The Chestnut Man Allan Jones has died its been announced on social media.
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00:00The famous chestnut man has sadly died. Alan Jones, who took his barrow across
00:06Yorkshire, was popular amongst locals, becoming a bit of an institution,
00:11especially in Leeds, Wakefield and Barnsley.
00:16Hi Albert, you're the chestnut dog then? Yeah, he's about the seventh or eighth
00:21dog I've had. And how important is it for you to have your dog with you?
00:26They all know the dog, they all bring him chicken and sandwiches and pork pies. They never
00:30bring me nothing but they always think about the dog.
00:32What's the chestnut community like?
00:36Around here, I mean, what are they like? Yeah.
00:40They're nice people around here, you know, in Barnsley, they're very nice people in Barnsley,
00:44you know. I've been going there for about 30 odd years, you know.
00:56And I don't know if they ever was opening because of my