rag and bone man

[dibnah]

we still regularly get the rag and bone dude around our area, and was thinking how common they are now? We used to have a milkman fish man popman and a guy who went around on a bike sharpening knifes. My favourite was the hunch back plumber who came on a bike with all his stuff stapped to it. Those were the days, I'm only 28 !

[Mancblue]

I too remember the rag bone man, ours used to be on a horse and cart and you'd here him a mile off, shouting raaaaaaaaagbooooooooone. We also had a popman and a videoman who rented video's from the back of his ford escort van. None of that now though, shame really!

[Shirley]

we had one in old trafford, greater (or lesser) manchester... Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagnbn - he had a horse too!! I kind of liked it... perhaps he was the precursor of the freecycle movement in a way.

My gran had a pop man (alpine I think) in Wythenshawe... what a treat it was to go to her house and drink dandelion & burdock or cream soda!!

We did have a fish mannie that came around once a week but I've not seen him for ages now.

The only regular visitor is the postie - and we see the T***o mannie pass by from time to time.

[Millymollymandy]

My mum (in Somerset) has the fish van once a week and the library van. Also asparagus delivered from a local farm when it is in season!!

When I was last living in England, in Wimbledon, there was still a rag and bone man around, with horse and cart. This was 11 years ago!

[bwaymark]

When I lived in France they had the Bread lady and the fruit-and-veg guy who'd come a couple of times every week. Nothing quite so nice as fresh croisants first thing in the morning, or lovely fresh fruit delivered to your door!

[Merry]

When I was little I took a bundle of rags to the Rag man and got a day old chick! Our mam gave it to a neighbour who kept fowls on his allotment and we had it for the next Christmas dinner!
Or so they assured me.
We had mobile shops for just about everything. The icecream van sold cigarettes and pop. There was a fish man and a grocery man. Our favourite was the `tuffy man` who brought sweets in a tray round his neck on a Sunday afternoon.

[legendaryone]

We also had the rag and bone man, the Alpine pop man and a man who sold veg and general groceries. I don't remember what we use to get of the rag and bone man but i know it wasn't a gold fish probably just money.

[Stonehead]

How about the dunny man? Before houses were connected to sewers, a man with a horse and waste cart would go down to the back lanes, opening a flap at the back of the outside toilet, remove the pan and empty into his cart, then put the pan back and move on.

Now, think Australia, 35-40C summers and hundreds of blowies (big flies).

Ah, I can smell it now...

[2steps]

we have a man that comes round sometimes collecting scrap metal. when I was a kid we had a mibile shop that came round selling alsorts I always used to buy cola cubes from

[chadspad]

We have a bread lady comes round 3 times a week with the best baguettes in the area We also have a bloke with fresh fish, meat and veg who comes round once a week. Trouble is you do feel kinda obliged to buy something as theyve come all the way out here.

[Ranter]

I know villages that still have a popman (actually, I know the popman - he married into our family) & mobile butchers. The one I'd really like to see in this city is the guy that sharpens knives. I can remember him when I was little (I'm 35), now I can't find anyone in Leicester to do this. I think I'll have to take them to Lincoln next time I'm visiting as I know a couple of places there that sharpen kitchen knives.

[Millymollymandy]

We have a bread lady comes round 3 times a week with the best baguettes in the area

Mais mon dieu! What do the French do the other 4 days of the week for their bread?