Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
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Anyone remember 'Purple Aki'?
If that 'name' sends a shiver down your spine you probably grew up on Merseyside. I'd completely forgotten about this character, and was never really sure as a kid whether the stories were even true.
On a serious note, was a bit shocked to find this guy is actually still roaming the streets D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
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17th Sep 2016 4:01 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
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Show us your guns
17th Sep 2016 4:39 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
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It was a name we were threatened with at high school a long time ago
17th Sep 2016 4:42 pm
waterbuoy
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Argyll
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Remember him only too well - put the fear of god into us when it was once reported that he had been down in the dunes at Formby woods.
From what I remember he was a pretty sad case all round - liked to hold people's muscles, - in today's world he would have probably been helped rather than persecuted.Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
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17th Sep 2016 4:44 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3078
Found this too http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/9e756e9...8271f689b6D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
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17th Sep 2016 4:53 pm
Ian McL
Member Since: 18 Sep 2013
Location: Wirral
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While we were working in Manchester two of the lads, one of which who was a gym fanatic came back to site after a muscle feeling encounter with Purple Aki outside Sainsburys
19th Sep 2016 8:18 am
DaveC
Member Since: 29 Sep 2009
Location: Wirral
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only heard the threat rather than a first hand encounter.
as a young lad i'd have been safe anyway being a skinny whippet type!
still puzzled as to the origin of the 'purple' bit?!XC90 T8 R Design Pro
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19th Sep 2016 11:08 am
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
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I think it was a reference to him being so black he was purple, well according to the BBC article anyway.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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19th Sep 2016 11:35 am
Cookie8612
Member Since: 13 Oct 2015
Location: Widnes
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He must be getting on a bit now though remember in the late 80s he jumped on my mates back(not in that way) and felt his muscles we where all in stitches poor lad was traumatised we where only about 16 at the time.
19th Sep 2016 9:16 pm
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