Bananas Are Back

It was an event: Britons had not seen bananas in five years. When the good ship Tilapa tied up at Bristol last week, the Lord Mayor himself, driving through heavy fog, went down to welcome her. So did thousands of curious kids.

The Lord Mayor brought two ripe yellow bananas back with him to the town hall, and a few lucky kids did some dockside sampling. Consensus: "Better than pears." One twelve-year-old's joyful munching was recorded on the spot by BBC.

Most of the cargo would have to ripen before being sold. Then it will go to under-18s only; adults must wait for the next shipload from Jamaica.

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