Edmund Trebus
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Edmund Trebus (November 11, 1918 - September 29, 2002) was a Polish émigré to Britain and compulsive hoarder who came to fame when he was featured on a British television documentary called A Life of Grime.
When he was in his eighties, Trebus lived alone in a run down house in Haringey, London that regularly attracted the attention of the local council's health department due to the complaints of neighbours about the mountain of rubbish in his garden. Trebus lived in a small area on the ground floor, surrounded by canyons of detritus and filth so high that there were fears for his safety should the edifice collapse. A Life Of Grime showed the frequent arguements Trebus had with council workers who attempted to clean his house, who he would try to chase away by waving his walking stick at them.
He was eventually found a place in a care home for the elderly. Despite his initial objections to such a move, in later series of A Life of Grime Edmund Trebus professed to be very happy in his new home and gave a teerful thanks to the social worker who placed him there. Trebus subsequently passed away in his sleep, aged 84.
External links
- "Stick it up your chuffer!" - the Edmund Trebus memorial site (http://peteashton.com/trebus/)
- Environmental Health Journal article (http://www.ehj-online.com/archive/2000/april2001/april5.html)
- Guardian obituary of Edmund Trebus (http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,805110,00.html)