Our latest catch up with Nottingham's most opinionated grocers...
Derby Road
The Strathdon… where’s it gone? We used to drink at the Boston Bean Company underneath. It was a nice hotel! We’ve seen it boarded up but we know nothing about it. They’ve ruined Derby Road now though, haven’t they? There used to be four lanes going out but now there’s only two. There’s too much pavement. If you go to the top of Mansfield Road, near St Andrew’s, you’ve only got four foot of pavement, but up Derby Road you’ve got about forty foot.
Stonebridge City Farm
We used to deliver next door, which was charming, but we never saw any animals. It’s like White Post Farm, you don’t see any animals there either. We don’t want anything massive like giraffes and we don’t want cows, they’re dangerous. They’re the biggest killer animal in the countryside. They can kill more people than anyone. They’ll squeeze you in and then trample you!
Festivals
We don’t go to any, because one of us is allergic to wasps and one of us is allergic to colouring in food. So we don’t want any of that sort of business. And we can’t stand the summer. Well, we like the summer, but it’s too hot. The last time we stood for ages was to see the Pope in York. If there’s a strong wind the sound disappears. When the Heineken tent was on, which is now of course Splendour, Kirsty MacColl was there, and the stage was at the bottom where the pond is and the crowd was on the bank. That was acceptable.
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