Crazy Leaf Guy
bit of a repost from Eccentrics...

I don't know if this mad old bastard is still there, but I used to see him every day that I lived in Cardiff, either in the Flora (pub) or nearby on Cathays Terrace.
This chap could either be found collecting glasses (unpaid and unstoppable) in the Flora, or armed with his broom, a dustpan and a bin on the street ridding his section of the world of those most pesky of critters, the fallen leaf!

He would be there literally every day, sweeping and scooping the leaves that had fallen or blown onto the road and pavement, always with a 3 litre bottle of cider perched on the wall nearby.
I'd heard tales of him having a go at some passers by, and even had to protect a young lady of my acquaintance from his advances on one occasion.
I remember reading an article in FHM some time ago describing a man on the same street sticking his head and torso through the window of some students' house and loudly berating them for the mess it was in.

I'm certain it was the same guy.

Crazy Leaf Guy - you always made that section of the walk to uni more interesting. I salute you.

Any Cardiff-based b3tans know if he is still there?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:45, 2 replies)

The hollering at a student for her room being a mess
actually happened, she was a lass in my year - so about 98-99.

He got a bollocking from the law over it as well, as he scared the shit out of her.
(Teiresias, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:15, closed)

date sounds about right
I started at the end of 99
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 14:28, closed)