There used to be one called The Spread Eagle near that locality that also offered a similar form of entertainment IIRC.

A bloke stood in a carpark by his car with bonnet open asked my Grandad to loan him £20 for a taxi home/some petrol/whatever. My Grandad said no and he asked a few more people walking through the carpark, after he'd been rejected by everyone in a large group he put his bonnet down, got in, and drove off.

Also had the "I've lost my train tickets..." off a kid in Hull station claiming to be from York, he didn't even bother finishing his special brew before approaching us. As we were leaving the car park he was walking back across to his block of flats.

Good they should get them off our streets, they are a right nuisance coming up to you with their stories about their crappy charity and will you spare just £6 a month to pay by direct debit.....the sooner their kind are out of our faces to leave us in peace the better.

I was pestered so much by someone from the RSPCA once (I was very tired after just getting back from holiday and didn't have the energy to argue) that I signed up for direct debit. I then cancelled it as soon as I could.