READERS with good memories may recall my story in 2010 about Joe the tramp, who arrived in Henley after being discharged from the army at the end of the Second World War.
He had no family and, like so many former servicemen, he took to the road.
Joe made his home in a cave on Remenham Hill and would spend summer here and normally make his way to the south coast when the autumn came.
He could be seen walking the streets pushing an old pram that contained all his worldly goods. Joe was well known and everyone would acknowledge him. He became particularly friendly with a member of the town’s Round Table.
When he died in 1978, aged 76, his Round Table friend took control of what little affairs he had, including the £3,000 found in his pram.
Now Lee Walsh, from Tucson, Arizona, has contacted me to say he remembers Joe.
He says: “We moved to Henley from California in 1966 and Joe would be seen pushing his pram up our street (Lambridge Wood Road) during the holidays, collecting gifts from the residents. He would also be seen walking along Fair Mile.
“I just heard a Christmas recording from that first English holiday and my parents were talking about Joe, though we didn’t know his name at the time.
“Sorry, Joe, even as a nine-year old I should have known your name.”
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