Quote Originally Posted by CAMiller View Post
Those were the days my friend! Where I lived in Monkwood you didn't need a watch or iPhone or anything to tell you the time. If the Fletchers van hadn't been it was before 10am, if it had it was after 10am (and I had my egg custard ). Same with the Tonelli's ice cream van at 4.15pm and the Staves greengrocery lorry at the same time on set days, rain, snow or shine.
Staves greengrocers still going strong, even now when following a long line of slow moving traffic through Rawmarsh someone will quip it's either Clarks funeral cortege or Staves lorry.