Janet Hicks
Janet talks about the 'Penny Man'

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We used to have a 'Penny Man', who used to come round in a charabanc. There was a little shop in it. It was wonderful. Fish man used to come round on Fridays in a thing as well. Fresh fish every Friday.

What did the charabanc have?

Everything. I mean, you used to go in a little door and he'd be behind the little counter there and he had everything. It was like a little groceries on wheels. He used to ding his bell and out you'd go.

We used to have a vegetable man as well. He used to do all the vegetables, potatoes and all that. I mean, we used to have a lot of deliveries in them days. The bleach man used to come and my mum used to buy bleach and, after so many bottles, she got a free tea towel. I'll always remember that.  But the Penny Man was wonderful. Used to go and buy like four chews for a penny. I don't know why he was called the Penny Man. Probably, because you could buy something for a penny off him but that's how he was called the Penny Man. The fish man was lovely because my mum always used to buy fresh fish and we always had fish on Fridays. She did it herself, in batter, and it was lovely.