James Ulysses Bond
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James Ulysses Bond, born Christopher Wilson, was a homeless person who lived in a tent by the River Cam
in Newnham, Cambridgeshire
. Bond contributed the story Eating Escargot in Sheffield to Willow Walker magazine, which was excerpted in The Guardian
newspaper. After featuring in a documentary about homelessness, he was taken in over Christmas 2006 by Mick Lazarus of Milton, Cambridgeshire
. Bond took a place with Emmaus
but left, and later developed kidney problems. He died of natural causes and was found dead on September 20, 2007. Lazarus offered to fund a funeral, but appealed in the Cambridge Evening News
for help with the costs as neither he nor Bond's sister Wendi Wilson could afford to pay the full £1500. The leader and deputy leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council
donated to the appeal, which eventually raised £1250. The balance was paid by the newspaper's charity fund, Press Relief. A funeral was held at Cambridge Crematorium on October 16, 2007. Bond is among those remembered in the Cambridge Memorial Garden.
River Cam
The River Cam is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the east of England. The two rivers join to the south of Ely at Pope's Corner. The Great Ouse connects the Cam to England's canal system and to the North Sea at King's Lynn...
in Newnham, Cambridgeshire
Newnham, Cambridgeshire
Newnham is a district of the city of Cambridge in England. Historically, the name refers to a hamlet centred on a mill on the River Cam, a short distance to the southwest of the city centre. The modern council ward of Newnham covers much of the west of the city...
. Bond contributed the story Eating Escargot in Sheffield to Willow Walker magazine, which was excerpted in The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper. After featuring in a documentary about homelessness, he was taken in over Christmas 2006 by Mick Lazarus of Milton, Cambridgeshire
Milton, Cambridgeshire
Milton is a village just north of Cambridge, England. It has a population of approximately 4,300 with 3,200 being on the electoral register. It expanded considerably in the late 1980s when two large housing estates were built between the bypass and the village resulting in a doubling of the...
. Bond took a place with Emmaus
Emmaus (charity)
Emmaus is an international charitable movement founded in France in 1949 by the priest Abbé Pierre to combat poverty and homelessness.Since 1971 regional and national initiatives have been grouped under a parent organisation, Emmaus International, now run by Jean Rousseau, representing 310 groups...
but left, and later developed kidney problems. He died of natural causes and was found dead on September 20, 2007. Lazarus offered to fund a funeral, but appealed in the Cambridge Evening News
Cambridge Evening News
The Cambridge News is a British daily newspaper published each weekday and on Saturdays. It is distributed from its parent company Cambridge Newspapers Ltd's Milton base which was opened in 1991 as a print works, and became the Evening News main operational hub in 1998...
for help with the costs as neither he nor Bond's sister Wendi Wilson could afford to pay the full £1500. The leader and deputy leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire District Council is the local authority for the district of South Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire, England. Based in Cambourne, it forms the lower part of the two tier system of local government in the district, below Cambridgeshire County Council...
donated to the appeal, which eventually raised £1250. The balance was paid by the newspaper's charity fund, Press Relief. A funeral was held at Cambridge Crematorium on October 16, 2007. Bond is among those remembered in the Cambridge Memorial Garden.