General Chat

someone on the tips board mentioned a rag and bone man, and it got me thinking! who remembers the rag and bone man?---- the man who came round to sharpen your knives----- mr whippy----- the ice cream man on a 3 wheeler bike with an ice box on the front------- the fair that came round in the summer---winning a goldfish---those poor fish never lived long did they!---------- i remember having a goldfish and i would put it in front of the fire [coal fire] to keep warm-----well, i thought it was cold in all that cold water! it's a wonder it survived.--------------- come on----anyone else remember?-------------- chris

Oh yes remember all of it lol...xxxx

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire... I remember the rag & bone man. Also the Wall's ice cream van. It played 'O sole mio' and drove up our little close, turned round at the top and parked outside our house. Very handy. You could buy a Wall's brick of vanilla icecream, which was given to you wrapped up, with a wafer shaped to hold the brick (like a rectangular cone!). You had to assemble it yourself. There was also an oyster - two wafer shells which had ice cream in, which had the added excitement of 100s & 1000s on it. Jamboree bags. Frost on the INSIDE of the window. Crackerjack pencils! nell

Very well Chris, My brother and I would sit on the doorstep, waving old rags and waiting for him to turn onto our street, when we knew he was in the area. We had many a goldfish, balloon etc. But a lot of the time, mum would instruct us to ask for a brwon or cream stone, for cleaning the doorsteps. My gg grandfather was a carter. He died at 33 from Pneumonia....and no wonder being out in all weathers. Lin

Hubby remembers the ice man xxhugxx

I remember the rag and bone man coming around with his horse and cart and getting a balloon for a few rags.......as for the fish....I never managed to get one home alive! Stel.

can you remember the street singers we lived in flats and used to throw money to him from our veranda Dave

what about 3d lucky bags!-----if i was lucky enough to get a shilling i would buy 4 of them!! 4d jubillees----- penny arrow bar---- parma violets----- love hearts-------

United Dairys Horse and milk float the coalman's horse and cart steam road roller Mars bars, 4 pence(old) Meccano sets Trolly Buses Trams CO-OP baker with a high two wheeled barrow which he pull along Gas board with a steam Lorry James :<))

The fair in the ''rec'' - bought two goldfish :-)

My sister and I were recalling recently just how many tradesmen came round the streets. We had a paraffin man, greengrocer, baker, grocer and shoe repair man to name a few more for your list. The latter was always welcome. He collected shoes on a Tuesday and returned them repaired on a Saturday.... very necessary in our 'Unadopted' road which was so stoney.

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!!!!!!

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

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

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!

is that you jill??

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?

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

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'!!

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!