He lived as "a tramp" on the streets of Bournemouth for three years until last year when he was beaten unconscious and left for dead.

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Museum curators have started adding select pieces of tramp art to their folk art collections, such as a pin cushion, comb box and crucifix acquired in 1986 by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.

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We tramp through a landscape of shrunken brown plants, dried husks crunching under our feet as Marion searches for some small sign of fruitful growth.

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As you tramp down the road there is always regret, always the thought that perhaps if you held on for a little longer things might go right.

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