“On Saturday mornings Mr Ewing would make his rounds, giving each tradesman 1 and the apprentices, ten shillings. Needless to say, we were all peeping around corners awaiting his arrival!”

“To us children he (Mr Ewing) was our very own Mr Chips and invariably we would each receive half a crown whenever we encountered him on his afternoon walk. If we were particularly lucky, he would s...”

“The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)”

“On Saturday mornings Mr Ewing would make his rounds, giving each tradesman 1 and the apprentices, ten shillings. Needless to say, we were all peeping around corners awaiting his arrival!”