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Name a Business that is no more
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East london 30 years ago, man opened a skateboard shop selling nothing but em and spares,lasted 2 years.
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The Rent man
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The willick man coming to pubs friday/saturday nights selling prawns muscles welks crabsticks etc .
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Highwaymen.
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Darlo
They call them Jockeys now |
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seaside |
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pillaging vikings
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Radio Rentals, our 1st tele.
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mememe |
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The mobile knife grinder nused to sit and sharpen all the old ladies knives for a half penny each.
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Thanks seaside.
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The bookies runner.
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the tote
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Being an unemployed bus conductor can't be fun !
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Rumbelows
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good one logistics
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The Black Market
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Rag and bone men.
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Odds compiler
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car mechanics ... they're auto technicians now and cost a lot more
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another good one chelsea
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wee eck,remember that well and in my street the greengrocer with his horse and cart would knock on all the doors and my mum would get me out in double quick time to scrape up all the horse manure which you used for her rhubarb.Happy memories indeed.
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chelea, "Any old iron any old iron" was their cry.
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The Black Market
Trust you to bring that up wee eck |
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ID cards, ration books
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Fish and Chips in newspapers.
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The guys coming around for your unwanted rags who paid for them with goldfish which us kids loved
but were dead within a few days, it was for some reason impossible to keep the buggers alive for more than a week or two. |
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Black & White TV repair man
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sparrow, before I got called up dabbled in it for a while used to sell the hoisty sugar from the docks.
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Used to get a colouring book for handing over to the rag bone
Woul dhave gave away me dads best suit for one The "Pink un" newspaper seller round the pubs Sat night |
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mobile grocery shop
would be around the streets about twice a day, selling a bit of everything Now, we have to go to the shop! |
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The nit nurse
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Medical carried out in the first year of comprehensive school
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seaside,it makes a change on here to be able to participate in a very pleasant thread (please, i hope that the poster with a Z in his name does not decide to join in)!
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Great website for this thread, very nostalgic and will bring back memories
www.skooldays.com incidentally, Liptons (make your money go round, your money go round) |
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Rumbelows
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tic tac man
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A most sombre one who I think exists no longer The laying out Lady, was once in great demand.
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