Bill And Joan Turners Fruit And Veg Shop
A Memory of Walpole Cross Keys.
My nan and grandad ran a fruit and veg shop in the village for as long as I can remember (I'm 38 now) when the old A17 was the main road through to King's Lynn.
I remember people coming from as far as Hunstanton every week to buy their fresh fruit and veg from their stall. If they ran out of anything they just walked into the field next to the shop and cut some fresh cabbage, cauliflower, strawberries etc.
Grandad never closed the shop as long as he was awake (open 5 am till 11 pm!), it drove Nan mad. She would cook his Sunday lunch for him and it would be in and out of the oven as he stopped to serve people and eat a little more! Lunch normaly took him 4 hours!
People may remember their pets: Dilly the duck and the ginger cat that would attack you if you tried to stroke it!
They served tens of thousands of people in their time and if anyone has any memories of Nan or Grandad in the village, post back please.
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