Rag and bone men

[whisper]

we used to nag mum for some old clothes whenever we heard the rag and bone man coming around just so we could have a balloon or pen or a little note pad.there were times when we missed out though cos mum would want some new pegs.

i also remember the men that used to come round selling brushes etc

[OneofThree]

My mum would only let us get pegs. although we would have had balloons.

 

Strangely, i can remember giving plenty of rags but never any bones.

[RoyalRegular]

What about donkey stones?

 

And the ragman's trumpet?

[pietro]

and magic colouring books.

[kirky]

my old man told me when they were kids the rag man used to give them newly hatched chickens

[RoyalRegular]

Then there was the man following the horse and cart with a shovel and a bucket.............................

[pietro]

Quoted by Royalregular; Then there was the man following the horse and cart with a shovel and a bucket.............................

 

that would have been my dad,

 

ought for nought!

[Greybeard]

Weren't they called Totters ? Pretty sure my mother always had pegs off them. Anyway there were five of us kids so a balloon would only have started a squabble

 

Another horse and cart outfit I remember was the milkman, it was during and probably just after the war. He had two or three churns on the cart and measured the milk into a big jug we kept on the cellar-head.

 

And the Tea Man had a horse and whatever...posher than a cart. I think the name was Twinings or Ringmans...could have been both.

 

The knife and scissors man was a regular too but I think he had a contraption like a wheelbarrow.

[Greybeard]

Originally posted by Greybeard

 

The knife and scissors man was a regular too but I think he had a contraption like a wheelbarrow.

 

 

On second thoughts it was a kind of tricycle. The drive chain could be switched to a grindstone mounted on the back

[kevah]

Originally posted by Greybeard

And the Tea Man had a horse and whatever...posher than a cart. I think the name was Twinings or Ringmans...could have been both.

 

Do you mean Ringtons Tea Greybeard? My friend who lives in South Shields near Newcastle still buys tea from the Ringtons tea man and ginger biscuits!