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OH GOD!!!!! And I thought I was nearly the oldest on this board!!!

we had a man walked round every sunday selling crumpets out of an old battered pushchair, we used to toast them on the coal fire, i only mentioned to Joy on saturday about Bunty comic with the cut out doll to dress,we saw the dolls for sale, It taje us an hour from where we live to get to thhe seaside,when i was little it took hours and we always stopped halfway and dad would get out a primus stove at make a brew up cor i feel old now (again)

Hi Chris - yes it's me!!!! Went onto another thread. Jillxx

So you had the pop man in Yorkshire too Janet..........he certainly got around lol...... Saturday, was the highlight of the week waiting for him, jumping up and down, asking mum and dad how many bottles we could get, usually ended up with six at a time, but had to make them last all week...............fantastic!!! Never see anything like that now. Lin

Oh yes Lin. I was in the Corona club and received a card on my birthday. Remember those metal-wired tops on the bottles? Gwyn

sorry Lin----you've lost me now! before my time!

Ooh yes Lin - friday night was the pop man's night and we used to get dandelion and burdock. Anyone remember 'ginger beer plants' with yeast and ginger, where you made your own? Jay

Milkman with his milk churn and ladle. Coal man who had coal briquettes as well as coal on his cart. Gas street lamp man used to come and light the lamps at dusk. Sue

Also remember the 'knocker up man' would come around and tap on the bedroom window, shouting 6 o clock and all's well....in other words, get up you lazy b*ggers lol. The gas lamps, man would come along and light them up. Anyone remember the lorries that used to come round every Saturday selling all kinds of drinks....lemonade, limeade, raspberry ade, t*zer, orangeade, ginger beer etc, etc. Fanlights, over the window and chunky glass (usually green) blocks, which were used as foot raisers for furniture, like dressers. Lin

Did anyone have a wet fishman, who rang a bell to announce his arrival in the street? Jay

hospital matrons------you never had M.R.S.A then!!

remember when the postman knew everyone on his round---there was no chance of your post being delivered to someone else, i don't think some of todays postmen can read! many a time mine goes to someone else and they come and deliver it! or i get someone elses!

In London there used be an Italian firm with yellow lorries which used to sell big blocks of ice to the shops Gas street lamps the news paper seller 'Star,News and Stanard'!!

What about the Onion Johnnies with strings of onions..........

buying 'loose' food - biscuits by the lb which were displayed outside the shop and figered by all the children that passed. How did we survive?

is that you jill??

i rememmber the mud larks at Portsmouth habour,they would be stripped down to their bathers crawling about in the mud,people walking along the jetty to the ferry boats would throw old pennies /half pennys into the mud were the mud larks would try to find them,i bet they made a mint!

Hi Chris Yes i remember the Rag and Bone man. When i was a young girl i gave him my mum best coat for a goldfish, i'll leave it to your imagination what happened to me for that little prank (ouch) Ann

oh yeah, the coal man--------and the bin men who would lift the bin! today they wont take it if it's to heavy! or if there is a bag next to it---they leave it! carol singers who sang the whole carol first-----then knocked! being frightened of the policeman! playing postmans knock

Well Chris - you're older than I thought!! LOL. Remember a bloke called Mr Sumner who came round on a 3 wheeled thingy selling liquid soap. PS I also remember stop me and buy one (later transposed to 'buy me and stop one'.) NAUGHTY!!!!!!