Horace

[Goring Gull]

Anyone remember the old boy Horace who could be seen at the Findon or Broadwater roundabouts with his bike - waving and gesturing at passing cars? normally dressed up in a striped suit and straw boater with a pair of big specs on.

 

[Superphil]

Oh yes, he was a fully paid up

I remember once he was by the pier in Worthing with what can only be described as a portable Karaoke machine from the 60s, you know, 8 track player, microphone etc. He was singing along to some old time songs, then all of a sudden would go all abusive shouting things like "f*** off you old cow" to the passers by. Then he'd carry on crooning to the music.

We used to refer to him as Burlington Bertie. Used to see him a lot 1980 - 1986 haven't seen him since.

 

[B.M.F]

nope but I remember Horace goes skiing on my old 48k spectrum

 

[Bry Nylon]

Oh yes, he was a fully paid up

I remember once he was by the pier in Worthing with what can only be described as a portable Karaoke machine from the 60s, you know, 8 track player, microphone etc. He was singing along to some old time songs, then all of a sudden would go all abusive shouting things like "f*** off you old cow" to the passers by. Then he'd carry on crooning to the music.

I'd have paid a SMALL FORTUNE just to sit and watch something like that

 

[hans kraay fan club]

nope but I remember Horace goes skiing on my old 48k spectrum

This one?

 

[Superphil]

Believe me, you only would only pay a very small amount to see him, his singing was dreadfull.

Then again, you can't beat a slightly touched and very camp OAP shouting "Oi, stinky c**t" to some granny taking a walk on the prom

 

[Mr Banana]

The old thread about Horace Duke

 

[Buzzer]

I remember him well.

I worked one summer whilst at Uni at the Marleybone Optical Factory which used to be next to the Ham Pub. I think it's been knocked down now and is now a car showroom. He swept the floors there and I think he'd been there about 40 years. He used to swear like a navvy but was a real good laugh.

The bloke i was working with, Greg Pearce, later told me that he had died a few years ago.

Quite, quite mad. A real character.

 

[Trigger]

Horace Goes Skiing, quality game, I miss my spectrum

 

[Man of Harveys]

Then again, you can't beat a slightly touched and very camp OAP shouting "Oi, stinky c**t" to some granny taking a walk on the prom

If only someone wanted to take on this role now...any volunteers out there?

 

[bhaexpress]

I do remember seeing him from time to time however I must be getting old as I can't really see anything that funny about some ancient looney hurling expletives at passers by for absolutely no reason.

 

[H block]

I do remember seeing him from time to time however I must be getting old as I can't really see anything that funny about some ancient looney hurling expletives at passers by for absolutely no reason.

When I was a kid we had loads of''eccentrics' in Worthing besides Horace.

Where have they all gone. I reckon the bloody government have taken them. Bit of a coincidence that they all dissapeared at about the same time.Why can`t we be told the truth.

 

[Buzzer]

I grew up in Tarring and there was a bloke near the bridge on the North side by the Working men's Club who had the biggest forehead in the world - ever. Used to beat kids with his walking stick - quite randomly and unprovoked.

Another guy used to live around Ely / Lincoln Road who apparently survived a concentration camp in WWII. Used to dribble a lot and always wore a green knitted jumper.

Another bloke was a kiddie fiddler called Malcolm I remember when I used to go to 5th Worthing Boys Brigade - v.worrying when I look back on it.

 

[NMH]

Ex-dustman who won the pools, loved to dress up and act eccentric on his bike.
Went by the nickname 'The Duke Of Shoreham' to some, and even had some sort of female equivalent apeing him fr a while.

You couldn't make it up!

 

[Emily's Mum]

No trip out on a Sunday afternoon was complete without a trip along to Shoreham to see him standing on the roundabout (opposite where M& S is now) & singing away.

 

[chip]

I grew up on Shoreham Beach and I often saw him outside my bedroom window

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Horace goes skiing was MINT.

 

[Bluejuice]

Not a patch on