This Is England
In this week's podcast Liz Fawden takes you to meet people in England who have unusual jobs or hobbies.
If you remember sweets like liquorice torpedoes, sherbet lemons and mint humbugs and thought they where a thing of the past. You'd be wrong, Goodies Sweetshop in Lincoln owned by Neil Perkins is perhaps the only shop where you can buy them. Find out more about .
My wife and I had a sweetie shop in Jarrow, of Jarrow march fame. She used to search out all of the old popular KET (sweets in geordie speak) for young and old tastes and have witnessed many a clip round the ear to explain to a child "we've got no money" and then "why don't you sell ciggies".
Complain about this postWe are now Tyre Fitters, and are doing our best to keep the country rolling.
Since the invention of the wheel, the rubber pneumatic tyre must have contributed something to the world, and I think is taken for granted.
Worth an investigation back to Mr Dunlop's invention do you think?