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  • Photographed by Geoff Charles. 'Johnny Onions' was the nickname given to the Breton onion-sellers who travelled annually to Wales and other parts of Britain. The first 'Johnny Onions' or 'Sioni Winwns' landed in Plymouth in 1828, and they remained a familiar sight in many Welsh towns and villages up until the 1970s.
'Johnny Onions' tying strings of onions at Porthmadog, 20 February 1958
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles. 'Johnny Onions' was the nickname given to the Breton onion-sellers who travelled annually to Wales and other parts of Britain. The first 'Johnny Onions' or 'Sioni Winwns' landed in Plymouth in 1828, and they remained a familiar sight in many Welsh towns and villages up until the 1970s.
'Johnny Onions' tying strings of onions at Porthmadog, 20 February 1958
  • This postcard was posted on 12 May 1910 at Aberdare. The postcard features a street vendor who worked for 'Bracchi Bros', Aberdare, and it is possible that he was selling ice-cream to the children in the street. The first 'Bracchi' shops or cafés were established in the Rhondda and Cynon Valleys during the late-nineteenth century by Italian immigrants from Bardi, northern Italy. Their cafés, ice-cream parlours and fish-and-chip shops proved extremely popular in the area and many of the Italian businesses continue to be run by their descendants in the south Wales valleys to this day.
The Square, Aberaman, showing 'Bracchi Bros.' street vendor, early 20th century
  • 'Johnny Onions' was the nickname given to the Breton onion-sellers who travelled annually to Wales and other parts of Britain. The first 'Johnny Onions' or 'Sioni Winwns' landed in Plymouth in 1828, and they remained a familiar sight in many Welsh towns and villages up until the 1970s.
'Johnny Onions' selling onions at Cardiff, 1910
Pearl Street, Splott, Cardiff, late 19th century
  • Photograph by W. Booth.
Selling wares on Cottrell Road, Roath, Cardiff, May 1894