Who is the most impressive person you have met?

The video is amazing. Something still doesn’t add up, though. Who wants their morning paper at 7:30 at night?

Never the less, if true, I have all the respect in the world for the guy. I still stand by my joke though. Lighten up. It’s also hilarious to me that the gammons are the snowflakes here.

 

Cheers for finding that.
When Alan is talking about getting through another winter - that was filmed outside of Lady Field Farm, High Melton - my uncles farm.
Much of my teens and early 20s was spent living at that farm.

 

Not watched it through thoroughly. But I expect he delivered the evening paper in the evening. Evening Star. Yorkshire evening post.

 

Trouble is though, you can dish it out but you can't take it.

 

If I remember right - he would deliver the morning papers at my uncles place round about 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
He was present at my cousins wedding - but he had retired by then.

 

Do you seriously believe I give 2 pins about what’s said about me on here.
But I do think it’s well out of order and offensive to try and make fun of someone that is blind.
The people that have actually done this are now desperately (such as you) trying to back peddle on what they have said.
Those people have shown to all - what type of person they are.

 

Probably came at 7:30 pm because he couldn't see where he was going.

 

I’m not back peddling at all.

I can think he inspirational while at the same time making a joke.

 

Didn’t realise it was dark

 

Fair play nudger. It's an amazing story. But a very sad one in my eyes.

 

I don't get how the guy did it though.

 

A few years ago I use to work with with a bloke who was very partially sighted, proper funny bloke he was, he use to always say that he really should have a pointy stick so that he could collect litter while he was out walking,

 

What a strange way to describe your own wedding

 

No one can fault him. He's clearly a star. And no one was ridiculing him.

 

I played in the same team as a lad who has grown up with Tony (Capstick) . He reckoned he was as funny in everyday life as when he was acting/ performing. Always remember his one and only appearance as a judge on ITV's Miss Yorkshire Televisions Beauty pageant.

It was held at the Co-op Emporium on St Sepulchre Gate Doncaster. As the girls paraded in their swimwear the compère asked Tony if he had earmarked any potential winner. As the cameras focused on him said " not really, they are all making it very hard for me."


As well as the audience, the compère also fell about laughing. Really funny bloke who unfortunately died in 2003.

 

This. Making jokes is not ridiculing.

I’m just a big fan of dark humour that’s all.

 

I agree. You have to admire Alan's determination and attitude, but it seems such a sad tale. He's spent a huge chunk of his life either delivering the papers or sleeping and not much else. I guess the positive is that in doing so, he has got himself out and about and interacted with people on a daily basis. I don't know anyone with sight problems, but I'd like to think things might be a little easier for them in this day and age. Am I being naive?

I'll admit I was sceptical about the original post until I watched the video. Not because I have anything against @Young Nudger but just because it seemed too incredible to be true. That'll teach me.

 

Dripping in irony.

 

As soon as I read your first post I could remember seeing the video clip about him a while back, I think on the BBC archive in the early days of iPlayer. And I think heard tales of him through my grandparents, who had friends based out in the Wath, Melton, Mexborough areas.