[wighty]

I don't really know as when I was born my Dad still had six months left to go on his National Service and he was stationed in Germany.  I think they drove them up to Birmingham.  I only know he did it as I've been told the story all my life.

[Yorkie]

Other things you don't see anymore:
Queues outside butchers and bakeries
Salvation Army bands playing carols in the streets

My local butchers always opens at about 6am. On the Christmas orders collection day, the queue round the block starts shortly after that, and continues until much later in the day. They always keep the queue good natured by giving out port (or orange juice) and sweets. It's a local tradition!

[AlaninCarlisle]

Wickerwork shopping baskets

[Gardener and Rabbit]

In the village where I grew up, there was an old boy who would clear all the grass and stuff from the verges around all the roads.

He'd only use a swap and forked stick, and would stick a red flag in the hedge he'd just finished to warn people where he was!

He was always bent double, and it was no surprise that when he eventually stood up, he couldn't - he always walked like that!

Sounds like a council lengthsman, which is a job my Grandad did for a while, he was a bit stooped too! Other jobs he did that you no longer see included sitting in a wooden hut taking a traffic census, and gritting roads by shovelling grit off the back of a moving lorry in icy weather. As a youngster though I had the worlds supply of marbles (from when he was on the gulley wagon) and conkers, because he knew where the best trees were!

[Kleftiwallah]

Well,  I'm amazed no one has mentioned the obvious.

A part of my anatomy I've had since birth, but now I need to use a mirror!
It could by my tongue...

Cheers,  Tony.

[Oddpod]

The rag and bone man

The coalman carrying great sacks of coal from the lorry

[wighty]

The Corona man coming round once a week in his van.

[Growster...]

Off topic, but Gardener and Rabbit, are you still up for a few crossword clues again?

I'm on my fourth book of DT puzzles, but they don't get any easier..:0~

[jezza]

Hello regarding a coal man I see one every fortnight he delivers coal to my house ,we have refused the air sourced heat pump,the kids with the guy have up dated round us they have a card reader with them,and the bus chassis ,saw 4 being driven on the M62 a couple of months ago coming from Hull towards Selby as theres a bus builder there (Optaire Leyland Ashok)   jezza

[Hampshire Hog]

Small bottles of milk for school children

[Goosegirl]

The rag and bone man.

[AlaninCarlisle]

School kids going spud-picking in the October half-term school holiday

[GraciesGran]

We have a scrap man who goes round once a week.  Milk man comes round twice a week.

[Alank]

Fish and chip van that used to visit all the villages when I was a kid.
Fish and chips in newspaper.

[wighty]

School kids going spud-picking in the October half-term school holiday

I did that for a couple       of years, and also strawberry picking first thing in the morning.