paul stacey
master brummie
It was real step backwards when "Driver only" bus were introduced, and the old fashioned clippy's were made redundant.
I'm with you Mike - I like the shop assitants to be on hand but not at elbow so to speak. Indeed I want a badge that says on one side 'Please Help' and on the other 'Just Browsing'.I'm afraid I must disagree with you Nico. The last thing I want is some person following me around and trying to persuade me to buy a load of expensive rubbish, because it is the "in" thing. "Advice" may have once been genuine, but today it is usually just trying to push the advisor's sales targets
Chimney sweeps are doing well after a resurgence of solid fuel burning stoves. They even have their own association or guild - The National Association of Chimney Sweeps (NACS) formed in 1982 as a professional Trade Association. My Dad would have been surprised.Also long gone are the delivery men, including bread, coal, laundry man who collected dirty laundry and delivered it washed and pressed a few days later. I haven't seen a chimney sweep in many years although I believe a few still exist.