2006-08-02 01:11:15 · 10 answers · asked by R.I.P. 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
many areas of the UK still have rag and bone men. but to the other answer where they said they use vans. well i went to Bradford UK few months ago and saw a rag and bone man with a horse and carriage and they operate in poor areas. they tend to be old men that use horse and carts whilst young men use the big white vans. hope this answers your question...
2006-08-02 01:19:42 · answer #1 · answered by sarah p 3 · 9⤊ 3⤋
They went the way of the umbrella repairmen, scissors sharpeners, door-to-door salesmen. You won't see people like this anymore because society has changed to the point where there is no longer any need for them. Why pay for umbrella repair when you can throw away the broken one & buy a new one for $2.00? No one collects rags to make rugs or sew quilts anymore; so no need for a rag & bone man. Sad but true, life & times have changed.
2006-08-02 08:17:52 · answer #2 · answered by pumpkin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Uk we still have rag and bone men. Except now the drive vans instead of horses.
2006-08-02 08:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
old Del boy was one the other guy is right they drive vans now and want your old TVs and computers and such no rags or bones
2006-08-02 08:18:06 · answer #4 · answered by The Wanderer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They got ragged all over and their bones buried
2006-08-02 08:16:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're still around!! I saw one just last month blowing his trumpet and crawling in his van down the road. Maybe they just don't visit round by you....they must know there's plenty of junk in the West Midlands!!
2006-08-02 08:16:15 · answer #6 · answered by moominbadger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah one woke me up this morning shouting his head off, when i was a kid, they would gives us balloons for rags.
2006-08-02 08:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sad to say they are a thing of the past, the nearest you get is the travellers who come round collecting the scrap metal ect.
2006-08-02 08:17:03 · answer #8 · answered by traveller 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they traded their horses for flat back ford transit vans
2006-08-02 08:16:54 · answer #9 · answered by g8bvl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are now called SKIPS.
2006-08-02 08:27:17 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋