Penistone road plate thrower.

[Dun working]

Distant vague memory of a man who would throw a complete dinner service into the air and catch it without breaking anything , i think there was a crockery shop nearby where he would sell his plates etc, possibly the Hillfoot bridge area, anyone remember this from the 1960s.

[hillsbro]

This sounds like "Potty" Edwards. There's an old thread about him - click here - in which post #4 by jomarch includes: "He was famous for his entertaining sales pitch, when he would 'throw' pots around without dropping them". Post #24 by fleetwood mentions a "warehouse/shop around the Hillfoot area".

[speedypete0]

i vaguely remember a guy in the old rag market doing the same in the late fifties

[hillsbro]

i vaguely remember a guy in the old rag market doing the same in the late fifties

Yes, that was "Potty" Edwards - see here.

[Dun working]

This sounds like "Potty" Edwards. There's an old thread about him - click here - in which post #4 by jomarch includes: "He was famous for his entertaining sales pitch, when he would 'throw' pots around without dropping them". Post #24 by fleetwood mentions a "warehouse/shop around the Hillfoot area".

 

 

Many thanks Hillsbro, spot on.