zacsmum 0 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 does anyone remember boris ? i was going through some papers and found this This is the story of a lad called Boris , sometimes known as Chris Iv,e known this chap for fifty years his name is Christopher Smith His grandma brought this lad up , down there in Albert Street He played with all the other kids, a very nice chap to meet When this chap was seventeen his grandma passed away This left Crisall on his ownand nowhere else to stay Thats when he turned to sleeping rough And life for him was very tough Chris is now turned fifty four still living all alone Hes sleeping rough up Bulwell woodshe hasn,t got no home So when you see this chap around dont just give a sigh Just thinkto yourself thank god it isn,t i Dont look down as you pass him by in dear old Bulwell streets Just give the lad some money so that he can sometimes eat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 I remember Chris Smith. Very Tall. Used to beg round the cathedral on Derby Road. Rumour had it that he was in line for a fortune. and that monthly he would meet up with a man in a Rolls Royce, who gave him a wad of Money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zacsmum 0 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 dont know about the money , there were a lot of rumours about , some said he,d died . ive not heard anything of him since i moved from bulwell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Yes i remember Boris, there are many rumours about him. Amongst others i heard his father owned a factory and left him a lot of money, also he has a house in the Bulwell area. I used to see him in many areas of Nottingham, begging in the town centre and drinking in Sherwood. He used to catch the bus from Queens Medical centre to Town most mornings around nine thirty. I have not seen him for around ten years now. He always used to beg from young men and was never aggressive or abusive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 I heard that Boris went into Highbury Vale Hospital about Two years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 I always thought it quite sad to see such a young man in such a state? Is he any better? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 He was in a psychiatric unit, don't know any more. Lets hope he's better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zacsmum 0 Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 at least hes getting looked after , fed and kept clean. he was such a sorry sight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 His grandma brought this lad up , down there in Albert Street Which Albert Street was that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zacsmum 0 Posted April 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 there must have been an albert street some where in bulwell, i havent heard of it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dodie 51 Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Albert Street was the next street to Deptford Street off Highbury Vale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Ayup all, Albert street ran down the side of what is now the co op on Highbury vale, used to be a picture house in them days, next to the pics was a working mens club then a few houses, next to them was the school followed by a factory then the railway across the bottom of the road. to place it today stand in front of Charlies cycles look over the road and thats roughly the top of Albert street. Thats where we used to blow up the old gas lanterns as kids. (see other post) Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zacsmum 0 Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 bit before my time , we moved from the meadows in 1975 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BullwoolGel 0 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Boris was a mate of my Mam and Dad's in the 60's. My Mam once went on a date with him, before his tramp days, I hasten to add. He really was a Bulwell legend... we were on holiday once in Portugal and even heard some people talking about him on the beach!!! Can anyone remember Spike the other famous Bulwell tramp?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 like in a recent episode of eastenders he used to come into laundrette on radford boulevard for a sit down and a warm, even sat inside the dryers sometimes! owner barred him as place used to pong after he'd been but like eastenders also gave him clothes that had been left behind, these were good things but within a couple of days he'd torn such deliberatly, the trousers shredded at the ankles etc' he did same thing after they'd cleaned him up and redressed him in hospital some years earlier when he broke his leg, maybe he had to look the part? about 8 yrs ago there was another tramp around, with the big hat and terrible limp, despite the latter I saw him one morning near balloon woods and same night about 8pm other side of hucknall! he claimed social as long term sick, but no leg problem, it was arm injury, a former schoolteacher Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SamPanther 7 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hey everyone, on facebook he's got his own page, made up by someone from bulwell.. someone's put, he's now all cleaned up and helping out at the nursing home at the top of the hill in Bulwell, near the church.. up that way. Here's his facebook page :D whats happened to buwell's boris the tramp His name was Chris Smith and a friend of mine used to know him, Chris *Boris* used to be a well off man, but lost his fortune when he became bankrupt, and hence had to live on the streets, as he had no family. that's from what I remember my friend saying, he told me in 2000. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 On that face-book site the picture of the bloke drinking a tin of Special brew is not a tramp or Boris the tramp , he is actually a very good mate of mine & also a top bloke & possibly still Nottingham's finest ever tailor , Paul Smith would have not have have been Sir Paul Smith without him. Arise Sir Roxy Rob aka Roxy Treads & helter skelter fame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 It looks like Notts County's proposed new financial benefactor: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Ha ha cheers firbeck looking @ your larger photo that is NOT Roxy ! Sorry Rob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 This Roxy Threads is another bit of Nottstalgia? Perhaps you enlighten us in another thread Red? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Re the other tramp know also as Boris by some Chris was always Chris .Boris now lives somewere in hyson green see him sometimes walking up radford rd OR trying to really bad limp now can see he is in a lot of pain with it cleaned up a lot too dont know if he isin suported accomadation. We used to live opposit nazareth house in the seventies and a lot of the nottingham tramps would come at breakfast and tea time including chris and boris they had a three sided shed built for them with tables and benches the nuns in the kitchen would give them large mugs of tea and toast and porage in the morning sandwiches to take away for there dinner and tea and soup and a sandwich at night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 Heres a fairly recent picture of him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Looks like many a Rambler/Train spotter/aircraft enthusiast, that I've come across lately!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Ok i gotta ask....looking at the 'AA' sign....whats an 'UNDER SCAN' ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Under scan : Examine closely of underwear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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