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  • hahaha big issue man he sings at xmas stands on chester gate can get slightly annoying
  • Carzy Glen, Mad Scottish Willy, Forbes, Pooley, All the Big Issue salesmen, especially the bloke at the end of the grovesnor centre
  • Darren Fytton is a sponge and a liar. He is unable to tell the truth. He would sell his Father for a bottle of cider. He is from the dark side. Do not trust this git/lazy oath/beggar/selfish arse.
  • Check out www.andytill.com Macclesfield's Virtuoso Of The Fender Bass. Lives In Macclesfield with his house-trained Rabbit.Professionaly touring and recording Andy has played with many bands and supporting acts such as Edwin Starr & Roanan Keating.Also credits include working on television for productions for ITV & Channel Four. Andy Till is also related to Macclesfield's Mr Methane & DJ Tilly.Also tours with Muttley Mclads Ex Bass Cabinet/Amp(as seen on the Macc lads Live Videos). Visit www.andytill.com for more info. Cheers! Andy
  • The guy outside maccies "5 ya pound a lighter, 6 a pound ya super glue" classic!!! Best when he gets the bubble machine on the go!!
  • The old scottish drunk guy. Sadly died from cirehosis of the liver last year, but his filthy legacy still lives on in the young generation of alcoholics.
  • SIMMO! Behind every successful smackhead is a full sharps bin. Simmo, the most famous smackhead in all of macc.
  • the dude that stands outside marks n sparks (big ish please) lol
  • Big issue ppl are actually nice
  • Andy, playing the guitar, ive not seen him around for a while though.
  • the masked men....Tommy and Len..famous for writing about macc music in the local rag back in the days there was some music in macc...
  • "Miss Whiplash", the 70-80 year old lady with hair like a blancmange who wears a corset and pushes her husband around Tesco in a wheelchair.
  • Andy Till Macclesfield's Virtuoso of The Fender Electric Bass is a resident in Macclesfield,has played with The Jamm and now tours with Motown stars PP And The Floorshakers,he's a virtuoso of the Fender Bass,it says he is at floorshakers.com. Now on tour most of the time,he comes back to Macc to breed canaries.
  • theres too many to list. MR METHANE have you visited mr methane.com? well you should.
  • remember the old scottish man tom? the alcoholic who sang and asked you 2 marry him?
  • THere's 'five fer a pound yer lighters', I suppose The MAcc LAds, who came from Sunderland
  • Theres a greasy gypo who cannot play the recorder who hangs around mcdonalds the law should move him on. But the best guy is the fella who mutters the words "three for a pound ya lighter" 6 days a week without fail! class
  • scrubbers
  • i think that 5 for a pound ur light 4 for a pound ur super glue guy should be shot, he stands outside maccdonalds and he scared the shit out of me when i walked passed him, he shouts down ur bloody ear
  • Our little liz, is maccs greatest hardcore imp! We bow down to her and completely respect what she does in the community! Well done liz for making macc what it is!
  • NONE- ALL IN JAIL PROBABLY!
  • 5 for a pound your lighter, 6 for a ponund your super glue! You all know who i mean! The guy who stands outside mcdonalds sporting a new black eye every week and selling the crappest things ever!
  • The guy outside McDonalds! hes pure class! Oh ye and the guy who is like a profesional trained chef but is just as trampy and as poor and as poor as they cum!
  • That guy "runner man" or as some mmight know him "sainsburys bags man" he jus runs evriwere even 2 wilmslow and u see his mum trailing behind wit bags. 4 the record his real name is "mike boozenworth" look out 4 him he has ggreasy long hair hes about 40 and he wears a long brown coat and hes skinny and homless looking!
  • One guy who got progressively more and more drunk during an England game in The Millstone as he shouted to anyone who would care to listen about Ronny Moore and how good a job he was doing at Rotherham: 'that ronny moore, they only give him like 25,000 quid to spend and they're challenging for play offs' - genius, it was truly hilarious.
  • Remember that guy who was a different colour every day and he moved if you put money in the box and he was like a freaky doll-man-machine-robot. he was great.
  • Yeah we have the sales man outside MAccy D's... 5 for a pound your lighters 12 for a pound your weetabix....BARGAIN!!!!
  • I don't think the 'five for a pound yer lighter' man is a street entertainer really but he entertains me.
  • 5 for a pound your lighter!
  • Darren Fytton, who once assured me he had a wooden leg when he was at Byron Street School, playing the world's first 'Anti-Tune' TM outside of Woolies.
  • to update on the street seller the seconf line is "twenty for for a pound your battery" - sheer poetry
  • Drunk old man - funny as f...
  • 5 FER POUND YER LIGHTER, 6 FER POUND YER SUPERGLUE MAN. Macc`s best known busker.
  • A guy with a penny whistle has been making a regular appearance recently
  • The local drunk they keep kicking out of mcdonalds and is ecourted by the local cops that magically appear out of nowhere
  • davedark
  • that guy with the whistle. if i could kill anyone, it would be him
  • 5 for a pund your lighter, 6 for a pound your superglue bloke.... need say more!
  • The Traffic Warden with the beard. He is simply the best. Cos he is fair. But cross him and !!!!!!!! oh shit - you know it !!!!!!!!!!
  • Darren Fytton and his recorder
  • the man with the musical puppet
  • that moronic looking twat,who sell`s lighters and eight foot band aid`s.If I need a plaster that long I would be already dead!!!you brain dead,shit lickin gormless looking fucker.
  • The "six for a pound your lighters" man. Comedy at it's best.
  • The man outside McDonalds, "Five for a pound yer lighter. Ten for a pound yer super glue"
  • yeah the bloke who sells lighters outside macdonalds lol

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