right stonie all this has been said before many times, so lets just leave it

yeah stonecastle/castle greyskull doesnt seem to acknowledge that he could get off the streets fairly easily if he wanted to, he turns down job offers cos they were a couple of hours per day and wouldnt get a day off, but never mind the thought of using the employment status to get a place to live, oh no, thats far too much trouble. why not just carry on selling the big issue outside tottenham court road station and sleep rough on hampstead heath?

maybe stoney is the local nutter for hampstead?

I don't know any nutters where I am right now, but one from where I grew up is sort-of famous. Here's a google link that shows web pages on the net mentioning her:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22mad+mary%22+kilburn&btnG=Search&meta=

She's mostly harmless, but you do learn to stay a safe distance from her in case she hits you with her stick. She's been around since I was a kid, but it was only a few years ago that a friend of mine told me she had a name and showed me references to her on google.

Re: house prices & immigration etc, I agree with what most people have said here, there's no good reason any sane person with a decent brain need be homeless. I've managed to get by OK when I was in London both when working and whilst not working. It wasn't always easy, but it was possible.

we have a "mad mary" as well. she hangs around town sitting on park benches rocking and punching herself on the face. the story is that she was physically, mentally and sexually abused by her father throughout her childhood. i actually feel sorry for her because a lot of people take the mickey out of her which can't help with her mental state.

oh and stoney. heard it all before and bored with it. get a job, get a life and get a home.!!!

I used to live in borehamwood, herts, house backed onto a playing field behind what is now the 'big brother' house in elstree studios.
Was this guy called 'Annis' who, during the summer nights, would stand in the middle of the fields giving a rousing speech to a crowd of people (that only existed in his mind)....