October 2003
Tony Gordon, fruit trader | |
|  | | Tony Gordon : likes a good apple |
| | Local trader Tony Gordon has been selling fruit outside the Broadmarsh for six years.
Interview by Joe Sinclair |
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Carl Froch, boxer | | | FACTS | | Tony Gordon has been selling fruit outside the Broadmarsh Centre, Nottingham for the past six years
His best selling fruit : Bananas | | | PRINT THIS PAGE | | | View a printable version of this page. | |  |
| | I live in town, my nameÂ’s Tony Gordon. IÂ’ve been down here 6 years.
I used to do the markets. ItÂ’s something to do.
I donÂ’t like it particularly. I do when the sunÂ’s shining.
If itÂ’s raining people donÂ’t buy. They donÂ’t stop.
 I don't eat a lot of fruit. | | Tony Gordon, Fruit trader |
Hassle? Sometimes, well, not very often. You learn to handle them, you know what I mean.
You get drunks and, you know, general dossers. They all think itÂ’s an easy job and youÂ’re easy game standing out here. They learn.
I donÂ’t get much time off. Usually have January off. I go to various places, all over the place, mostly in England or Ireland. Sometimes I donÂ’t even bother.
It’s long hours. Half four ‘til half five at night. It’s quite a long day you know. So in my spare time I sleep most of the time.
 | | Tony Gordon's stall outside the Broadmarsh Centre, Nottingham |
I like dog racing. I bet occasionally. You win and lose, itÂ’s the same as everything else.
Bananas: most of the year round itÂ’s the best seller.
Occasionally you do sell strange things, like those [points]. ThatÂ’s what we call a doughnut peach. Six for a pound. TheyÂ’re American. I donÂ’t know how they taste, I donÂ’t eat them. Just sell them.
I donÂ’t eat a lot of fruit, I just pick at it all day. I like a good apple. I might have an apple in the morning, a banana at lunchtime, a few strawberries. IÂ’ve had enough of it - see it all day.
You wouldnÂ’t be able to write what I think of the EU regulations. I think itÂ’s a load of rubbish to be honest.
The people in Nottingham have changed. ThereÂ’s far more undesirables, letÂ’s put it like that. I think the drug problem is showing itself in town.
Keep out of the city - out of the city centre - unless you have to come in. | | | |
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