A much-loved Nottingham market trader who died aged 96 has been honoured by a pub. John Green was a popular trader at Victoria Market and Sneinton Market for more than 30 years. The "real Nottingham man" used to sell clothes and yarn, with the latter even being bought by Nottingham designer Paul Smith in the early days of his career.
Born in the Narrow Marsh district, just off Canal Street and London Road, in a family of 17 siblings, Mr Green found his forever home in Clifton , where he brought up his four daughters "fabulously" following the death of his wife at just 55. One of his children, Jacqui Rooke, 60, described Mr Green as a "hard-working chatter and just a lovely bloke". She said: "He was very popular in Nottingham and was on Sneinton Market in all weathers.
"He was a very generous trader and he'd give wool away half the time. We also used to have a shop in the Meadows called the Four Sisters but the area got a bit rough and we had to close it." Mr Green stopped trading when he was 65 due to health issues caused by exposure to rain and damp.
He died on April 22 at City Hospital due to lung disease and heart failure, after being in and out of hospital for some time. At home, his children, five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren, who were "lucky to have met him", made sure he was always comfortable in the house that meant so much to him. Following his death, his picture now sits on a special wall in the Bath Inn pub, located just outside Sneinton Market, along.
