He once hit me over the head with his banner.

Alma Stores formerly the Live and Let Live public house. Paul St. John Johnstone had the stores for several years, but never made anything of it and it was eventually sold. When we were kids we never knew his real name so we called him!" Holy Joe" or "Wonk", i think his birth name was Hymy Goldstein from the East End of London.

• I went to get some Corona for my grandmother who lived in Hamilton Road, taking some empties back to get the 2d or whatever it was.  He refused to accept the empties and give a refund as he claimed that he had not sold her the original Corona!   How did he know from the bottle - he said that he always wrote the sign of the cross on the label.
• Second one was with us Gilberd School, Grammar School and Girls High school kids on a double decker bus in Colchester bus station waiting to go home from school.  He came along with one of his banners on the usual pole but holding it so high level with the windows on the upper deck of the bus!
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• Thanks to graham Wadley for this extract.

Wivenhoe Memories collection.