Daft Sammy of Derbyshire

Samual Eyre lived near Castleton in 1806. At an early age he went onto the lead mining industry like most local boys did, but it turned out this job wasn’t for him. His real love was the Castleton area, wether it was mines, caverns or beauty spots he loved to ramble the area.
Sam would regularly way lay strangers in order to extol the virtues of this wonder part of Derbyshire. He would share information about particular beauty spots to visit and even tit bits of local gossip and stories of times past.
Although Sam became known as “Daft Sammy” throughout the peak as time passed he was not a foolish person and became a clever business man. He soon realised that with his intimate knowledge of the Castleton area he could make money doing what he enjoyed best, and it certainly made a change from working in the lead mines.
Sammy soon became official tour guide, but he never asked his clients directly for money, he had such an enchanting way of story telling that he often received tips in his pocket and a round of applause. 
On the odd occasion when taking clients to his his favourite place which was peveril castle, his mother would tag along and heckle for laughs, he would comment that if they could spare some change for the wild old lady he would be grateful. 
However to some residence of Castleton he was becoming a nuisance over time,Sammy loved his food and realised having little money would call upon his neighbours to feed him if he gave them a song. His singing was so bad that thy would feed him just to save their ears! 
In his later years he could still be seen helping attractive rich traveling ladies with their traveling luggage up over Mam Tor slopes with a windsom grin and compliments he would earn a few Pennie’s. 
Daft Sammy died in Chapel-en-le-frith workhouse in January 1868 aged 61. He had been there for just a month after being no longer able to support himself. The people of Castleton with fond memories of dear Daft Sammy, raised enough money to erect a gravestone in the church yard.
Sacred to the memory os Samual Eyre known by the name Sammy Scutt or Daft Sammy. He supported himself in life as the the acting guide of Castleton.
….and the first know tour guide in England. 
Reminds me of someone….hmmmmmm