Aberdeen Tramps And Ither Weel Kent Fowk

Between The St Nickerless Centre and the Bon Accord Centre, just by the lights at Dixons there often sat an Accordian Player. He was on the...

So this site has covered, Tramps, Weel Kent Fowk, and a couple of shops. As the Grey Toon has so many pubs - I feel we really ought to cove...

I speak with confidence when I say that Stephen's Corner Shop (aka the 24 Hour Porn and Popper Shop) on Hutcheon Street is a local landm...

Aaah... the great days of the Mudd Club. Aaaah. Let me now reminisce. Let my mind drift back to when the carpet in the palace actually had a...

McKays. Top camping and menswear shop on Queens Street round the side of Marischal College. What can we say about McKays? Indeed. What the h...

"Cunning" and "Guile" Both words used by North Tonight to describe This Hoors Neighbour's favourite Sqwawking Star.....

Happy New Year abdy oot there in the Grey Toon! Yes. Tis I, The Neighbour Of The Hoors . Welcome to the first post in "Aberdeen Tramps ...

Now this guy I have nothing but respect for. Seen going about his business in town wearing full Plaid. Looks like a Jacobite. Proper wild h...

Peter Dow, while I was at Uni, posted the following notice in the Library: "Looking for a Female Friend. Due to my campaigning activi...

Never since the BBC cruelly axed Eldorado in a fit of pique have we seen such a fine example of home-grown talent. Truly the ancient greek ...

Snuffy Ivy was a legendary Aberdeen Prostitute. Undoubtedly a looker in her day, by the time she became famous in Aberdeen she was Weel Past...

Amazonas (which is what they were called on that CD I bought off them for a tenner) are the Aberdeen version of The Fast Show's Patagoni...

Now this is Aberdeen's current Preacher Of Choice. He and his Outside Church set up outside Markies without fail every weekend. He cou...

Aaah Jo-Jo. What words can we use to describe thee? Transvestite. Paedophile. Those are two I've heard used on many an occasion. As one...

MAF has tattooes all over his face and his name stands for Mad As F*ck. He's legendary in Aberdeen for apparently beating up anyone tha...

Now! Markies Street Preacher #2 was what we call an "in-aboot-comer" - i.e. he weren't from round these parts! In fact he was...

No idea who this chap is, but he really is quite a character... Often spotted in and around town with what can only be described as STUFF. ...

There have been so many different Men Of God ranting outside Markies over the years that I'm actually going to have to do this in 3 post...

Squeak. Squeak. Squeaky F**king Squeak Squeak Squeak. I'm sure you ALL know who I'm talking about. Perhaps there isn't actually...

Big Aggie isn't Weel Kent. Although hopefully after this, she will be... because she damn well deserves to be! Big Aggie first came to ...

More or less taken out of the pages of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, Mr Buggrit is (or was...?) a familiar sight to many Aberdonia...

OK OK, So I've not posted for ages... I've not had the time or energy to do a bit of Trampspotting (Hmmm. I'm picturing an amusi...

Ok, So I've had a bit of a long drawn out absence from bloggin. But now I'm back! And now the site's getting more hits, some of ...

Mrs Cardigans is often seen about town. She is old, has dirty grey hair in a ponytail. She walks along crouched over. She wears bandage...

Places to Spot Aberdeen Tramps and Ither Weel Kent Fowk 1 Ootside Markies. Once home to the Reggae Busker and Squeak. Relaxing spot for...

Aberdeen University used to collect what I can only describe as "Characters." And I'm not particularly talking about the lect...

And after the post about "Kilt," I feel it is now appropriate to mention "Legs." Again, not a tramp, busker or loony....

Spotting the Graffiti Guerilla's work accross Aberdeen has become something of a local past time. It appears to have begun in May 2004 ...

And so we come to the first of Aberdeen's Weel Kent Fowk I'm going to cover I feel can come under the heading of "Local Hero....

Not a tramp. Not a busker. Not a religious ranter and raver. I think perhaps I need a new category of "people you see walking abou...

The Aye-Aye Wifie Of King Street is surely in a league of her own! For she has appeared in the local press... yes! Well. She was mention...

When the topic of Aberdeen Tramps and Ither Weel Kent Fowk comes up, the White Heather Wifie is mentioned with alarming regularity. Indeed i...

Now for my second Aberdeen Tramp or Weel Kent Person, I could have gone for someone easy to describe... but today we were talking about how ...

Now this particular tramp is a proper tramp. This is what I'm aiming for with this site. Not just your average begging-bloke-and-a-blank...

Well on Saturday I went off into town with my digital camera. Off I went down Union Street, hoping to find someone of note. Of course I got ...

Welcome Potential Readers! To this, my first post on Aberdeen Tramps and Other Weel Kent Fowk. The existance of this site is all due...