A ‘singing greengrocer’ who is believed to be one of the last in Bristol to call out their wares in the street has sold up and will move on after more than 30 years as a stalwart of the community. Darren Jones will leave the East Street Fruit Market, which he has worked at since around 1992 and took over in 2008, but the business is carrying on under new ownership, with the same staff taken on.
Mr Jones has become one of the most recognisable figures in Bedminster, and featured many times on Bristol Live, keeping alive the once-common practice of shopkeepers singing out their bargains and offers. With his melodic catchphrase 'don't all be shy, pop in and buy', he most recently featured on a BBC programme We Are England, meeting and not recognising Bedminster comedian Jayde Adams, and pretending not to know what Instagram was.
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