LOL!

Well, most of those folks only call in for ten minutes or so at a time, so they don't get a chance to collude

It's primarily Tool Man who comes up with the nicknames, but some of the guys have had nicknames for decades. When I first started going to the market looking for pointy treasure, before they knew my name, the stall holders used to refer to me as 'The Knife Man'!

In an early conversation with Tool Man, I mentioned my nickname from school, Barn, and he calls me that, at least as often as he calls me Jack. I've not heard anyone else use it though. Some of the nicknames are pretty mundane, such as Otley Mick, who we also saw yesterday, and is originally from a place called Otley. My mate Wolfie gets the name from his surname, but the other Wolfie is a real character, who frequently howls!

Harry Hot Balls is about 80, and always used to turn up with a small bag of spicy sausage-meat balls he'd brought from a food vendor in the market, saying, in one of the thickest Yorkshire accents, "Duz anybody want hot ball?"!

Some other characters are Golden Gordon, Sheep's Head Dave, Barry The Ted, Old Billy, Billy Two Quiffs, Big Dave, The Odd Couple, Melbourne, and The Gangster's Moll, but some of them we don't see that often. Here's Tool Man testing out a cast iron pan he bought on Sheep's Head Dave
Hope you can get there soon Jeremy

Nice pic
I can hear the theme tune as his gaping jaws relentlessly move towards that Spam and sausage sandwich!
LOL!

Another great photo my friend
It's funny to think that in all the time I've known him, I've never actually seen him sit down to a full meal!

That might be a good thing!
Sounds delicious Leon, and a great market
Well done Paul

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone has made it through the week, and that you're looking forward to the weekend. I was just reading a newspaper online, and came across a short interview with actor and musician Henry Rollins, who I didn't know had lived in Leeds at one time, where he says he had the best onion bhajis he's ever tasted!

I'm off to the dentist this afternoon, so hoping they'll actually do something today!

The weather looks lovely, but I think I'm just going to potter around the house, and do a few things, before its time to walk down to the dentist, about a mile away. Hope everyone has a good day