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[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

Ashley Alty,

Apologies for my recent silence.
Currently not well and struggling to be match fit for the Burton game.

As regards 'Market Dave', he never seems to look any older than when I first saw him years ago!
Is the man immortal?

I can't claim that he's a close personal friend of mine......but last year he did help himself to the remains of our old bath as it lay abandoned in the front garden whilst 'home improvements' were under way...

P.S. Can you send me round some of your homemade chicken broth?

[jhcorbett]

There are a few urban legends about "Market Dave".

I think his real name is something like David Oakel, which is quite a good name for a local yokel.

The key legend is that he is very rich, "but doesn't like to show it". Well he certainly hides it well. He never seems to spend much cash and has had the same clothes since the 1960s, so there could be something in that.

He sometimes drinks in the Malt Shovel, where he was once reported to be having an in-depth conversation with our dear Kenny Palin. That would have been awesome to overhear.

As to his never ageing and immortality? Well he certainly has no fear when facing down on-coming traffic with his cart. Perhaps the outdoor life and exercise had rendered him lean and fit or maybe he has an ageing picture of himself stashed in his attic that does his ageing for him (like Dorian Gray).

[Dianne]

He likes to take his holidays in Eccles 'cos " there are plenty of pubs in Eccles"