Notts' Most Opinionated Greengrocers: The Thompson Brothers

Paul Daniels
We watched a ‘behind the scenes’ programme on magicians and they all said he was technically the best British magician ever. He just suffered a little because he was funny looking and had an annoying voice. We’re sad to see him go so quickly. He was only 77.

Johann Cruyff
Do you remember the moulded boots he did with Adidas in the eighties? They were orange, I believe. We would have liked a pair, but we could never afford them. We were only on four bob a week and they were about £20. He was only 66 – that’s no age. They’re dropping like flies at the moment. They should take a leaf out of Cliff Michelmore’s book – at least he was 96 when he went.

Forest fans smash up Derby stadium toilets
It’s idiotic behaviour and they should be banned. Although, what happened to those urinals that were unbreakable? Those ones that were like a metal trough that you just wee into. Or the ones where you just have a painted wall and an old fashioned pipe in the floor. They wouldn’t be able to break them, would they?

Astronaut Tim Peake tweets Notts school kids from space
What a waste of his time. Ludicrous. You think he’d have more important and interesting things to do from space, like looking at stars and make sure his spaceship is flying alright. Although, I suppose spaceships fly themselves mostly nowadays. Maybe he’s just bored up there?