wolfie Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Not sure but they get the right hump when you offer them just rags and bones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 They used to collect bones, which they would sell to the glue manufacturers for making bone glue, which stank to high hell when heated for use. It had to be heated to melt it because when cold it would set solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 There used to be a 'Boneyard' Glue factory just past the Dog & Partridge on the right hand side by Spittle Brook at Woolston, but for the life of me I can't remember the name?. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 The rags would be used to make rag paper which lasts a lot longer than wood pulped paper and was used for important documents such as blueprints. I remember when i first started at UKAEA the drafting paper we used was rag paper, which was a linen with wood pulp in it. made great handkerchiefs if you soaked them for a day or so as the woodpulp would dissolve out leaving you with a nice piece of linen. Â The bone when collected had many uses apart from glue. cleaned they were made into handles for knives,ornaments or even toys for the kids. They were also used in chemistry and the grease from the bones used to make soap. Whether much went into crockery I do not know but bone certainly went into bone china. Â I also remember the guy with the horse and cart (a sign of a really successful rag and bone man at one time) and am sure he used to rattle a couple of plates or saucers to make a ringing sound as he came down the road with the accompanying cry of "rag bone". He would accept most things and was always handy for the odd jam jar or two for when we went fishing for tiddlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Remember the rag and bone man who gave goldfsh for rags? Some kids would go to the cart with a handful of rags. He would just look at them and tell them they needed more rags. Damn goldfsh would be found floating on it's side a day or two later - dead! They never did last long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 He would also give you donkey stones for rubbing on stone steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 I remember the donkey stones and I also remember the telling off I got from my momma when I used nearly a full stone on just one step - but it was the whitest, brghtest step in the street when it dried! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 There used to be a 'Boneyard' Glue factory just past the Dog & Partridge on the right hand side by Spittle Brook at Woolston, but for the life of me I can't remember the name?. [img=http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af19/algyb/ScreenShot006_zps02f94a29.jpg]  I think ther was a slaughter house up there to, I think that was called Gaskells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 There was Lt. further on next to WH Capper Ltd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Gortons bone works, Woolston I believe. Â There will be a rag and bone poem on the appropriate section shoertly. Â Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Looking forward to it Harry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Thanks Harry!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Russkie dashcam madness: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Â Â Some very lucky people there (or unlucky depending on how you look at it) Â Â Why didn't the man just let go of the poor dogs lead though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 <paging Sadako> Â Fantastic time-lapse footage of a super cell storm somewhere in Texas: Â https://vimeo.com/67995158 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Wow that's amazing although a bit spooky too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Speilberg will be onto his lawyers to check his copyrights on that one. All it needed was a few more flashing lights appearing inside and some blasts from a tuba. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Necessity is the mother of invention: Â Â Â Must be Russia again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Some corkers here, a shortlist for the astronomy photographer of the year: Â http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/31/greenwich-astronomy-photographer-year-2013_n_3681387.html?utm_hp_ref=uk#slide=2757790 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Superb photographs some really spectacular shots. The one that i liked was the "receiving the galactic beam" one. Looked very much like something you would have seen on a star wars scene. Makes my photo's seem rather tame by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 http://www.upworthy.com/one-easy-thing-all-white-people-could-do-that-would-make-the-world-a-better-place-5?g=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Nice one    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Necessity is the mother of invention:Â Â Â Must be Russia again. Â I once had to do that in a Mini I owned!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Some stunners here: Â http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2013/sep/05/masters-of-nature-photography-book-natural-history-museum#/?picture=416175127&index=10 Â Poor chimp though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted September 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Amazing pictures.  The chimp one was so sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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