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| Name: administrator |
| MY URL: Visit Me |
| Location: 56ft above the ground in swansea east |
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i was too young to appreciate the work carried out by togo but i have asked around and found the below.
he seems like a class act and definately deserves a place on the web. if anyone has any photos/artist impression or stories of the said man please send them to me and i shall bung them on.
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Togo was a well known character around Swansea during the 70's/80's. He was the brother of scrap metal dealer T.G. Bevan.
I have no idea what became of him, but to say he was partial to a drink would be an understatement.
I recall a time his brother bought him a house in the sandfields and Togo being Togo soon moved all his wino friends into the house. Needless to say it wasn't long before they were all homeless again including Togo.
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The togomeister was indeed a class act. I went to school in the sandfields (St Helens) in the 80's. We always used to see him lurking around the sandfield with his chums. If I remember rightly he used to wear a flat cap of some sort. Mind you he must have been a bit of a bird magnet as he always had some older bags hanging about with him. Bit of a James Bond on the sly.
I remember the boys prodding him with a stick once as he had collapesed on the beach. We did not know if he was brown bread or not. When he got up we s h it it lol
My old man worked for TG Bevan I will ask him if he knows what happened to Togo.
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he is probably gone by now jam. but believe me the man was a legend!
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When I first got out of the forces I had to sort thing out with the social security after sitting for 3 hrs Togo came in, bummed a fag and went to the counter to get his money the staff where running round him just to get rid of him! As you said a class act
| Name: Tony the Exile |
| MY URL: Visit Me |
| Location: Fuckin North Wales |
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Lived in Jackland for 22 years....
Why no info on muy childhood idol Togo Bevan who resided in Castle Gardens when it was full of pigeon shit instead of looking like concrete Niagara Falls ?
| Name: Josee McGeough | MY URL: Visit Me |
| My Email: Email Me | Location: Wollongong, Australia (this week!!!) |
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Well, boys...very nice to see you again!
In fine form I see!
GREAT web site and piss funny too-I like it, I like it a lot!
Primo dudes!
Now, I read something about a mysterious prize for seeing a flyer of Arfon...I just saw one about 30 minutes ago, it was in Andrew's photo album; actually, 2- 1 before Jamie was drunk, and one after...blurred! Not to mention the corresponding fines!!! no worries, stories are good; the hostel has YOU on their MOST WANTED list!
Hope life is tresting you well!
Josee!
| Name: The Lord Of Ynysforgan |
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| Location: Scenic Dreamland |
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Quality match report Jam.
| Name: Michael Wheatley |
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Way better info than the tourist bureau site.
| Name: administrator (the) | MY URL: Visit Me |
| My Email: Email Me | Location: lower east swansea |
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nice to see some action on this board! unfortunately i do not have enough palm trees to go round planting them down mumbles but it is a good idea and one that you should propose to the mumbles councillors or to lawrence 'the beard' bailey himself! go to www.swansea.gov.uk and you will find the necessary links there. i have also set up a campain/protest board (http://forum.onecenter.com/jr1978a/) which i will make the council aware of if enough people post to it. regarding the third world bit, have you actually been to cardiff? the city centre aside, the place makes town hill look like beverely hills and teabag would be considered a style icon!
| Name: brookbond | MY URL: Visit Me |
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if we cant have old nick back in the quadrant why cant we put tea bag pete in his place.every body likes him swanseas very own bin ladin
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swansea is like a third world country to cardiff.why not plant a few palms along the sea front.light the cliffs up in mumbles.it wont break the bank why not have a perminent fun fair here look how much a little place like barry takes