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alan refail
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 Sioni Winwns It's that time of the year again when we can enjoy Roscoff onions. Sioni Winwns is back as every year supplying local shops. Now he drives a white van and rarely uses a bike, unlike his predecessors, seen here in the late 1950s in their warehouse in Porthmadog. Attachment:
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oldherbaceous
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Re: Sioni Winwns I was only talking about Onion Johnnies to someone last week.
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Nature's Babe
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Re: Sioni Winwns They really are very expensive in our local supermarket.
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alan refail
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Re: Sioni Winwns Nature's Babe wrote: They really are very expensive in our local supermarket. Ours are less than £6 for 2.75 kilos in a double string from our butcher's across the road. Excellent value for the best onions you could wish for.
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| Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:23 pm |
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Nature's Babe
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Re: Sioni Winwns You are lucky to be able to buy them at that price !
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Johnboy
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Re: Sioni Winwns Hi Alan, I suppose next you will be telling me you buy your meat from the grocers down the road! Strange place Wales.  JB.
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Shallot Man
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Re: Sioni Winwns Nature's babe. why not buy some, keep to next year, plant, they will then run straight to seed. Waller you have your own supply.
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alan refail
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Re: Sioni Winwns I managed to catch him yesterday on one of his regular winter deliveries to our butchers across the road. So here he is. Attachment:
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