Man up pole: A memory of Walsall

Man Up Pole

A Memory of Walsall.

Does anyone recall the pole squatter who spent nights/ days in a barrel perched high overlooking the Arbouritum. It was around 1955. How long and what was his name. Was it the same man that did the same outside the Spring Cottage in Shelfield??

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The Pole Squat lasted 31 days and was in the Guinness Book of Records. The squatter's name was Vic Reeves. He won a wager with my father Claude Roe, the owner of the premises outside which the pole stood. He came down on 20th August 1952. Approximately 10,000 poeple were in the streets when he finally came down. I still have the strips of wood from the barrell forming a shelf in a shed! I was 12 years old. Ask me anything about it I have a lot of info.

By see_ro on Sun Jul 5th 2020, at 8:37 pm

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