The last fruit and vegetable shop closed today , part of Ashford has gone away , next door to the church for fifty years , Dave and Jim and Brian will never get old . Vegetables with no cling film , or selefane wrapping , Mushrooms as large as you’re hand , Kale in bundles not sold in plastic bags , Plumbs prunes and potatoes. Peaches apples and pears , purple brocole all tied in a bundle , all sold in brown paper bags .
The fish man arrived once a week , Where from Grimsbys shores we bought . .
The bells rang out on Sundays, Where at Christmas, Trees would be bought , Lined one by one .
So tomorrow the supermarket s will becon , with their plastic wrapping and plastic bags , So spare a thought for the fruit and veg , With no plastic wrapping and celefane veg , the old shop where the community shed a tear , for Ashford’s last fruit and veg , has been and left here .
Last night I saw a picture , from 1910 , yes I guess they were still there way back then .