Originally Posted by
ChrisGeorge
Hi Cadfael
What I remember growing up in Mossley Hill in the 1950's and 1960's was his cry "Any old iron!" more than him crying out about "rags" or "bones" or anything else.
Chris
I can hear that voice now! Although we used to call him the Rag n Bone man and the name stuck, he really was after 'any old iron' like you say.
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He said it in the way that you knew what he meant, but you had to be told what he was actually saying as a young 'un!
Imagine someone getting an old cart and dressing up doing that again - it would be a story for Slemen
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