There used to be a facebook page dedicated to the local tramp Horace
where people would submit pictures of him and dream up adventures that he'd go on if he wasn't standing outside Budgens all the time. Just had a look for it and it's been deleted :(
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 16:39, 7 replies)

yes horace!
best tramp ever. though not really a true tramp per se, as he does actually live with his father from what i understand.

a few months ago when i was walking through north finchley, i walked past him to discover he had actually gone to the trouble of recording himself say (shout) lots of swear words into a little portable tape recorder he had, for quite some time i might add, before playing the tape back at full volume.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 16:44, closed)

I've heard it! He was in Budgens (surprise) begging them to let him have more batteries as his tape player had died on him
I bought him some as he would not leave without them. The woman serving scowled at me for it :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 16:52, closed)

hah yeah bet they loved that!
petrol on the fire and all that.

he's also rumoured to be a timelord, is horace. hasn't aged a day in the last 20+ years he's been around finchley by all accounts. it's suspected that in discovering the secret to eternal life and time travel it has caused him to go a tad loopy.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 17:04, closed)

One Boy looking at ladders on a sunny day...
Horace isn't a tramp, and he was mentioned many times in the "Local Nutters" QOTW a couple of years back. nothing but nice things to say about him, he always brightened my day and parted with a jovial "BEST OF LUCK!!".
(mcnelson, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 19:44, closed)

My apologies then for assuming he was a tramp
and not merely a local nutter who brightens your day a little each time you see him.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 2 Jul 2009, 20:02, closed)

North Finchely Horace!
Lovely bloke. Been trampiong it up for at least 15 years probably longer.

Seems to like hanging out around Sainsburys atm.

Seen him with his voice recorder too. Anyone konw if he still does his drawings?
( Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:31, closed)

At least 27 years by my reckoning
I used to live in North Finchley as a kid, went to Woodside school. The day wasn't complete without seeing Horace. Just seen some vids on youtube...the man doesn't age!
(RedMeat, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 13:11, closed)