Do you remember "Frenchie" selling strings of onions ?

[David Banks]

Does anybody remember "Frenchie" selling onions with their dried tops weaved into "strings" ?
He used to carry the strings over the handlebars of a bicycle, and I remember him having at least one silver tooth.
I'm guessing that he would come in late summer or early fall.

This was in Scarfskerry, and I do not know if he also went to Week or Thursa.

There must have been a van parked up on the main road (A836), but I never saw it.

He must have still been selling after I started at Thurso High in 1959, because I remember him commenting on my French pronunciation (thank you Miss Macleod, aka 'Cloudy'). After a promising beginning, my French never really blossomed, not even in Canada.

[gleeber]

I remember Chonny Ingans in Thurso in the late 50s. Only a couple of times tho.

[Tighsonas4]

I remember Chonny Ingans in Thurso in the late 50s. Only a couple of times tho.

yes there was a time when johnnie ingans was quite regular doing the rounds,they all had the title as far as we were concerned lol tony