Do You Remember These?

by Major Fri Jul 08, 2016 8:44 am

If you do then you are an old geeza. lol!

by nicko Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:05 am

Don't remember coal sellers, but remember the "rag and bone" man with his horse and cart shouting "ragabone" and giving out goldfish and day old chicks in exchange for a few old clothes.

by eddie Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:43 am

No I don't remember them. Phew! I'm not "that" old yet!

by Major Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:50 am

nicko wrote:Don't remember coal sellers, but remember the "rag and bone" man with his horse and cart shouting "ragabone" and giving out goldfish and day old chicks in exchange for a few old clothes.

The fish and chix died after a day or so.

by nicko Fri Jul 08, 2016 12:10 pm

y es they did major, I also remember a horse pulling a closed cart with

"Hardings Bakery" on the side, the man would deliver bread and cakes to customers from a large basket he carried, his horse would wait until he was a hundred yards or more away then follow him down the road and wait again. This will be of no interest to anyone under 65!!!

by eddie Fri Jul 08, 2016 12:15 pm

Is that you and Major in the pic, Nicko? Suspect

by nicko Fri Jul 08, 2016 12:24 pm

I get the piss took out of me by all my brood, They all say "I don't believe it" I can be a miserable old git some times, I admit it, but I love 'em all really.

by Original Quill Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:21 pm

I remember in Abington, Pennsylvania, an old black man in a one-horse buckboard, slowly making his way up Old York Road, to park in front of the Old Forge Inn, and go inside to have a few pops.

The horse waited patiently, confident that the old man would return.

by Syl Fri Jul 08, 2016 5:26 pm

My OH's dad had a horse and cart to deliver the milk....in those days there was also knocker upper.....a man who would knock on peoples bedroom windows with a long pole to wake them up around 5am for work.

When we first married we had milk deliveries, paper boys delivering papers, club men collecting weekly payments for stuff you were buying on tic.....all things of the past now round here.

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 12:26 am

nicko wrote:y es they did major, I also remember a horse pulling a closed cart with

"Hardings Bakery" on the side, the man would deliver bread and cakes to customers from a large basket he carried, his horse would wait until he was a hundred yards or more away then follow him down the road and wait again. This will be of no interest to anyone under 65!!!

It interests me nick but then again I love our history and how things have moved on.
I don't really remember horse and carts but tin baths hung on the wall in the back yard and outside toilets I still remember as I was bought up in the slums in the Sixties and Seventies.

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:09 am

Do you know what this is -
what is it used for?
Do You Remember These? Hit4

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:17 am

4EVER2 wrote:Do you know what this is -
what is it used for?

Err, is it one of those balls they swing from cranes to demolish buildings?
Give us a clue kid????????????????

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:38 am

Need a hint , huh?
OK, it's used in some way along the genre of this topic~~~ Do You Remember These? 1366281442

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:50 am

4EVER2 wrote:Need a hint , huh?
OK, it's used in some way along the genre of this topic~~~

This topic covers millions of things from the past you daft bugger so that's no clue at all.
You cant even tell if it's big or small???????????????? Mad

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:57 am

A.) I am not a daft bugger
B.) The entire thread has been about ...A HORSE AND A BUGGY DELIVERY

Good Grief ... Rolling Eyes

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 11:06 am

4EVER2 wrote:A.) I am not a daft bugger
B.) The entire thread has been about ...A HORSE AND A BUGGY DELIVERY

Good Grief ...

Ok, is it a cart horses droppings? Laughing

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 11:13 am

blackie333 wrote:
4EVER2 wrote:A.) I am not a daft bugger
B.) The entire thread has been about ...A HORSE AND A BUGGY DELIVERY

Good Grief ...

Ok, is it a cart horses droppings?

Clinical thinking not your strong suit Do You Remember These? 265384880

But sarcastic wit I do appreciate relieved

But, you've got to figure this out ...what would a hunk of iron with what resembles handles, have to do with a horse and buggy Do You Remember These? 2190311264

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:19 pm

4EVER2 wrote:
blackie333 wrote:

Ok, is it a cart horses droppings?
Clinical thinking not your strong suit But sarcastic wit I do appreciate
But, you've got to figure this out ...what would a hunk of iron with what resembles handles, have to do with a horse and buggy

A old fashioned sort of brake? I just cant see it somehow and I'm not as thick as you may think?????????????

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:47 pm

blackie333 wrote:
4EVER2 wrote:
Clinical thinking not your strong suit But sarcastic wit I do appreciate
But, you've got to figure this out ...what would a hunk of iron with what resembles handles, have to do with a horse and buggy

A old fashioned sort of brake? I just cant see it somehow and I'm not as thick as you may think?????????????

Close, but no cigar Do You Remember These? 1366281442

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:31 pm

blackie333 wrote:
4EVER2 wrote:
Clinical thinking not your strong suit But sarcastic wit I do appreciate
But, you've got to figure this out ...what would a hunk of iron with what resembles handles, have to do with a horse and buggy

A old fashioned sort of brake? I just cant see it somehow and I'm not as thick as you may think?????????????

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:33 pm

4EVER2 wrote:
blackie333 wrote:

A old fashioned sort of brake? I just cant see it somehow and I'm not as thick as you may think?????????????
Close, but no cigar

Posting pictures of strange objects and asking what they were used for could make a interesting thread 42 Wink

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:44 pm

So you're gonna give up confused

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:52 pm

4EVER2 wrote:Do you know what this is -
what is it used for?

In order to train buggy horse's to STAY; they have to be trained to 'THINK' that this weighted hunk of metal is going to keep them in one place - it's a 'Tie Down' for horse drawn carriages/buggy/carts/wagons!

I've got several that my grandfather made by hand and put his brand on them.
Some large one's some smaller ones; but there was a halter strap tied to this when the driver was off from behind the seat, even with the hand brake applied to a carriage/buggy/cart/wagon ...if the horse became fidgety in the harness and moved side-step it could dislodge the 'brake' and then the carriage/buggy/cart/wagon would be mobile ...but if the horse was trained to 'STAY' and had that weight attached to his halter as a firm reminder {from ground to his halter} a well trained horse would stay put until the driver returned and unhooked the lead strap and placed the 'Tie Down' away. Do You Remember These? 2385359624

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 3:27 pm

4EVER2 wrote:So you're gonna give up

I would have kept guessing but now the answers out 42 lol.
Some posters cant resist proving how clever they are lol!

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 3:32 pm

4EVER2 wrote:
4EVER2 wrote:Do you know what this is -
what is it used for?

In order to train buggy horse's to STAY; they have to be trained to 'THINK' that this weighted hunk of metal is going to keep them in one place - it's a 'Tie Down' for horse drawn carriages/buggy/carts/wagons!

I've got several that my grandfather made by hand and put his brand on them.
Some large one's some smaller ones; but there was a halter strap tied to this when the driver was off from behind the seat, even with the hand brake applied to a carriage/buggy/cart/wagon ...if the horse became fidgety in the harness and moved side-step it could dislodge the 'brake' and then the carriage/buggy/cart/wagon would be mobile ...but if the horse was trained to 'STAY' and had that weight attached to his halter as a firm reminder {from ground to his halter} a well trained horse would stay put until the driver returned and unhooked the lead strap and placed the 'Tie Down' away.

I wasn't that far away from the answer then Surprised

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Jewellery was my game so i'll have to look up a few tools we used and see if you can guess what we used them for Wink

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 3:53 pm

Yes, please do... cheers

Stormee/Major started this topic and it's fun! He had another one going about 'Guess This Image' or something similar; place an image and we had to guess the famous person.
That was going for quite a while ...but it ebbs & flows with interest and people get busy.
But this could last for a while as well.

by Ben Reilly Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:45 pm

What were these tools used to do?

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by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:52 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:What were these tools used to do?

Architects tools BR?

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:54 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:What were these tools used to do?

Drafting &/or landscape design until my husband purchased his auto-cad system then we could play on the computerized design layout!

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:55 pm

Technical Drawing, used to love it.

by Ben Reilly Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:58 pm

Newspaper layout in the pre-computer era. I used quite a bit of them myself back in college -- for one semester, before we computerized. I've seen a lot of them over the years, though, as designers tend to hold onto them for nostalgic reasons.

You'd use those tools to measure, align, cut, crop and paste up articles, photos and ads onto a big sheet of ruled paper, then you'd (very carefully) ship that to pre-press, where each one would have a high-res photo taken of it, and those were turned into the printing plates:

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by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:01 pm

Hey, in my day they used to set the print by hand, one letter at a time lol

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:03 pm

sassy wrote:Technical Drawing, used to love it.

Are any of us right though?
If not let the kid post another pic of a trade mans tools until someone gets it right then it's their turn to confuse us all.
Thousands of trades so this could prove to be interesting Wink

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:09 pm

blackie333 wrote:
sassy wrote:Technical Drawing, used to love it.
Are any of us right though?
If not let the kid post another pic of a trade mans tools until someone gets it right then it's their turn to confuse us all.
Thousands of trades so this could prove to be interesting

Rather a set of 'universal' type drafting tools that can be used for a wide variety of uses but mostly for drawing/blue prints/layout type of work... cheers

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:09 pm

Try this one:

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by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:14 pm

sassy wrote:Try this one:

I used to love the All Creatures Great and Small books and TV series so my shot in the dark is that it's a castration tool for bulls lol!

by Ben Reilly Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:18 pm

I was going to ask, is it a scissor-like thingy?

by Ben Reilly Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:18 pm

I revise my guess! I'm going to go with "scissor-ish thingy."

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:19 pm

Believe it or not, it's for taking the top off boiled eggs, used in all the best households dontcha know, the maid used to bring them in lol

by Ben Reilly Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:28 pm

sassy wrote:Believe it or not, it's for taking the top off boiled eggs, used in all the best households dontcha know, the maid used to bring them in lol

The hell you say!

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:29 pm

They couldn't chop 'em off with a knife or a spoon like ordinary folk.

by blackie333 Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:41 pm

sassy wrote:Believe it or not, it's for taking the top off boiled eggs, used in all the best households dontcha know, the maid used to bring them in lol

Blimey ha ha ha, I'd never have guessed that.
Your go again as none of us got it Sissy lol!

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:45 pm

HEYYYYYY, I'm off reading and posting and you whiz kids and whipping around with more stuff ...give an ole broad some time to get back over here - would ya?

Ya, I knew that egg topper but I did LMAO at 333's guess for the bull castrator/nut cutter! Do You Remember These? 3489511464

as small as that tool is it'd be more apt to work on small dogs or piglets - sure wouldn't fit any calves.

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:53 pm

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:58 pm

Oh my word, going to see what that is when I get back, off to the book club now.

by Syl Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:46 pm

4EVER2 wrote:

I would say a medieval bottle opener, but I don't think they had bottles with tops that needed prising off in medieval times.

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:58 pm

Syl wrote:
4EVER2 wrote:
I would say a medieval bottle opener, but I don't think they had bottles with tops that needed prising off in medieval times.

No, not that but those are finger holes; how's that for a hint?

by Syl Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:09 pm

Well my first thought was some sort of manicure or pedicure contraption, but on closer inspection I think they are pre WW1 hair straighteners. What a Face

by Guest Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:19 pm

Syl wrote:Well my first thought was some sort of manicure or pedicure contraption, but on closer inspection I think they are pre WW1 hair straighteners.

Not for human use ... Razz

by Victorismyhero Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:22 pm

some sort of castration device...

(nut buster)

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