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Old 25-11-2010, 14:24   #4
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Re: The 'knocker-upper' and lamplighter

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth View Post
Yes, cashman. An outside loo, flat board to sit on,4 to 6 ft drop to a counterbalanced bucket above the sewer. When full its weight made it 'tipple' into the sewer with a big 'WHOOSH'.No water seal so they smelled.
We once heard a 'meiowing' down my grandfathers. We lowered a long brush and a big ginger tom climbed on-he was lucky his weight hadn't made it 'tipple'! He took some washing as I remember. Don't know why we washed it, it wasn't even Grandads cat!
same thing happened to me, came home from school one day n me nan had clothes prop down n next doors cat climbed out, i posted about that a good while ago, cant remember which thread.
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