On 3 Apr 2021 22:17:06 GMT, Roger Hayter wrote:

On 3 Apr 2021 at 22:56:28 BST, "Max Demian" wrote:

On 03/04/2021 22:12, John Smith wrote:
On 2021-04-03 19:16:13 +0000, Steve Walker said:
On 03/04/2021 18:14, John Smith wrote:
On 2021-04-03 13:37:23 +0000, T i m said:

Put them on your property boundary with a 'Take me' note and they will
probably be gone by the morning (saving you a trip)?

I left a car battery in our front garden the other day - about an
hour later my wife saw someone making off with it. Round our way
leaving anything out front is a sure fire way to recycle.

For both of the two that I got rid off, they sat for a month or more
outside the front door until I got round to a tip run.

I live in Hackney. There are people walking and driving by all the time
looking for stuff, like modern day rag and bone men (and they are all men).

Funniest thing is an armchair we put outside, which swiftly disappeared.
Next weekend the kids and I went to Brick Lane market and the kids
spotted the armchair and started playing on it. The bloke then tried to
sell it to me for £50.

I used to see a flat bed truck with a cage on the back doing the rounds
ringing a bell - almost like "bring out your dead".

Horse and cart when I were a lad - and that was in West London.

Same here in Norf Lundin.

"Ragboneanlumberr!" ding ding, ding ding, ding ding

And because he was only using a horse and cart, moving slowly and
quietly (in between the hails), you had a chance to go out and get his
attention before he got too far away.

Didn't they sometimes give you (or the kids) a goldfish in a bag (like
at the fairground, practice now banned in several places) in exchange
for some good stuff?

Oh the good old days with more animal exploitation. ;-)

Cheers, T i m