Was the crazy alcoholic lady
quite fat, with short dark hair?

I remember her well if so (was there about the same time). The fact someone who was so clearly mentally ill and a danger to themselves was able to always just be wandering around the city was quite scary, in hindsight.

I once saw her do a shit in a phone box.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Mon 13 Jul 2015, 14:55, 1 reply)

Could be the same one.
I doubt there are that many people in Oxford who terrorise passers by with such unrelenting vigour. Her hair was quite unkempt and dark... no idea if that was it's natural colour though as I always assumed she was homeless.

If she isn't dead, she must surely be confined somewhere for everyone's safety.

I'm not especially proud of this, but I had a High Street view from my room, as did many of my friends, and we would text each other "She's back!" so that no-one would miss out on the cabaret. Seeing people kicked off bikes while they're commuting is genuinely priceless.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 13 Jul 2015, 14:57, closed)

There was a guy I remember as well
who was a really aggressive, crusty looking beggar with a load of face jewellery. Used to be really abusive if people didn't give him money.

I was sat in a friend's lounge on Cowley Road once and watched him walk up the drive of the house opposite and go in with a key. They confirmed that they saw him all the time and he seemed to live there.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Mon 13 Jul 2015, 15:24, closed)

That might be the guy who harassed me at the cash machine one time.
Having asked if I could spare any change (which I could not), he then looked over my shoulder and somewhat threateningly pointed out that the number on the screen was in the thousands.

I pointed out that the letters after it were 'DR', which meant that given he had no money at all he was actually richer than me.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 13 Jul 2015, 17:32, closed)