Kevin the homeless man of Poolstock

A wiganer through and through, Born and bred in Poolstock lives in the woods and is a character, this week someone trashed his tent and belongings, The people of Wigan showed their support by donating, a tent,sleeping bags, food,clothes and essentials

thank you all from Kevin

He's from Tintagel you know!

I was just talking to a friend who works in the media, last night. We both agreed. What has society become? People who have no respect for anyone or anything. I find that the majority of young people today do have a lot of feelings and compassion towards their unfortunate fellow man, Others haven't one iota of moral decency, good will or respect.SCUM

He's from Tintagel you know!


is that in sent helins?

Whoever has burned his tent down is likely to do it again, particularly with all the attention it has received, the perpetrator will do it again, to get the same buzz out of it again.

Then there is the copycat nutters who will want a piece of it, so they may go for Kevin too.

You see I think that a lot of people fantasise about the idea of living off grid with no bills to pay etc ....

However maybe the wilds of Lower Ince, may not be the best place to doo it

There along with the close proximity to Worsley Mesnes, an off grider really needs to be armed to the teeth, to survive



Yoo see because it is a shithouse of a world Tom

So I would recommend that for the rest of the summer, Kevin should go 'walkabout' pretend that he is an Australian aborigine,, and hide his stuff and bugger off with a tent in his backpack and head off to Tinkers Bubble

Tinkers Bubble

Live there until the heat dies down and return to Wigan at the onset of winter, when the bad people have forgotten all about him ....

Agree TTS. On the other hand well done Tommyplum and others.

Yes well done to Tom and all the other people who have helped him, but with it being common knowledge that he is down there now, I don't think that he is safe.

Well done Tom keep us updated on his situation

The Wigan Observer has now got hold of the story and are interviewing him on Monday,

Hes always stood outside shops on poolstock lane, lovely man..
Everyone loves him..
Got him a few treats quite a few times, lovely guy.
Dosnt cost a penny to be nice.
Hes a really lovely man, dosnt own alot but you dont need alot to be nice.

I heard he's a direct descendant of
King Arthur!

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his"cure" lies solely in his own hands,a friend of mine see,s him regularly.he needs to want treatment,his addiction is holding him back,he must want to regain his place in society.
nevertheless he needs to be treated with respect and dignity.

Its not that simple BB, he is alcohol dependent and knows it, If it was that easy to gain control people like George Best would still be alive,
Its his choice to live in the woods in a tent, he's done it for 11 years, Summer,Autumn,Winter and spring, He goes to the shops in for a natter with folks and hope they buy him a drink and a bit of tobbacco, then he goes back into the woods to be alone, He looks at the houses in the distance and says to me " That the nearest I want to be to a house" He's happy in the woods, He knows he can get shelter in St georges hall, or fake illness and spent time in the A+E or cause trouble and get a cell for a night, but he does not want that, He loves it in the woods, back in society is not on the cards for him,

Yes, but he would be better off living 'off grid' in somewhere like Alaska, rather than Lower Wigan, because he could then shoot bears and mooses for food and have steak every night

for an head yo cated man, yooo shud know, moose and bears are not good for eating, where as, rabbits and wood pigeons are, Kevin eats neither, his only hot meals are chips n peas from the chinky chippy, other than that its cold soop or pot noodle,

i am aware of his predicament ,but his only hope his within himself,no amount of persuasion will alter his mindset,he must want to get "better"himself.
does he really want to die alone unfound and unloved.

BB, he is not unloved, this last week proved that, he might die alone and thats the way he would want it, he will not lose his dignity by laying in a hospital bed with weeping people watching him go, he is his own person, no one will change that, he lives his life like he wants to, he's a feral, untamed, human thats bucked the system, I envy him in a way because i have not the guts nor strength to live like nature intended us, If the world exploded today, Only He Keef Richards and flies would survive,

What a marvellous post Tom

tomplum, I think nature intended us to live in family units where we have support and security.
Living in the woods is not a life I'd choose but we're not all the same. At least he's not begging in the town centre

Kath he does beg in the town centre on some days

Fat Mick , but I suppose he is genuinely homeless unlike some professional beggars. I would be happy to give him food but not money for booze

bless you kath he is always appreciative of any donations he's well mannered and polite, Never threatening or rude,
I have given him a packet of cigs and whilst chatting to him, someone has asked " got a spare cig Kevin" he's given them one an asked me, was it ok to give one away, Yes he begs on the street and helps out others in need,

https://youtu.be/j_JyFM62aBw

no one person alive today can rely solely on their own ,he does get help from caring people then says he goes his own way,its simply not true tom.

don't mind giving them food, but won't give them any money.

Have you seen this Tom , its on Facebook.

"This is just an insight into the homeless man who everybody feels sorry for on poolstock!
He has been at the front of the shops on poolstock for months now and he makes everybody feel sorry for him. All we hear is "kevs alright" well I am telling you he isn't.
I had a lady today that parked her courtesy car at the front of the salon, kev walked past with his bike and belongings and all she did was look through the window... kev then when into a barrage of abuse because she looked at him ("down her nose") supposedly. He was walking up and down past the shop swearing and continued to her a f###ing c##t!!!!
I asked him to stop swearing as there was a little boy in the salon and he told me to f##ck off!! I know people think they are doing a good deed handing him a 3ltr bottle of cider or 4 cans but they can just go home and leave us with the aftermath. When I locked up I asked him had he calmed down and he started again. I really cannot repeat on here what he said as it is so disgusting. The man who owns the roadside came out to see what was happening and Kev then hurled bad racist abuse at him. Told him to get back to his own country amongst other things I again cannot repeat! It was appalling considering he let's him charge his phone everyday and store the things people buy him In his fridges. Well no more charging for him or help from us.
So please before you buy him anything else just think, that could very easily have been your mum or grandma he was abusing and he couldn't care less.
Some people think the world owes them a living and need to take responsibility for their own actions.. it's nobody else's fault!
I know people will probably disagree on here but enough is enough. Let him Come and sit on your front and see how you like it. We are just trying to run our businesses and decent people shouldn't have to put up with that on a Tuesday afternoon. The lady was scared to go outside so I had to take her to her car!!
What a day!!!! Xx"

I dunno TTS, I'll ask for his account when i see him, I've been out of town for 2 days, It sounds out of character to me and he is vulnerable in that he is a target for people, I was there one day when the bloke cane out of the house directly near the shops and blamed him for the litter near the shops, he blamed him for the wall falling down and blamed him for all the cig stumps lying about, I'll report back what I find out,

Well there as been a further development on Facebook, in that his sister has been on and come out with allsorts of stuff about him being a wrung un, and what they are asking is that folk don't buy him alcohol, because that causes him to 'kick off'

Its a long story that goes back to his yoof, he does not get on with his sister, nor his brother but, his Mum still loves him and sends money for alcohol, All that he is, is brought on by bad luck and circumstances, he is a human being and proud to have served this country, someone looking down their nose at him, would not go down well,

he needs to get his head up and re-join society,easier said than done but nowts impossible without effort.
his lifestyle and appearance can hardly give people the right message,so to look up to him is perhaps a little askew. human nature is to give him a queer look and wide berth.

tommy two stroke,

I've asked Kevin for the account in his own words,
Yes there was an altercation between the hair dresser and himself, She does not want him in front of her shop, he see's it as a public space and has a right to be there,and does not intend to move, A PCSO came to see him there, The PCSO knows him and did not see reason to move him on,There are camera's at the from of the shops but, no one offered any footage of Kevin missbehaving,
In my view, people should not give a man a bad name without proving what they say,
in this case, actions speak louder than words, the action being the PCSO found no reason to move him on,

Righteo Tom

So it's a case of he sez, she sez

Mind yoo his sister said some awful things about him

yooo'll have a first hand report when I doo a
'in Kevins words' report sometime soon, He may or may not bring his sister into it, there is 'bad blood' there and she is clouding the issue, Kevin is eager to let people know he is a disciplined person and will only be offence to anyone being offensive to himself,
stand by,

been busy here at plum towers with the family over from Canada but i finally got round to the shops today to let you hear in his own words what happened

in kevs own words but be aware he swears a bit,,,no lots,,

tommy 2 stroke, could you supply me with the place on facebook you saw the bad things said about him, i will print them off and give them to Kev,
then we can answer each allegation one at a time,

character assassination is not a nice thing nor is cyber bullying

There was a lot Tom. Not all were saying bad things. Canadian visitors and then visiting Canada 🇨🇦. You’ll be putting gas in the car next and lifting the hood to dip the oil.

yea Bill and my son has made an arrangement with his mate to borrow his Harley and ride to the coast doing some Bass fishin' expect a video of that,

Look forward to that Tom. Don’t forget that if you get to Manitoba you are only a couple of days riding to reach Alberta and I am sure I can rustle up a steak and a pint or two for you.

Tom

The Facebook topic I quoted from above in red was, taken off the same night, and this was explained the day after, when the someone asked why the topic had been taken off, and a moderator explained that folk were getting nasty on it, so they decided to pull it, and I can't find that second topic, so I presume that was pulled too, so the best I can doo, is to quote from the text I copied and pasted in red.

On about Kevin though, I suppose like he said, that he could be a magnate for the hairdressers and off licence, because he is bringing them trade in, and it looks as though that when he is not being an arsehole, he is a nice enough chap

The BBC should do a documentary about him, and he could be Poolstock's answer to Fred Dibnah

quote,,,when he is not being an arsehole, he is a nice enough chap,,unquote,

if that is a sideways complement its no wonder he gets a bad press,
If someone looked down at you, how would you react ? Its discrimination but because he's a white male, there's no crime committed, its still belittling a fellow human

I don't know how to answer that Tom, because I can see where you are coming from, but also I can see where the hairdresser and off licence owner are coming from too.

its obvious the two shop owner,s are worried about their business being affected by this man,s presence.they may well view him differently and not unnaturally, in a different light than you do tom.

I can see the hair dressers point, he does not benefit her business at all, whereas the off licence does gain business because people buy extra to give to Kevin,My point is, he is a human being and in my view a good human being, she's attacked his character, which is wrong and if he was a of anything different from a white British male, she would have to answer to the authorities,

" she's attacked his character, which is wrong"

Wrong?

Never seems to bother you when you are slagging Mr Sledge off Tom

hey up, I was wondering when our word twisting troll might appear,
This is a real life story about a Wigan Born and bred man, Lets keep desk driving,pen pushing, key board operating,never been outside types out of it, He has no unearned pension like yours Mr Sledge, he is of the world of self survival, you would not last a week in his shoes, please show some respect for once,

Say one thing......do another eh?

or be like you Mr Sledge ?

I've tried very hard to find an interesting thread posted by YOU. All i can find are posts designed to wind people up, correct their grammer or teckintpiss about their manner of living,
Now that is not deformation of character because, Its all true and clear for all to see,


and now you have ruined this thread, I am taking it to the BEST forum in Wigan were good stories and interesting threads are moderated properly, debated in an orderly way without any childish bickering,

good day Sir,

Tom,he wouldn't survive on' tother.

No need to apologise Tom

sad dog,s next moniker on here, mr todger.

You are bang out of order there Brainless.

Poor old Tommy P has had to go for a mummy cuddle across the road because of all the bickering that goes on in here and then you come out with that!!!

You are a disgrace man, an utter disgrace

Tsk tsk tsk.

i think the same about you sad dog