Alan “Bear” Smith’s Ashes Return to Stokes Croft. Poets sought for Memorial Event , Scattering of Bear’s Ashes.

by | Saturday, March 20, 2010 | Art | 2 comments

The ashes of Alan “Bear” Smith, Stokes Croft Busking street poet, who died late last year of a heroin overdose are now with us in Stokes Croft. It is intended to have a small ceremony to scatter his ashes on Bristol Docks on a date soon to be announced. We believe it would be appropriate to have a short poetry recital in Alan’s memory. If anybody would like to contribute and recite some poetry, please contact us

Below: Bear’s Funeral in January 2010

Below: Bear in Performance at the Fleece…

2 Comments

  1. Typowriter
    Typowriter on 20 March 2010 at 22:40

    I’ve commissioned a memorial stone for Bear which will be installed on Stokes Croft sometime in the next few months.

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  2. bill
    bill on 26 March 2010 at 17:17

    I last spoke to Bear outside the Croft, after the Dalek gig, on 13th October 2009. He was happy.

    I put a video of him on youtube, reciting one of his pieces, before Mongrel played at the Fleece in February 2009.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl-zKLv0Zjc

    He is missed.

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