Patrick Mevel says he has lifted more than 20,000 tonnes of onions over the past 43 years.
French onion sellers - better know as Johnny Onions - originated in Roscoff in the early 20th Century. They sold the pink onions named after that area.
Johnny Onions are well remembered on the streets of Cardiff and could be found pushing a bicycle covered in strings of onions, and wearing a beret.Image source,Patrick's grandfather sold French onions from Roscoff with his brother when he was in his 20s before pursuing a career in the military. Selling onions is done between August and February and is very intense, involving long hours, starting early in the morning until 11pm."As long as there is an onion in the house you are stringing and selling them all day every day.
His house was not only his home, it also housed all the onions downstairs along with the strings, packing tables and scales.Patrick would have five or six boys come over from France each year to help him and would put them up at his home and make sure they had a home-cooked meal every night."My grandfather used to always say when we got to customs we only had hard work, tiredness and dust to declare.
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