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Offline John H

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« on: October 23, 2018, 14:37. »
This photo taken about 12 years ago popped up on my Facebook feed today.
This chap used to come round once a month to sharpen your knifes, garden shears or whatever needed sharpening.
He had an old moped with a leather drive belt going to his grinding wheels, when he needed to start sharpening things he flicked the belt, with his fingers, onto a drive shaft he’d connected to the mopeds crankshaft, using a similar method to disengage it. HASAW!!
I haven’t seen him in years.
Another old lad used to come round once a month in a battered old Renault van, I don’t think it had seen an ITV station in years, he shouted “melones melones” at the top of his voice. He’d open the back doors and the van used to be full of melons at €1 each, a Spanish neighbours told me that they were the melons he sold were first rate.
So armed with this information when he next cane round I went and bought 2 melons from him and tended a €5 note.
He muttered something about mad Englishmen and the fact that he had no change and proceeded to give me another three melons as my change!!
Likewise, I haven’t seen him in years

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John


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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2018, 15:36. »
He’s probably living a very good life on his 26k pension without the need to sharpen knives
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2018, 15:59. »
When we first moved in in 2001 there was a bread man who came round every morning to Altomar 1 in a small van, also sold croissants and cakes.
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2018, 16:14. »
And dont forget the ice cream van


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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2018, 18:40. »
What the glamorous ice cream lady Davina ?
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2018, 18:47. »
Quote from: kevinb on October 23, 2018, 18:40.
What the glamorous ice cream lady Davina ?


Of Blind Date fame


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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2018, 18:55. »
Different Davina.
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2018, 19:00. »
Been a lot of changes, we were out for the whole of September, the Carabassi was heaving, the whole estate was busy. Oceans Bar changed hands while we were out in GA, wonder how its doing now.
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« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2018, 10:43. »
Same Davina
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« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2018, 11:53. »
Quote from: sunseekers on October 25, 2018, 10:43.
Same Davina

I knew it was, I remember her telling me.
Thank you

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