The shops then took pride in what they sold and would display as much as possible, the butchers, bakers, chandlers, greengrocers, etc - Free advertising too.

What a chore at the end of the day, bringing everything back inside.

I worked with a guy 50 + years ago who knew my Uncle Tommy as a kid in the 1930s.

He was telling me about Hanlon's greengrocers on Bridge Road, which always had a display outside.

My uncle had a stick with a long nail at the end.

One day he ran past the display and pulled every leg away with the nailed stick, the contents spilled out everywhere.

I met Mr. Hanlon about 1970 at my sister's wedding, he was her husband's maternal uncle.

Cheers