THE POTTY EDWARDS

‘The Potty edwards’ were a well-known sheffield family of market traders.
FOR MANY YEARS THEY WORKED LOCAL MARKETS SELLING THEIR BONE CHINA, GLASS AND POTTERY.
YOU MAY REMEMBER JOE, WHO WAS to be seen regularly at BARNSLEY MARKET, and his brothers ARTHUR, MICK AND BILL who worked at the old rag and tag. COLLECTIVELY PEOPLE CALLED THEM ‘THE POTTY EDWARDS’ AND THE BOOK:
THE POTTY EDWARDS
WHAT A WAY TO GET A LIVING CELEBRATES their exploits and a BYGONE AGE.

read about joe, who always fancied himself and liked to live the high life.

ARTHUR ALWAYS WANTED TO BE CHINNING SOMEBODY AND FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL HIS TEMPER.

BILL WAS A philosopher, EX-SNIPER AND THE TELLER OF TALES, WITH A WICKED SENSE OF HUMOUR.

MICK, THE YOUNGEST retells their story in his own words: YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT his childhood, his school days, his adventures around rivelin, his first pitch AS A CHILD in the sheffield rag and tag, their trips to the potteries, about the laughs they had in business AND ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS SISTERS, BIB AND AGNES.