Forums65
Topics76,352
Posts1,033,280
Members14,560
|
Most Online16,551 Feb 2nd, 2024
|
|
12 members (ArranGirl13, 3 invisible),
7,899
guests, and
667
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
S |
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 576
Smartchild
|
OP
Smartchild
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 576 |
When I was a kid in Birkenhead in the 1950s, we called the rag-and-bone man, or scrap merchant, the 'borly' (I'm not sure how you spell it - it could be 'bawly'). I've never heard this name used anywhere else and I've always wondered what was its origin. Can anyone help? Does anyone know any other words, phrases or sayings that are (or were) used only locally in Wirral?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,627 Likes: 14
Wiki Veteran
|
Wiki Veteran
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 8,627 Likes: 14 |
As i remember it the rag and bone man collected exactly those items, nothing new in recycling, the rags were recycled for materials and the bones for glue making. I can remember running out with old clothes for the rag and bone man, patting his horse and getting a balloon as a thank you for the rags. I think it was the scrap man who was mainly known as the Bally (not sure about the spelling). In later years i remember asking in the shops for a Bally's wedding cake, a cake made with every fruit, nut and raisin you could think of, a complete mixture of everything.
God help us, Come yourself, Don't send Jesus, This is no place for children.
Bertieone.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 5,210
Forum Veteran
|
Forum Veteran
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 5,210 |
I think it was a bawly Didn't he used to bawl Rango or something similar in the street I can't remember about collecting bones It was rags and jam jars in exchange for a goldfish sometimes
Last edited by derekdwc; 28th Aug 2009 9:04pm.
|
|
|
Click to View Topic.
|
|
Posts: 8,973
Joined: July 2011
|
|
There are no members with birthdays on this day. |
|
Gaza
by diggingdeeper - 29th Oct 2023 9:28am
|
|
|
|
Xbox
by TudorBlue - 3rd Mar 2024 8:48pm
|
|
|
|
|