Thanks Margaret, great site.
What was it called?
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a pummy stone me nan called it, used to get em off the Rag Tatters.
we were both wrong donkey stone is correct,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
memory aint as good as i thought.
Same here Margaret, never seen out like that misen
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
The last time I heard that was at Shopfitters in the early 70s, one old joiner used to say on a friday I'm off to't stores ta change mi brat
Coltsfoot rockWhat was "Coldfortrock" sure that's not how you spell it, funny shapped stick of dark yellow stuff you sucked on. Can you still get it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltsfoot_Rock
yep got some last year from sweetstall that was in accy market, before they improved it.What was "Coldfortrock" sure that's not how you spell it, funny shapped stick of dark yellow stuff you sucked on. Can you still get it?
I never knew it was so localised.
Never a first choice sweet from the penny tray. As it did taste like a cough sweet...even if it was good value, in that it was long-lasting.