Exactly ten years ago today - on 3 January 2015 shortly after 11 am - a member of the public reported a ‘Reggie Perrin pile of clothes’ abandoned on Brighton beach near Duke’s Mound. The police force appealed to anyone who saw anything suspicious and also itemized the clothes: ‘a black XX large Superdry jacket with an orange lining, a pair of 34in waist black George-brand trousers and a large blue Hollister t-shirt’. Brighton and Hove News.
In one episode, Perrin faked his own suicide by leaving a pile of clothes on a beach. This soon became linked with the true life events - a little before Nobbs’ book - surrounding John Stonehouse, a Labour Party politician had done the same thing. The act of trying to fake one’s own death in this way became known in the media as ‘doing a Reggie Perrin’. And, ever since, Reggie has, apparently, been leaving piles of clothes all over the country (especially in Kent!).
August 1999 - Reggie Perrin style mystery baffles police
Police were baffled by a Reggie Perrin style mystery when two piles of clothing were found at Cotestones beach near Warton on Saturday.
September 2003 - Reggie Perrin-type mystery baffles police
Police are trying to piece together the last movements of a man reported missing more than a week ago in a Reginald Perrin-style mystery.
August 2008 - Clothes left on beach in Reggie Perrin-style mystery
A large section of the coast around Margate is being trawled this morning after two sets of clothes turned up on the beach overnight.
May 2011 - Reggie Perrin fake death paedophile guilty
A man who faked his own death by leaving his clothing, car keys and a suicide note on a Lancashire beach has been convicted of child sex offences.
June 2011 - The £100m Reggie Perrin? The dead City tycoon who fled his creditors to Borneo but may still be alive
December 2016 - Beach vanishing act
Cops probe ‘Reggie Perrin-style’ disappearance after man’s clothes discovered abandoned on a beach. The dumped clothes which included a leather jacket, a top, trousers, trainers and vaping stick were found on a beach in Southsea, Hampshire.
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