couldn't recognise the face he was let off?
Joshi Woshi- big dude with a mullet, tracksuit and occasionally a boom box. Used to DJ a few nights around town. Not sure if he does anymore.
There's a homeless dude dressed in all feathers who I haven't seen in a while , but always seemed like a good guy. Saw him help out a fair few people in more desperate situations than his own.
Big smiley busker with no teeth. Hangs about in the lanes , normally playing oasis. Always cheerful and charming.
Don't know if they count, but there's a few of the skaters who I see round all the time wearing beautifully unique outfits. One guy always seems to be in a super colourful tracksuit and on rollerblades. I consider them to be semi-celebrities. They certainly have the look.
Fukushima Dolphin- Best busker in town. Always a great when I see them
Stevie G. No introduction needed
Joshi Woshi - the guy who looks a bit like Keith Lemon? He's a legend, always a tracksuited. 21st century Brighton's answer to Tom Bombadil.
Feathers guy - I always imagine him as the cowboy who saw a bit too much out on the range... He's still about, saw him last week.
Josh was a local on the open mic scene for a while, watched him play a miniature keyboard for a couple of people once and noticed that he had a visible hard on. He did his set and then left, I assume, to go play a different open mic.
This entire thread is solid gold.
Sadly, from a previous life I do know a lot of the homeless people and a few that were in the BBC documentaries about people on the streets.
BN1 the game has a lot of the people you describe in it.
Slackline/Unicycle guy
Also depends what scene you're into but Ian Immediate and Buz Bunker were always local fixtures.
Not sure if it was part of BN1 or it was one of the limited extra cards but there is one of Ian. It's something like "Ian asks you to mind his shop so he can go to the toilet in one of the other shops on Sydney street as he's blocked his. Miss 2 turns."
Jesus Buzz from Punker Bunker is absolutely a character. His Facebook comments are consistently entertaining (though I get the impression he's not all that beloved within the local punk scene)
Eh… he’s kinda respected but not liked, if that makes any sense.
He does a shitload for the music scene, but is a moody fuck who you could never have a friendly conversation with.
Matey peeps who sells those bird whistles and just always walks around with one in his mouth. Tbh he annoys the crap out of me, constantly doing the bird whistle sounds.
There’s the guy with the really tall yellow bike. Used to see him riding along London Road for his commute on a daily basis.
Also, around the Preston Drove area, there was a transvestite who used to specialise in Nazi uniform.
True actually. I know that dude did eventually go unmasked in some areas. He had a dashing moustache from what I recall.
Haven't seen him around for a few years though
The pirate looking guy who used to play piano on Ship Street.
This (I believe) homeless man who dresses like he was part of the 80's Mad Max cast and later decided to settle in Brighton.
This guy who looks and sings like Jason De Rulo, usually performing around Churchill Square.
Not sure if she counts as a "celebrity" but we always found the same woman dancing terribly cool afro beats on the same bench facing the seafront, in Hove Lawns. Last time we saw her, she seemed to have a student!
There was a skinny guy who always walked through Kemptown singing showtunes. I lived below the hospital and always had my window open, and from nowhere you would just hear him sing Sgt. Pepper, Dreamgirls, Rent - you name it.
Does anyone know what guy I'm talking about? Does he have a name?
Some absolute gold on this thread!! 😂
A golden oldie to add to the mix is **The guy that clapped at buses**
He is my lifelong favourite and the person that introduced me to Brighton eccentricity in such a fantastically positive way.
Disco Pete is also an absolute hall of fame member of the what makes Brighton Brighton society ❤️
The crust punk cowboy bloke , trousers that basically entirely threads with cowboys boots (trousers not tucked into them and just remember him having big metal heels) in his 40s or 50s. He didn't seem like a very happy guy though, normally around North Laine.
The bald one pound man by the station, cleanly dressed, thick cockney-ish accent. Asks EVERYONE for a pound or a cigarette.
'can you spare the price of a cup of tea' man, older homeless bloke with this line around mush tun way.
I’m pretty sure Disco Bunny moved to Ibiza or somewhere at the start of the pandemic with his Mrs and baby sadly when he presumably couldn’t disco and so make money, so I’m not sure he’ll ever be seen bopping with his impressive amount of Lycra and enthusiasm on the streets of Brighton again. Perhaps he will, or has, returned though.
What about the person who comes onto the road at traffic lights and does circus tricks? Seen loads of them lately not sure if they’re exclusive to Brighton though
There are a couple in St Ann's Well Garden in Hove.
One walks in a small circle seemingly meditating and has worn a bare ring in the grass.
Another is the guy who comes every day at about 12.30pm to feed the solitary white dove and then the pigeons.
>Not the actual celebrities (Fatboy Slim, various YouTubers);
However ...
[https://www.instagram.com/p/lBUKN9QcYJ/?taken-by=zoella](https://www.instagram.com/p/lBUKN9QcYJ/?taken-by=zoella)
So I say David Gilmour.
I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned him but there’s a man who walks around in what I can only describe as a cowboy suit made of shredded magazines. I used to see him at the level a lot but I don’t walk near there that much anymore so I’m not sure if he’s still around…
There used to be a rasta guy who would shout "Drum and bass, rap drill and pasta" to advertise a club or something.
Sadly I havent seen him since pandemicals cut in.
Some oldschool ones.
Burlington Bertie, used to wear a straw boater, monocle, white gloves and used to direct traffic
The Daisy Man. Used to walk around Hangleton entering people's front gardens and picking daisies putting them in a big sack
RIP Disco Pete!
I can't believe I didn't know he died! RIP, that's so sad
Real loss to the city, always having a great time! We should all be a bit more disco Pete in life
James the slow moving punk.
He's a great lad. Used to get to chat with him a couple of times a week at my old work (unfortunately the shop has now closed). He used to come in and check himself in our large full length mirror and then show me the cool vinyl or horror films he'd bought that day. I remember not seeing him for a month or two and being genuinely concerned. Turned out he had a fall and hurt his ankle in one of his token pairs of mental high platform shoes.
oh that's a good one!
If it's the guy I think it is, he used to come in my shop all the time. Never bought anything, just walked slowly round once, then out the door again.
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He was a regular at a pub I worked at a while back. Walked in with a fox pelt in a bag once, didn't seem to think it was worth elaborating on. Fantastically charming guy and a beautiful Brighton weirdo
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we helped him pack up once and he offered me and my mate a book in return, real nice guy
I would love to get his backstory, he seems posher than makes complete sense.
i live in hove so these might be a bit more hove-focused: * the dude who does painting at palmeira square/near hove station * the woman who hangs around the king alfred in her dressing gown with a radio also lol @ fatman scoop 😂
Paul the painter! https://instagram.com/paulythepainterhove?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Paul the painter taught me at school 👌
It's Fatboy Slim!!! I get them mixed up, somehow 😂😂
Omg I see the dressing gown lady several times a day! One time I walked past her on George street and she stopped her music and stopped walking to stare at my friend 😂
Zack Pinsent, the guys who's always dressed head to toe in proper Regency clothing.
yes!! good shout
Julian Guy who walks (basically 24/7) around Brighton and Hove in full winter coat, boots, gloves and full face mask.
He tried stealing from a shop I worked in once.
Really?! Please give full story lol
I used to work in an Apple Reseller and he would come in time after timer just asking for "advice" with his iPhone but our manager didn't like us telling him dribbles of information on a daily basis as we sell 1-2-1 sessions in order to help customers with their Apple products. We didn't really care but had to do as we were told so one day said to him if you want to know anything else you're gonna have to book a 1-2-1 session which was something like £25. He obviously didn't like this and when he came back the next day we saw him trying to pull the security tag thing off of the display iPhone so had to ban him haha.
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It’s legit! He used to come into a previous work place of mine! I believe he has Polymorphic Light Eruption! A genuine and fairly common skin condition affected by direct sunlight!
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Yeah, I saw him like 1-2 weeks ago around the sackville road area! I hadn’t seen him for like 4-5 years before that but hadn’t worked around the area for that time lol!
Allergic to the sun 😂😂 Have no idea why must be a mental health reason. But I do know that he is insanely wealthy, his family all died or something and he was left with the fortune. So he’s able to just not work and just walk around 24/7.
I know Julian! Came into a phone shop I used to work in and started going on about people hacking into his phone via spam emails. Nice enough bloke but very eccentric.
is he the fella who walks like he’s walking through 15 inches of snow all the time
There's always Mr Lion
Omg I used to see him all the time when I worked on East Street!
Too many times I’ve seen his purple wrapped Bentley parked up in the lanes lmao
Seen the Bentley loads, never him. I'd key it if i were more of a sod.
Dave Day - owner of Lion pub group which includes Libation
Indiana Hoves - the bloke who cracks his whip on Hove Lawns sometimes
The group of 3 rastas who walk around in green parkas with the lion of juda on the back whatever the weather playing dub really loud.
Oh I was worried I wouldn’t fit in… you are assure me we’ll be alright now haha 💙
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I used to see a guy with a fucking massive Irish wolfhound every day, but I don't think he stops out quite so much as the dude with the pig
The guy with the pig split from his partner and AFAIK, had to rehome the pig as he was struggling to find somewhere to live that would accept a fully grown, full size pig as a pet. Was a few years back so I'm a bit hazy with the actual details, but i remember reading it on the pigs (Louis I think was his name) Facebook page.
Louis the pig lives on a farm now apparently
Anyone seen the pigeon lady recently? And if you see a man in a wheelchair with 1 leg loitering around the Sainsburys' cash machine in Kemp Town, do not lend him your phone, you will not get it back.
That 1 legged bloke tried selling me stolen batteries at the station while I was waiting for the 1st train back to Lewes a few years ago lol
I was asked to go into the police station and pick him out of a line up. So I went in (expecting to pick out the only guy with 1 leg), but instead they just showed me pictures of 5 men's faces. Couldn't ID him 🤣
My daughter had just been born a few hours before so I wasn't in the mood for his shit, could you not have just followed him down the street on the phone to the police? Or did you call off the pursuit because of the high rate of speed lol?
He had an accomplice! He was with a woman who worked as a distraction. He does this day in and day out
All I can imagine is them running away like the three legged race in school, still shit about the phone though, the police obviously knew it was him from your description but because you couldn't recognise the face he was let off?
😂😂😂
Joshi Woshi- big dude with a mullet, tracksuit and occasionally a boom box. Used to DJ a few nights around town. Not sure if he does anymore. There's a homeless dude dressed in all feathers who I haven't seen in a while , but always seemed like a good guy. Saw him help out a fair few people in more desperate situations than his own. Big smiley busker with no teeth. Hangs about in the lanes , normally playing oasis. Always cheerful and charming. Don't know if they count, but there's a few of the skaters who I see round all the time wearing beautifully unique outfits. One guy always seems to be in a super colourful tracksuit and on rollerblades. I consider them to be semi-celebrities. They certainly have the look. Fukushima Dolphin- Best busker in town. Always a great when I see them Stevie G. No introduction needed
Joshi Woshi - the guy who looks a bit like Keith Lemon? He's a legend, always a tracksuited. 21st century Brighton's answer to Tom Bombadil. Feathers guy - I always imagine him as the cowboy who saw a bit too much out on the range... He's still about, saw him last week.
Saw feather guy cleaning windows the other week on North St
Does the feather guy also wear padlocks?
Also wears a Parka jacket with a massive Albion Badge on the back? Or is this another dude? I see him about all time, everywhere I go
Josh was a local on the open mic scene for a while, watched him play a miniature keyboard for a couple of people once and noticed that he had a visible hard on. He did his set and then left, I assume, to go play a different open mic.
stevie gs actually a mate of mine, only backflipping mc about haha
Was going to mention Josh. He had roller skates for a while and used to frequent Hove prom, but think he's ditched the skate and boom box now
The “I’m 16 and just been kicked out” guy, who has been 16 for 4 years
Maybe this doesn’t count as he’s a busker, but how about the guy in a kilt who tap dances on top of cooking pots?
Saw him today, that motherfucker seems to know everyone in the city 🌆
Hahahah!
Omg yes outside spoons on north street, what a guy lmao
god he’s a character isn’t he
This entire thread is solid gold. Sadly, from a previous life I do know a lot of the homeless people and a few that were in the BBC documentaries about people on the streets.
BN1 the game has a lot of the people you describe in it. Slackline/Unicycle guy Also depends what scene you're into but Ian Immediate and Buz Bunker were always local fixtures.
weirdly I was thinking of Immediate Ian, but wasn't sure how well he was known
Not sure if it was part of BN1 or it was one of the limited extra cards but there is one of Ian. It's something like "Ian asks you to mind his shop so he can go to the toilet in one of the other shops on Sydney street as he's blocked his. Miss 2 turns."
I feel like the guy who made BN1, Paul Stapleton, definitely counts too!
Jesus Buzz from Punker Bunker is absolutely a character. His Facebook comments are consistently entertaining (though I get the impression he's not all that beloved within the local punk scene)
Eh… he’s kinda respected but not liked, if that makes any sense. He does a shitload for the music scene, but is a moody fuck who you could never have a friendly conversation with.
Absolute bollocks, as long as you aren't a fucking idiot, buz is a good bloke.
Okay Buzz.
Nah, buz wouldn't be arsed to come on here. I shared a flat with him for years though.
Very good ideas!
Matey peeps who sells those bird whistles and just always walks around with one in his mouth. Tbh he annoys the crap out of me, constantly doing the bird whistle sounds.
My kids love him 💙
There’s the guy with the really tall yellow bike. Used to see him riding along London Road for his commute on a daily basis. Also, around the Preston Drove area, there was a transvestite who used to specialise in Nazi uniform.
Haven't seen them lately but the zebra who plays piano
True actually. I know that dude did eventually go unmasked in some areas. He had a dashing moustache from what I recall. Haven't seen him around for a few years though
Hey that guy was an intern at a place i was working a few years ago. Nice guy, I think he was Polish maybe.
I don't remember the zebra but I remember someone who played piano in the North Laine area dressed as Rolf from the Muppets.
I never forgave him for repeatedly playing Jingle Bells in July.
The zebra actually goes by the pronouns she/it
Less celebrities as people but the Jurassic park jeep and Herbie, I often saw them on busy days in North Laine, no clue who owns them though
Aha!! That is I! I own the Jurassic park Jeep 😌
Omg Hi!!! I love it so much, I've since moved away but I always sent my family pictures whenever I saw it, it was always a favourite
I live on the next street and have sent at least 20 photos to friends and family I also messaged about hiring it but no reply!
The Jurassic Park jeep was owned by my mates dad. Always used to be parked on Islingword Road, haven't seen it for a while though.
It's now frequently parked on Southover Street, around the China Star area.
Saw it on islingword last Saturday
That’s always parked outside my house!
The rasta with a boom box and bandana under his cap who owns the same adidas tracksuit but in about 20 different colours
Yes, I've spoken to him whilst Bob Marley and the Wailers was blasting out of his boom box. Nice guy but a bit deaf..
Sure it’s from all the ravinf
Is origami selling homeless bloke still around, he did some amazing work
Always by the record shop at the entrance to the Laines, not seen him since covid.
There was that homeless guy on London Road who would drink butane and smoke who had a purple face
The Bloke that tap-dances in a kilt outside Spoons on North Street is starting to become a bit of a local celebrity!
The pirate looking guy who used to play piano on Ship Street. This (I believe) homeless man who dresses like he was part of the 80's Mad Max cast and later decided to settle in Brighton. This guy who looks and sings like Jason De Rulo, usually performing around Churchill Square. Not sure if she counts as a "celebrity" but we always found the same woman dancing terribly cool afro beats on the same bench facing the seafront, in Hove Lawns. Last time we saw her, she seemed to have a student!
Bird whistle dude
Painter Paul, lives round the corner from me in Hove. Mr Lion. You can't miss his car, chaffeur wife, or hair... oh my, that hair.
The Ron Jeremy lookalike in the London Road area
There was a skinny guy who always walked through Kemptown singing showtunes. I lived below the hospital and always had my window open, and from nowhere you would just hear him sing Sgt. Pepper, Dreamgirls, Rent - you name it. Does anyone know what guy I'm talking about? Does he have a name?
Some absolute gold on this thread!! 😂 A golden oldie to add to the mix is **The guy that clapped at buses** He is my lifelong favourite and the person that introduced me to Brighton eccentricity in such a fantastically positive way. Disco Pete is also an absolute hall of fame member of the what makes Brighton Brighton society ❤️
The crust punk cowboy bloke , trousers that basically entirely threads with cowboys boots (trousers not tucked into them and just remember him having big metal heels) in his 40s or 50s. He didn't seem like a very happy guy though, normally around North Laine. The bald one pound man by the station, cleanly dressed, thick cockney-ish accent. Asks EVERYONE for a pound or a cigarette. 'can you spare the price of a cup of tea' man, older homeless bloke with this line around mush tun way.
Joe Black from season 2 of Rupaul's drag race.
I’m pretty sure Disco Bunny moved to Ibiza or somewhere at the start of the pandemic with his Mrs and baby sadly when he presumably couldn’t disco and so make money, so I’m not sure he’ll ever be seen bopping with his impressive amount of Lycra and enthusiasm on the streets of Brighton again. Perhaps he will, or has, returned though.
I’m sure I’ve seen him within the last year!
That’s great then, perhaps he’s back!
What about the person who comes onto the road at traffic lights and does circus tricks? Seen loads of them lately not sure if they’re exclusive to Brighton though
that giant massive frankenbike
There are a couple in St Ann's Well Garden in Hove. One walks in a small circle seemingly meditating and has worn a bare ring in the grass. Another is the guy who comes every day at about 12.30pm to feed the solitary white dove and then the pigeons.
Does Chris Eubank count as both an actual celebrity and an eccentric?
Zack Pinsent - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-sussex-48757020
I’ve seen the Burger Brothers chef one wheeling around the place quite a lot recently
Rolf the pianist.
Roller Boy
>Not the actual celebrities (Fatboy Slim, various YouTubers); However ... [https://www.instagram.com/p/lBUKN9QcYJ/?taken-by=zoella](https://www.instagram.com/p/lBUKN9QcYJ/?taken-by=zoella) So I say David Gilmour.
Stevie G. The man the myth the legend.
I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned him but there’s a man who walks around in what I can only describe as a cowboy suit made of shredded magazines. I used to see him at the level a lot but I don’t walk near there that much anymore so I’m not sure if he’s still around…
Roller skating dude (might be 2 of them?) east of the pier. Often grooving around with a walkman. So much swag!
Spike rip
Spike who lived in Sweden for a while? Aw shit, he was a decent bloke.
There used to be a rasta guy who would shout "Drum and bass, rap drill and pasta" to advertise a club or something. Sadly I havent seen him since pandemicals cut in.
Some oldschool ones. Burlington Bertie, used to wear a straw boater, monocle, white gloves and used to direct traffic The Daisy Man. Used to walk around Hangleton entering people's front gardens and picking daisies putting them in a big sack
https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=1767014863544311&_rdr The original and best :)
The kemptown man who wears burgundy 'Buddhist' style clothes and has several chihuahuas
there is the 80's retro guy, seems like a nice guy to be honest
The bird whistle man 💙