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by Kadeeae | July 2, 2007 at 07:33 am
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You imagine celebrities to be living in the biggest houses with the fanciest cars and the latest clothes but in Bournemouth, the local star lives on the street, has no possessions except a dirty old coat and is a tramp.
Gordon Roberts, 78 known locally as Gordon the Tramp has become a local hero because of his amazing time-telling skills.
Despite not owning a watch, Gordon is always able to accurately predict the time. This talent has earned him his own catchphrase, "What's the time Gordon?"
His popularity has rocketed since university student, Chris Kimber, 24 set up a Facebook page to pay homage to him.
The description reads: "Gordon the Tramp, possibly the most famous person in all of Bournemouth. "This is a fan club for Gordon, share with us your memories of him, and stories alike."
In just over two months over 5000 members from all over the world including Canada, Australia and Qatar have joined up.
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It states that Gordon is overwhelmed by the support but unaffected by his sudden stardom and has not seen it firsthand as he doesn't own a computer. Someone should show him, wish I lived closer to Bournemouth
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at 08:46 on July 2nd, 2007
This is awesome, Kadeeae. I love the idea of someone becoming a Facebook celebrity based on an actual talent...I think you should go down to Bournemouth and show him! :)
Also, you may wish to write a short intro before the higlighted work just to give people some initial context to interpret your excerpt. Great work either way!
at 00:58 on July 3rd, 2007
Can't get to Bournemouth, but really hope that someone does take the time to show him what all of the 'buzz' is about.
Thanks for your suggestion, and you're right - will give it a go next time :-)