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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2013 19:46:07 GMT 1
Did he change his name to Thonas Horatio Edward Occupier at one point?? Longwood Singh once I think.
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Post by marshian on Sept 5, 2013 19:47:08 GMT 1
We had a great view of the wedding from our office window!!
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Post by davidpgowinghtafc on Sept 5, 2013 20:05:53 GMT 1
He was 1 year my senior and when I attended Huddersfield College (1950-56) he was known as John Bottomley. He lived on Forrest Avenue with his parents.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Sept 5, 2013 21:05:25 GMT 1
Did he change his name to Thonas Horatio Edward Occupier at one point?? No, it was Thomas Henry Eramus Occupier. He was often asked on the phone "who is the occupier" and the repeated reply was "i am the Occupier"!!!!
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Sept 5, 2013 21:08:41 GMT 1
Used to drive a bicycle with a load of dildo's fastened to it years ago and his dog, who he married, sat in the front basket. Used to also see him up at the old Bullah Brothers supermarket at Sally Nook driving a volvo with a toilet fastened to the roof The first incarnation was a Morris Minor traveller with a bath on the roof!
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Sept 5, 2013 21:10:49 GMT 1
Anyone remember the old eccentric up above Meltham. Had white painted writing all over his farmhouse? The whole building covered with, i believe, religious rantings and quotes. Mike Madden of Crackpot cottage? No, ths was early 70s. Think the guy was a religious nut and former priest. The entire house had thousands of words on it in white paint.
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Post by wildbillthetownfan on Sept 5, 2013 22:37:45 GMT 1
He was on Nationwide back in the early 70's and was giving a sermon to a load of sheep in a field up Lindley Moor road.
I would often see him on his motor bike with his washing hanging out to dry on it.
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Post by chipman on Sept 5, 2013 23:18:40 GMT 1
Indeed he was Thomas Henry Erasmus Occupier and the reason if im not mistaken he was Longwood Singh was as he wanted to ride his motorbike without a helmet like any Sikhs wearing a turban can. He went to school with my dad (RIP Dad) and his birth name is John Bottomley I think. Lovely bloke and rather intelligent to boot.
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Post by 3Pipe on Sept 5, 2013 23:23:23 GMT 1
Aye John Bottomley was his name. We used to have a much less eccentric loner in NewMill of the same name.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Sept 5, 2013 23:34:13 GMT 1
Indeed he was Thomas Henry Erasmus Occupier and the reason if im not mistaken he was Longwood Singh was as he wanted to ride his motorbike without a helmet like any Sikhs wearing a turban can. He went to school with my dad (RIP Dad) and his birth name is John Bottomley I think. Lovely bloke and rather intelligent to boot. Jake Jonathan Zed Zebedee Mangel-Wurzel is his full title as i recall.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 0:38:26 GMT 1
He is still called t.h.e. occupier and yes, he did become a Sikh so that he could ride his moped without a helmet.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 1:59:31 GMT 1
He posts on here regular with username Otium. Jake is an old pal of mine, saw him on Cross Church Street last week. I once read Dr David Weeks treatise on eccentrics which had Jake as the No1 in the World. Bizarrely i matched 14 of the 15 criteria for being eccentric as listed by Weeks. I had two scrap books with hundreds of cuttings about him from down the years but i lost one and he lost the other in his house fire. I could tell you stories all day about him, a superb human being. Still waiting to be invited to this short movie made about him, the first showing is due. I think we've had this discussion before amd I suggest that Weeks 15 criteria are a flawed measure. Is the missing Weeks hit that youre single, not an only child or you can spelll? 90% of those characteristics that Weeks talks about apply to a good 90% of the population...and all Weeks writings really shows us is that the eccentrics he studies aren't actually eccentric. What you have to decide I suppose is 'is being eccentric normal' or 'was the study a flawed waste of time'. The answer is a combination of the two.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Sept 6, 2013 8:42:55 GMT 1
Jake is an old pal of mine, saw him on Cross Church Street last week. I once read Dr David Weeks treatise on eccentrics which had Jake as the No1 in the World. Bizarrely i matched 14 of the 15 criteria for being eccentric as listed by Weeks. I had two scrap books with hundreds of cuttings about him from down the years but i lost one and he lost the other in his house fire. I could tell you stories all day about him, a superb human being. Still waiting to be invited to this short movie made about him, the first showing is due. I think we've had this discussion before amd I suggest that Weeks 15 criteria are a flawed measure. Is the missing Weeks hit that youre single, not an only child or you can spelll? 90% of those characteristics that Weeks talks about apply to a good 90% of the population...and all Weeks writings really shows us is that the eccentrics he studies aren't actually eccentric. What you have to decide I suppose is 'is being eccentric normal' or 'was the study a flawed waste of time'. The answer is a combination of the two. A valid point, this list could be made to fit many...like a horoscope. However, i have been described as eccentric often.
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Post by deckhead on Sept 6, 2013 11:04:18 GMT 1
Jake is a family friend of ours and we shared a Sunday lunch last week and funnily enough it is my sister who is making the documentary on him, in recent months he has suffered with a severely swollen prostate which was causing much discomfort and he started to hide away thinking he was on his last legs but he had it removed and he now feels as young as ever and his quote last week "I'm horny as a jack Russell now, I just want to shag" so to the people saying he died I'm glad to say he is still with us alive and well with his new dog Laddy that jake calls 'Alice In Wurzel Land' living in his new swanky static caravan since his house sadly burned to the ground! :-)
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Post by 3Pipe on Sept 6, 2013 11:07:35 GMT 1
Best of luck Jake.
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Post by thewrongboy on Sept 6, 2013 11:21:11 GMT 1
I'm really happy to hear he's still going.
He's a treasure... and evidently talks a hell of a lot of sense.
He's far from mad.
Long Live Jake Mangel Wurzel.
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Post by deckhead on Sept 6, 2013 11:36:42 GMT 1
I'm really happy to hear he's still going. He's a treasure... and evidently talks a hell of a lot of sense. He's far from mad. Long Live Jake Mangel Wurzel. Jake Zebedee Mangle-Wurzel
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