Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on Pride, protests and charity shops
Charity Shops
Well, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we are twins and we dress exactly the same. You can’t get anything exactly the same, it’s hard enough in a normal shop. We went to the Doc Marten shop and asked for two pairs of brown and two pairs of black. They said we’ve only got one of each, so we had to wait two months to get them. So we’ve never been to charity shops. We wouldn’t mind a secondhand piano, but the thing we’d probably get is records - they’re all for good causes aren’t they?
Protest
The right to protest is something we think everyone should have. They’ve been doing them for donkey’s years haven’t they, going back to the Luddites. As long as it’s not violent we don’t mind. But the problem is they walk at such a slow pace. You stop and stop, and get backache, and then if you’re an older man you have to stop to go to the toilet, so what do you do? If we started a protest it would be about supporting British car manufacturers. People should support British manufacturers in general.
Pride
We think people should take pride in who they are if they want to. The law changed in 1967 and it’s taken a long time, not for people to simply accept them, but that they can parade. It's marvellous that people can do what they like these days because in the 60s, 70s and 80s you’d be beaten up for it. Chuck Berry did say ‘live and let live’, and quite right too. You don’t want to be walking in fear because you have different views. But it’s always on a Saturday and we’re always in here of course.
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