Ragbone, ragbonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne

[panpete]

I remember in the seventies/eighties, when I lived on a council estate in Teesside, hearing the rag-and-bone man with his horse, hooves going clip-clop.
I always wondered why we dont see them anymore.

 

[rutabowa]

there was a rag and bone man with a horse and cart in Leeds until at least 2002 he used to go by my house

 

[Herbsman.]

Nostalgia

 

[oryx]

Certainly remember them in my childhood in York.

They were called rag and bone men, but their cry was 'Ragbone! Ragbone!'.

I always thought people from some other parts of the country called them 'totters' - now that was an expression I didn't hear until I was at least in my late 20s!

 

[mr steev]

I always thought people from some other parts of the country called them 'totters' - now that was an expression I didn't hear until I was at least in my late 20s!

Do you mean a 'tatter'?

 

[oryx]

Do you mean a 'tatter'?

No, I have heard the expression 'tatter' which I thought related to the word 'tat' & is more modern........I swear the word I've heard used is 'totter'.

 

[bi0boy]

I was just reading this

"A metal cup acquired by a rag and bone man from Somerset has been revealed to be a pure gold goblet from the 3rd or 4th Century BC, worth up to £500,000."

 

[Ground Elder]

Totting is what Gypsies call tatting.

 

[Rollem]

aaaw, rag-n-bone uesd to cop a lift on the cart of the old fella who went round the streets when i was a kid. he didnt mind so long as we bought some sugar lumps for his horse

my mum used to threaten to give us away to him when we missed behaved tho

 

[Sadken]

We've had one re-appear out of nowhere near us too

 

[DRINK?]

profitable as well if you get a bit o luck

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2282417,00.html

 

[miss direct]

there's one in Wolverhampton, I think he shouts any old iron.