Gone but not forgotten. He touched so many.

Rest in beef.

All the more reason to take the knee.

None of it was his fault

quoonbeatz wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 5:30 pm

Gone but not forgotten. He touched so many.

Could look it up, but thought I'd ask on here.

Who is he/her/it/them ?

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 5:51 pm

Could look it up, but thought I'd ask on here.

Who is he/her/it/them ?

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... d-32361203

quoonbeatz wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 5:30 pm

Gone but not forgotten. He touched so many.

Some proper characters in town over the years.

Is the man with the ghetto blaster who rides the bike still knocking about?

I wouldn't call him a character.

Criminal history - Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Aki

quoonbeatz wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 5:30 pm

Gone but not forgotten. He touched so many.

Touched too many

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 6:42 pm

I wouldn't call him a character.

Criminal history - Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Aki

Perhaps character in the sense of the likes of Noonan climbing the wheel as opposed to "he's a decent lad".

Infamous character is maybe more accurate.

I once saw him in Leeds train station and I've never been as starstruck in my life.

Classy touch

So this is a thread about a weirdo bodybuilder, who some describe as a character, who has served time for touching the muscles of other bodybuilders, and has unfortunately been found deceased. Reight then.

IPAclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 9:02 pm

So this is a thread about a weirdo bodybuilder, who some describe as a character, who has served time for touching the muscles of other bodybuilders, and has unfortunately been found deceased. Reight then.

Slightly more sinister than that. He escaped a man slaughter charge in 1986 when a bloke he was chasing was killed by an electric fence at a train station.

He basically got away with it because unprofessional behaviour by the police.

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 6:06 pm

Some proper characters in town over the years.

Is the man with the ghetto blaster who rides the bike still knocking about?

Yes.

Walton wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 8:21 pm

I once saw him in Leeds train station and I've never been as starstruck in my life.

Was he with Jimmy?

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 27, 2025 6:06 pm

Some proper characters in town over the years.

Is the man with the ghetto blaster who rides the bike still knocking about?

Yes, he lives in a flat on Yorkshire Street, he was outside his home entertaining the passing crowds before the Sunderland game.
Reggae Reggae!

I genuinely thought he’d died 5 or so years ago. Wasn’t he put in hospital after either getting beaten or tased by the rozzers about 10 years ago? Think he may have won a lawsuit over the incident IIRC

Admittedly my first reaction was “again?!”

Foshiznik wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:36 pm

I genuinely thought he’d died 5 or so years ago. Wasn’t he put in hospital after either getting beaten or tased by the rozzers about 10 years ago? Think he may have won a lawsuit over the incident IIRC

There's been many fake death stories related to the big man, but I think it's finally come to fruition. Yeah, he's sued the police a few times and received pretty substantial damages at a result. I don't think he was attacked by them, but it was more in how he was targetted and treated, including the racial undertones used. His Wikipedia is worth a read.