Fruit (slang) fruit" (and rarely "old tin of fruit") to the 1920s in Britain possibly deriving from the phrase "fruit of the womb". In the United States, however, both "fruit" and "fruitcake" are seen as negative with fruitcake likely originating from "nutty as a fruitcake" (a crazy person). A costermonger was a street seller of fruit and vegetables. The term, which derived from the words "costard" (a type of apple) and "monger", i.e. "seller", came to be particularly associated with the "barrow boys" of London who would sell their produce from a wheelbarrow or wheeled market stall. Costermongers have existed in London
Bill Sweeting In 1967 Sweeting was appointed the Assistant Director of the Australian War Memorial (AWM). Sweeting was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire in June 1977 for his public service. At this time he was the Public Assistant Director, Board of Trustees at the AWM. Sweeting retired from the AWM in March 1979; his final position there was Assistant Director, History and Publications. Bill Sweeting Alan John ("Bill") Sweeting MBE (3 November 1918 - 9 July 2016) was an Australian historian and museum administrator. Sweeting was born in Penrith, New South Wales on 3 November 1918. Sweeting