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gdm27

20-05-2011 21:06

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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 907586)

An interesting site about the manufacture of donkey stones and why they are so called
Eli Whalley & Company, Manufacturers of Donkey Stones

Thanks Margaret, great site.

cashman

20-05-2011 22:31

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 907564)

a pummy stone me nan called it, used to get em off the Rag Tatters.;):)

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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 907567)

A pummy (pumice)stone is not the same - pummy stones rubbed the hard skin off your feet.

I recall it as a dobby stone but an internet search decribes a dobby stone as having a hole - which it didn't:confused:

we were both wrong donkey stone is correct,:o memory aint as good as i thought.:D

jaysay

21-05-2011 08:54

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 907630)

Can't help you there........I can't remember seeing anything like that...or if I did it didn't register.
I will be interested to see the replies........and a picture if anyone has one.

Same here Margaret, never seen out like that misen

gdm27

21-05-2011 10:52

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 907570)

It was a Donkey stone.........and they came in different colours......cream, sand and a sort of donkey grey....which might be why they are called donkey stones.
You could buy them from hardware stores, or the rag man would give them to you if you gave him jam-jars, bottles or rags(yes we were re-cycling way back then).
I am sure the Stall that was in Accrington Market hall(Matthews) had them for sale right up until they refurbished the market hall........I can't say I have seen any recently though...they seem to have gone upmarket.

Talking about rag and Bone carts, are there any still around Accy? when was the last time there was one around. Where was the yard they sold all this stuff too?

jaysay

21-05-2011 13:13

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Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 907842)

Talking about rag and Bone carts, are there any still around Accy? when was the last time there was one around. Where was the yard they sold all this stuff too?

I ain't seen a rag and bone cart for years, must be 30 years or more, think they'd have a Transit now anyway:D

Retlaw

21-05-2011 13:48

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Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 907842)

Talking about rag and Bone carts, are there any still around Accy? when was the last time there was one around. Where was the yard they sold all this stuff too?

The yard was part way up Back Water St, accessable from Melbourne St, like Jaysay says must be well over 30 years.
Retlaw

cashman

21-05-2011 15:12

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Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 907904)

The yard was part way up Back Water St, accessable from Melbourne St, like Jaysay says must be well over 30 years.
Retlaw

That was "Readers" Rag Shop, owd henry who used to sit on front row in the Kings Hall (Bug Hut) used to kip there on a pile of rags.

gdm27

21-05-2011 16:50

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Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 907904)

The yard was part way up Back Water St, accessable from Melbourne St, like Jaysay says must be well over 30 years.
Retlaw

Thats the one I remember now thanks. One Summer holiday me and a mate went up the old rifle range that side of the Coppice collecting old lead bullets and we melted them down in a great metal skillet to get rid of all the crap with them. Took them to his place to sell.

MargaretR

21-05-2011 17:08

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I recall my gran (born 1880s) called her pinafore overall a 'brat'.
I have never heard it called that since she did, but it was a use of that word.

Brat Brat (brăt) noun [ Middle English bratt coarse garnment, Anglo-Saxon bratt cloak, from the Celtic; confer W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child.] 1. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general

Margaret Pilkington

21-05-2011 18:41

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Yes, my Auntie used to call her pinny a 'brat'.......it was made of very dark drill material, and had one large front pocket that was divided into two by a line of stitching.......she wore this during the chores of the morning.
All her chores had to be completed before she would sit down to lunch.......before sitting down to lunch she would take off her brat, wash her face and hands, take her curlers out(these were flat metal curlers not rollers)....fluff up her hair and put on a printed cotton apron with a frill round it......then she would sit down to lunch.
The only day she didn't follow this routine was on a Sunday......no chores were done on a Sunday, and only essential cooking.

cashman

21-05-2011 20:39

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Me nan who i was brought up wi always called it a "Brat"called me one as well sometimes.:D

walkinman221

21-05-2011 21:57

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When i was serving my time my nail pouch and hammer holder was always called a brat by the old skin a was learning from.

cashman

21-05-2011 22:09

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Originally Posted by walkinman221 (Post 908042)

When i was serving my time my nail pouch and hammer holder was always called a brat by the old skin a was learning from.

yeh just reminded me when i was apprentice butcher the aprons were called brats by everyone.

manantat

22-05-2011 07:56

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were they little pink ones?
Do you remember the cooling powder in folded paper, mixed on a teaspoon with a drop of water, and it tasted good.

Benipete

22-05-2011 08:33

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Originally Posted by manantat (Post 908066)

were they little pink ones?
Do you remember the cooling powder in folded paper, mixed on a teaspoon with a drop of water, and it tasted good.

Do you mean Fennings Cooling Powder?

No I don't remember them at all.:D

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