Billy Bluelight

William Cullum (10 April 1859[1] – July 1949),[2] known as Billy Bluelight, was a popular English flower vendor and cult figure in Norwich.

Five years after his death, writer R L Potter wrote this description of him: That over-worked term 'nature's gentleman' was never better exemplified than in the gentle, unpretentious character called Billy Bluelight.

The Crude Apache theatre company produced a play about his life, entitled "Nature's Gentleman - The Story of Billy Bluelight" [4] Close to the Water's Edge restaurant and bar in Bramerton, a life-size statue has been erected in his memory on the Wherryman's Way long-distance footpath.

Cullen was slight and wiry, and typically dressed in long white shorts, cricket cap, and plimsolls with medals on his chest.

On the return journey he would regale day-trippers with the following rhyme My name is Billy Bluelight, my age is 45, I hope to get to Carrow Bridge before the boat arrive.