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Last Update 09 March 2008

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Brian Adamson, Irelands answer to Wayne Sleep
Author Stewart McClean

Big Brian Adamson, or Lip as he was better known to most people lost a leg in a motorbike accident and had been fitted with the old National Health Service wooden one, this was a a very hi-tec piece of equipment.
A group of us were heading back down Corry Street to the garage. We were all crossing the road in our usual large unrurly bunch when a car appeared driving towards us. We all started moving onto the footpath while Brian stood and watched as the car came closer, everyone knew that he had a wooden leg and surely the driver of the car must also know this, WRONG. At the last minute he swerved and avoided making full contact but he did just clip Brian. Now the NHS leg, as you all know, was a work of art and the workings consisted of two sliding bolts that were to be pushed in when walking. These engaged and Brian was immedaitley transformed into a ballerina, he excuted some wonderful pirouttes before falling into a heap. It really was such a funny site, of course we all should have ran to help him up and check if he was allright but we were all lying over the road and footpath as well. He was very lucky and did survive without a scratch, but I still laugh when I think of him.

Comment;
He lost his leg after leaving my house one night, it was foggy and he was travelling along the Newtownards road when a woman coming the other way did'nt see him and just turned right, she caught his leg between her bonnet and his fuel tank and severed it on the spot. I went to visit him in hospital and it did'nt seem to bother him at all. The thing that does stick with me that was to reach The Royal Victoria i had to use the Falls Road on my YDS7 and as i traversed a sleeping policeman "hump in the road" beside which was a British Army watch tower the dulcid tones of a squaddie rang out,.. "F*** you , you paddy b*****d,."  hmmm,.. made me think he must have been a member of the peace movement....?  Derek

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