The Thompson Brothers: Nottingham's Most Opinionated Greengrocers

Sunday 04 September 2016
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"We don't mind tattoos at all. Some of them are lovely. There’s a lady who comes in the shop who has them on her legs and they’re really nice and colourful"
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Summer Holiday in Southwold
We are currently staying in a lovely hotel called The Swan. We’ve never done a phone interview before. So, we went for a swim before breakfast, which was exhilarating. The water was positively warm and there were loads of other people in there. We’ll have a few pints this afternoon. You can’t beat a British holiday.

Rio Olympics
It’s been absolutely fantastic for the whole country. The team have done much better than anyone could have imagined with 67 medals – 27 gold. What’s interested us is that so much of the funding came from the lottery. It’s marvellous. We should encourage all the unfit people to gamble more to help fit people achieve glory.

Tattooed Police Force
We don’t mind tattoos at all. Some of them are lovely. There’s a lady who comes in the shop who has them on her legs and they’re really nice and colourful. So we don’t think anywhere on the arms or legs, or indeed most of the body is a problem at all. But people with tattoos on their head and neck look a bit rough and iffy. You’ve got to draw the line somewhere, and we’d draw it from the neck up.

Keplar 186F
Is that the planet they’ve discovered millions of miles away? We didn’t take much notice. It would take you ages to get there. It’s takes long enough for us to travel from Sherwood into town by bus.

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