Original Hoarder

[Ric.ror]

What was the name of the gentleman that was the original horder on Channel 4 - his neighbourers helped him
Not Mr Trebus

[chi-chi66]

I don't know....but I LOVED Mr. Trebus...lovely old man.

[boxtops]

Not the show tonight?

[ummmm]

I know which one you mean. The one where the villagers didn't like it because they wanted their village to win a prize? The kind gardener started helping him?

[ummmm]

He collected newspapers and had to crawl through the top of doorways.

[shaneystar2]

Richard Wallace

[shaneystar2]

http://www.dailymail....bbish-seen-space.html

[boxtops]

I remember that one now.

[MarkRae]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westcott,_Surrey

[joko]

chi chi - how was mr trebus lovely?
i seem to remember he was a miserable, aggressive and weird...

great telly...but hardly lovable...

[shaneystar2]

He seems to have had a lot of fans
http://peteashton.com/trebus/trebus.html
I loved it when he told them to ..stick it up your chuffer ..

Poor old chap,left to live like that ...and where were his five children ?

[MarkRae]

His house was completely gutted and renovated after he died. Must be worth nearly £1m these days...

[slinkycat]

Can't believe he died in 2002, remember watching the progamme, where did those 10 years go?!

[chi-chi66]

ShaneystarThanks for posting that, quite a few tributes to a gutsy
pensioner.

[ummmm]

Didn't the council have a charge on his house for all the clean ups?

[joko]

i do certainly admire his guts though - as someone who also has a lot of stuff and gets hassle from my brother, (nowhere near his level thankfully) i do undertsand his irritation and anger with outside interference, and determination to do things his way...

[missprim]

I was disappointed with the end of the programme with Richard Wallace as I wanted to see if he did clean his house up and what it looked liked after.

[Ric.ror]

Misprim - thats why I posted the question
He was a really nice chap too - seems all these horders are nice people

Thanks for your answers BTW