Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on April Fools, Rainbow and Buses
April Fools
The Eggman, the man who supplies eggs to our shop, has a really good one. He lives on a big estate in Kimberley and lots of people walk their dogs past his dirt track at the bottom. He’s planted three or four very small conifer trees down there. But he’s also taken four of our leftover 10ft Christmas trees and on the night before he’s going to swap them over. That sudden growth should definitely raise an eyebrow among his neighbours.
Buses
There seem to be quite a lot of issues with Nottingham as a city at the moment, but one thing that always makes this city stand out from others is our buses. You can get from one part of the city to another quite easily and cheaply and it’s only really when you use the public transport in another city you come to appreciate that. They’re a lifeline to many people. However, we wish they hadn’t changed the colours of the city transport buses to reflect different routes. We much preferred the old corporation green, it was iconic.
Nottingham Puppet Festival
A whole festival of puppets? Would you believe it? We’re too old to remember Zippy from Rainbow, that show was after our time. We do remember Sooty and Sweep. Is Basil Brush coming? Boom Boom! In all honesty, we’re actually a bit scared of puppets - they’re not really our thing, particularly ventriloquist's dummies. Although we thought War Horse was very good when it was at the theatre and that was done with puppets, right?
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