Not seen that in a long,long while

Ours comes in a van, delivers any larger parcels and then parks centrally and walks round with the letters

Our post is delivered by a postie who reverses at speed down our lane, does an emergency stop in our drive, runs to our letter box, then the neighbours and roars off again!

Camelotclub- i think in the (very old) past they gave bones in return for the rags- which then folk used as glue & fertiliser.

We used to get someone in a flatbed van- shouted 'rag bone' but ive not heard him in a while?....we also still seem to hear 2 different ice cream van chimes- who I'm sure no one goes to as its always lunch & teatimes when they come...

A rag and bone man! Used to have them in the 80s when I lived in Hammersmith. Not seen since. (Why bones I wonder?)

My late (ex) husband (then in his mid 20's-when we first married) started up his own window cleaning business many years ago, when jobs were scarce- he carried his extendable ladders & bucket & cloths etc all on his shoulders-and walked. He built up quite a big round in the end-and kept it going a long time.You wouldn't get young 'uns doing that these days.?

A rag and bone man occasionally comes around our area in a flat bed lorry. He uses a tannoy type thing to announce he’s there - a bit like the political party groups did (in cars rather than lorries!) in the run up to voting day to exhort you to vote for their party.
Our postie parks his van on a nearby street and then delivers the mail on foot, pushing a trolley or wearing a type of haversack, depending how much post he has.

ours come in a van like postman pat

A Rag n Bone man came around yesterday!! Alas, not on a horse n cart, but in a flatbed lorry! He was shouting from the window though!

karmalady

I wear that `awful` lycra gear, why is it awful vintagejazz? It is so very practical for those of us that want to exercise by riding a bike.

It just doesn't look nice, particularly on men. There may be reasons why it's more practical to wear when cycling to work, but I would far rather see my boss 1st thing in the morning in a pair of joggers than in tight lycra.

You should come to Brighton, Lycra not necessary as we have the Naked Bike ride.

A postperson delivers letters in the morning. A van delivers heavy parcels and a van lighter parcels in the afternoon.
I remember the days when if you posted a local letter (1 penny) in the morning it would arrive in the afternoon.

We used to have a rag and bone man round our area when I was a small child. Not sure if he had a horse and cart, as he was heard but not seen!
We also used to have a man call door to door with hot cross buns at Easter.
Our posties here in the suburbs are generally 2 to a van, park up and disperse to deliver to our estate.
Something else I haven't seen in a while are my feet, unless I bend over.....

Our postman has a van.
And just as well - I recently had 6 big parcels for him to collect (Click and Drop, 60p each for collection) - a bike wouldn’t have been much use!

They were full of outgrown children’s clothes, going from a dd to a cousin who has a Ukrainian family with 3 children staying.

It was the first time I’ve used the Collect service - brilliant - though I will always use Click and Drop - (print your own label) - now.

Our Deutsche Post posties use e- bikes. (Is that what they're called in the UK?)

They are fitted back and front with huge baskets. A different chap comes along in a van with the parcels.

Callistemon21

Chewbacca

We get a man round here calling 'any old iron

We have similar, but he walks around shouting RAG AND BONE!! Don't think he gives you a donkey stone though!

I've no idea what ours shout, we hear them in the distance but they never come up our road.

If they leaflet the houses saying they will be round every 3rd Monday at 2pm then we might know what was going on! And it would give us a chance to prepare something. I'm not sure anyone has any rags or bones, but presumably they collect rubbish, who knows?

Callistemon21

Casdon

Callistemon21

And - instead of one person driving round delivering parcels, there are dozens driving to the nearest depot to pick up their parcels!

Doesn’t your postman bring your parcels in his van Callistemon21, our still does and if they miss you you can request to have it re delivered two days after. They also pick parcels up from home to post for you., I don’t know if we’re just lucky but our service is excellent.

No, I was talking about a large city in Australia, Casdon where, as nanna8 said, the posties' vans have been replaced by pushbikes.

It's fine here in Wales (so far)

Sorry, my mistake I misunderstood what you meant. I’m blaming the fence painting, I came in for a break and my brain is obviously not fully engaged!

My window cleaner travels for miles on a push bike with a contraption on the side to carry his ladders, buckets etc.

Chewbacca

^We get a man round here calling 'any old iron^

We have similar, but he walks around shouting RAG AND BONE!! Don't think he gives you a donkey stone though!

I've no idea what ours shout, we hear them in the distance but they never come up our road.

Casdon

Callistemon21

And - instead of one person driving round delivering parcels, there are dozens driving to the nearest depot to pick up their parcels!

Doesn’t your postman bring your parcels in his van Callistemon21, our still does and if they miss you you can request to have it re delivered two days after. They also pick parcels up from home to post for you., I don’t know if we’re just lucky but our service is excellent.

No, I was talking about a large city in Australia, Casdon where, as nanna8 said, the posties' vans have been replaced by pushbikes.

It's fine here in Wales (so far)

We get a man round here calling 'any old iron

We have similar, but he walks around shouting RAG AND BONE!! Don't think he gives you a donkey stone though!

Callistemon21

And - instead of one person driving round delivering parcels, there are dozens driving to the nearest depot to pick up their parcels!

Doesn’t your postman bring your parcels in his van Callistemon21, our still does and if they miss you you can request to have it re delivered two days after. They also pick parcels up from home to post for you., I don’t know if we’re just lucky but our service is excellent.

Callistemon21

And - instead of one person driving round delivering parcels, there are dozens driving to the nearest depot to pick up their parcels!

Good point Callistemon, not very environmentally friendly.
Went to a wedding recently where we all congregated at the home of the couple and packed our cars. This is where the after party was to be held in their barn.
We then all climbed on to a long trailer containing straw bales for seats and were pulled by tractor to the church and back.
It was lovely going through the village with all the local children running alongside and cheering. They seemed to enjoy it as much as we did.

And - instead of one person driving round delivering parcels, there are dozens driving to the nearest depot to pick up their parcels!

Grammaretto

Good on them! I am happy to hear it. Plenty of Carers here do their rounds on foot or on bike.

But how much do they have to carry? And how heavy.