Our latest chat with Nottingham's most opinionated grocers.
Singing
We can’t sing. We do sing, and we like singing but we can’t sing. We don’t know how people remember the words to everything. We know bits of Summer Holiday and Last Christmas maybe. Years ago we went to a gathering and they gave us a piece of music, and this bloke said, ‘I’m not going to sit near you, you two are useless at singing. You stand over there and we’ll all stand a bit further away.’
St Ann’s Allotments
They’re the oldest in Europe aren’t they? And they’re enormous. It used to be that if you lived in a flat, you’d get one and have half grass and some deck chairs. Whoever's looking after them is doing a great job – they’ve got those massive alleyways in between them. They’ve gone up a lot though, so you’ve got to be serious about what you’re doing or your veg can get quite expensive.
Summer plans
We’re not going on holidays this year, we’re having our garden done. We’ve had the brambles taken out and we’re going to get some nice pots and bulbs at the end. Our sister has some gorgeous pots – she said ‘Look at my lovely pots’, and we said, ‘Oh yes they’re lovely pots.’ So we might get her to do them, and then we might get a herbaceous border. We think sitting in the garden with a pint of ale or a glass of wine is very relaxing, so we don’t mind not going away. It’s all a state of mind – if you think you’re hard done by, you are.
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