rag and bone man
yes i can recall the rag and bone man,
when i lived on lichfield road , one would give you a gold fish if you gave him wollens and a little toy if you only gave him rags ,
that was in the forties ,and fifties era
but i wonder how many rag and bone men made there fortune
as the old saying as been said for years by many people who got rich
[ rag to riches ] there was one that spring to my mind
and alot of people do not know ;is ,
flights travel inter national ,
the grand father of flights coaches which was on victoria rd aston
started out as a rag and bone man then bought a coach from rags
and got a yard and started day trips at the same time for years
then the one old chara bang ,became two ,
doing the sunday trips to the cotswold and the sea side resorts
and progressed to to two yards for coaches
and now they are a multi pound bussiness world wide
and another ragger family i knew very well was the moult family
from heath street winson green ,there family made abit of money out off it
but sadly therefamily was it bye deaths
best wishes astonian ,