Grunty Fen Tradesmen

Oily Olly

the fish and chip van man, calls on Thursdays and parks beside the village pond

into which he slops his fat when he brakes too sharply.

Famous for his battered haddock and the interesting newspapers in which he wraps it.

Mr Sparkle

A sad travelling cleanser salesman on an Ariel motor bike

who was befriended by Gran after his wife rejected him.

The Lino Offcuts Man

calls regularly selling odd shapes suitable for bent passages, etc.

Vinegar Potts

Inventor of the revolving observatory/lavatory.

Used to go door-to-door selling vinegar but soon flooded the market.

Roy Beveridge

runs a butchery delivery service under the slogan ‘We Don’t Sell No Tripe’.