Now that's something I haven't heard...

[EternalOptimist]

for years...

"Rag bone, rag bone"...

A rag and bone collection person has just wandered past, singing out his merry cry "Rag bone, rag bone"...

I wonder if it was Harold Steptoe with Hercules pulling the cart.

The golden olden days, we used to have parades every couple of weeks, with brass bands and all. Plus a bannerman


heh ho

[TheFaQQer]

get in there quick, plan b idea if ever i heard one

alternatively prepare for the next great plague and start building death carts/wheelbarrows

Bring out yer dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WotNxt]

for years...

"Rag bone, rag bone"...

A rag and bone collection person has just wandered past, singing out his merry cry "Rag bone, rag bone"...

I wonder if it was Harold Steptoe with Hercules pulling the cart.

Round our way, the local scrap dealer has been running a billboard poster campaign for about the last year and a half encouraging people to take in their scrap for cash. You could even win a car from the raffle tickets you got given each time you took them something!

Very nice posters too - the kind that might get banned from near busy junctions as they could distract (male) drivers too much ... if you get my drift.

Its all because China is sucking in raw materials in massive quantities and value of scrap metal has gone up so much. Boom time for the rag 'n' bone men!

This is the only link I can find I'm afraid but it might give you an idea of what I am talking about.
http://www.redwall.co.uk/news/efs.shtml

[chef]

get in there quick, plan b idea if ever i heard one

alternatively prepare for the next great plague and start building death carts/wheelbarrows

[Bagpuss]

That was my selection in the "things you never hear anymore thread"

There must be a big downturn on the way

[zeitghost]

for years...

"Rag bone, rag bone"...

A rag and bone collection person has just wandered past, singing out his merry cry "Rag bone, rag bone"...

I wonder if it was Harold Steptoe with Hercules pulling the cart.