mary1947 2,071 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Where have they gone? The Milkman? The Coalman? The Rag and Bone man? The Betterware man with his case? The Dray Men? The Gas man? The Miner's? can you think of any more? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Bus Conductor Co-op grocery delivery boy (on his bicycle) The Insurance Man The pop man (Home delivery of all kinds) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Gas man Electric man Tally man Rent man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 The Gypsy ladies who used to knock my door and sell pegs, bits and bobs or offer to tell my fortune. They would come around every so often and I haven't had one knock my door since around the 1970s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 One that surprisingly still survives; I've occasionally seen a Tea Man in a van. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 We still get the milkman, gas man, electricity man (who doubles as the gas man), the fish man, the tea man, the old ladies' lunches man, and the postman, but we live up north. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Jehovah's witnesses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 #7. They are still around. The last two that came to our house were riding bikes! God must have trimmed the budget. Edit: Now I think about it, they were Mormons. Makes no difference, they still had that misguided view of life. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 I was at a loose end the other week, so when a Mormon knocked on my door I invited him in. 'What shall we talk about', I asked. 'Dunno', he replied, 'I've never got this far before'. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 I remember someone who came to collect the pools coupon on a Friday evening (Littlewoods or Vernons I think?) We sometimes get some Swiss Company, think they are called Yodel? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 We did have a nun come up our drive some years ago. God only knows what she wanted as I made a "turn round and go back the way you came gesture". I've often wondered what she was doing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 phil, I'm sure God DID know what the nun wanted, but because you turned her away, you still don't know! Perhaps you should have asked her when you had the chance? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Yes, it might have been a second coming in a different incarnation. We've been waiting for one in years in this troubled world. I might have been responsible for it not happening! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 She just might have been lost and wanting directions to the nearest convent. Strange that she was on her own - don't nuns usually walk round in pairs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 The Davenports man, ..................." beer at home means Davenports" , as the advert went Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 She just might have been lost and wanting directions to the nearest convent. Strange that she was on her own - don't nuns usually walk round in pairs? Yes they walk around in pairs to ensure the other nun doesn't get nun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 TV repairman. I suppose we just chuck 'em away and buy another one now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 The Insurance Man...... with his bike clips on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parmitage 127 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 When we lived down Ashleigh Street the Davenport man called every Friday. One friday me mam and dad where having a big row as he popped his head round the back door saying cheerfully - Davenports. Oh Shit mum shouted. "Yes madam some people call it that but I am suppose to say Davenports," he replied Row forgotten Best wishes Peter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parmitage 127 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 My mate was a TV repairs man and called at a house as the wife was going out and she told him the problem. She said he husband was in but he was stone deaf. Any road up Andy repaired the TV then shouted at the man in the arm chair is that OK? Yes he replied but there is no need to shout. Your wifetold me you were deaf The man smiled Yes she's thought that for the past 12 years!!!! Best wishes Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 612 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 The chimney sweep. The paperboy. Of course the rag and bone man has been replaced by the man who takes anything metallic that is not bolted down. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 We still have a paper boy. Can't do without a proper newspaper in our house. Feel sorry for the lad on a Sunday though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Just read the lists. We still have a Betterwear lady, but it's a brochure now, not a suitcase full of samples. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 The man who would come round sharpening knives and tools....... by pedalling his bike! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 We're in a throw away society now I'm afraid. If its worn, it's just replaced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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