Do You Remeber

[TWR]

the day of the Tramps? we used to see them around the roads of the UK ( Not Asylum Seekers I may add) but the old lads / Women of the roads?

[TWR]

Remember even

[Tilly2]

I think they are now called 'The Homeless'.

[ummmm]

Yep. We had David the tramp that actually appeared on Songs of Praise!! Not appeared as such...just filmed. The authorities used to bring him in and cut his hair and de-lice him.

Also the Indian tramp. She used to walk round with a shopping trolley collecting other peoples rubbish from bins.

And then the infamous 50p Lil. Apparently she'd have sex with anyone for 50p or a Mars Bar :-)

[ummmm]

Tilly....completely different.

[dannyk13]

I remember when they were called "Gentlemen of the road".and they had their own code signs which they would mark on the wall of a property to indicate whether it was worth while asking the owner for assistance.

[Tilly2]

How so, Ummmm?

[ummmm]

I assume TWR is thinking back to the a time before the housing crisis.

[Svejk]

When I was little I read a book about a jolly tramp. I knew straight away what I wanted to be when I grew up. (i'm getting there)

[TWR]

Well before the Housing Crisis Ummmm. / Tilly.

[Tilly2]

So, those people lying on cardboard boxes, in shop dooways are different from the tramps of old?

[dannyk13]

Yes Tilly, the tramps of old were itinerant.

[Copacetic]

would tramps nowadays be considered as people with mental illness/ health problems?

[TWR]

No

[TWR]

Loaners

[dannyk13]

For Tilly:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramp

[david small]

Gentlemen of the road. We had a very well spoken individual who wrote poetry. He was a very well known character for years. A nice chap, with his history a mystery.

[Copacetic]

Thanks for the link Danny, I get what you mean now.

[Tilly2]

Ah, wandering vagabonds? Yes, I remember them.