Things you never see any more No.361

[cyberknight]

Rag and bone men (and woman).

We get the modern version of them round our way often enough, ruddy scrap men with a low laoder and a megaphone .

 

[ianrauk]

Texan bars. Yummy things they were. I miss them.
Proper sized Wagon Wheels, they are way smaller than they were.
The Corona Man, in his yellow van coming around every friday morning with pop and cordial.
Haven't seen a village bobby in heaven only knows how long. We see one dash through the village in his police car about once a week, probably going to visit an aunt or something though.

Curley Wurleys.. they were at least 2 feet long back then...

 

[Over The Hill]

There's a Wimpy at Clapham Junction too, at the bottom of Lavender Hill.

They have even re-appeared in Basinstoke after a gap of about 20 years. Have not quite got round to going in yet. I see they still do the "bender" which as a kid none of us would order.

I did read somewhere that they did the bender (a hot dog sausage cooked so it bends round into a circle) as they were owned by Lyons who also owned bakeries that only made round buns so they had to make the sausage fit a round bun.

 

[Fnaar]

Re: Wimpys... an occasional pastime for us as kids was to eat in Wimpys, then 'do a runner'. Prbably did it 4 times over a number of years, never got caught. But don't tell my kids.

 

[Milo]

As a kid we used to go to MacDonalds when it was busy and claim something was ours when they called it out and do a runner. Have not eaten in one for many a year now. We could have at least showed some taste.

 

[Cress1968]

They ain't proper Wimpys, where you could get a Wimpy burger served on a toasted bun with real onions, served on proper plates by a waiter or waitress and order a Brown Derby, or a proper Knickerbocker Glory and tea poured out of a tea pot.

Today's Wimpys are McDonald's copies, with yoooves serving limp tasteless, cold stuff to each other.

I beg to differ lol I was in the wimpy in Peterborough bout 3 month ago and it was toasted buns proper onions and plates and cutlery was a proper blast from the past

 

[NormanD]

The Salvation Army brass band ..every Sunday without fail, they would set up in our small shopping precinct and play a number of songs for a few hours ... not seen them anywhere for years now.

Not even in Newcastle itself

 

[Cress1968]

The Salvation Army brass band ..every Sunday without fail, they would set up in our small shopping precinct and play a number of songs for a few hours ... not seen them anywhere for years now.

Not even in Newcastle itself

Sainsburys in Washington usually have the Salvation Army band playing at Xmas time in their entrance mate.

 

[martint235]

The Salvation Army brass band ..every Sunday without fail, they would set up in our small shopping precinct and play a number of songs for a few hours ... not seen them anywhere for years now.

Not even in Newcastle itself

They are out in Welling fairly often on a sunday, not just at Xmas

 

[Norm]

Our milkman drives an electric float. I'm sure having your milk in glass bottles improves the taste to boot.

Our milk arrives on an electric milk float too.

The thing which seems slightly bizarre, but works excellently in practice, is that they've got a fab online presence, I can add to or change my order any time up to 9pm and it's on the doorstep at 6 the next morning.

 

[Milo]

We had a leaflet come with the last round. We can get all kinds of crap if we feel the need but to be honest it's a milkman I just want milk.

 

[colly]

Starting handles on cars.

Very useful at times, if a tad exhausting.

 

[accountantpete]

The bloke selling sea food in little cartons down the pub.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The bloke selling sea food in little cartons down the pub.

I was in a pub in Buckhaven in Fife a couple of years back and bloke came in selling veg - very strange, yeah 2 pints and a bag of spuds please!

 

[ianrauk]

The Salvation Army brass band ..every Sunday without fail, they would set up in our small shopping precinct and play a number of songs for a few hours ... not seen them anywhere for years now.

Not even in Newcastle itself

Orpington every saturday..