Fat Controller Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Wasn't Mr Pouparts a seriously big-time market gardener and greengrocer? Of French origin. K Apparently, the firm he founded is still going:- http://poupart.co.uk/our-company/heritage/ I couldn't find 'Poupart' in the French dictionary; the nearest I could find was 'poupard', meaning 'chubby'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Interesting. Maybe he ate far too many of his vegetables for the good of his figure, or maybe the family name started a nickname applied to a stout ancestor! K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 30, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2016 Apparently, the firm he founded is still going:- http://poupart.co.uk/our-company/heritage/ I couldn't find 'Poupart' in the French dictionary; the nearest I could find was 'poupard', meaning 'chubby'. The telephone directory for Le Mans lists a number of Poupards, no Pouparts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I hadn't realised that the PTT graded its customers by degrees of sveltness, but it makes sense, given that I can't imagine some of the elegant ladies one sees wanting to be bracketed with portly green-grocers. K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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