Hi List Hope you still want more of these..........know Gail does! Not sure though Gail, if you will find any of your more gentile family here...........BUT who knows! 'Old Blue Nose' (or Dick) He hired a machine from Leo SOMMA, and sold roast spuds and chestnuts at t'Top o' Town* * T 'Top o' Town was the area around the top of the High Street, and the bottom of West Lane, and the bottom of the present day Oakworth Road. 'Spud Mick' (Michael MCDONALD) Had his hot (roasted) potatoe machine at the bottom of Cavendish Street, just outside the coal yard. It was a fantastic shining apparatus and he sold 3 potatoes for 1d 'Sydney Pea Can' (WALKER) walked around the streets, selling brown peas, from a cart pulled by a donkey. It was sais he stirred his peas with his wooden leg. He lived down Greengate. 'Peas All 'Ot' Was another pea hawker. He carried a can with a small fire under it, to keep the peas warm. He kept small pieces of coal in his pocket. He also lived down Greengate. 'Johnny Born Drunk' Was an out porter at the railway station. He used to stagger as he walked. He had a hand cart, with which he would take stallholders' wares to the old Market for them. He would work regularly with another man for the larger loads. There were another two or three out-porters, but 'Born Drunk' gor all the cream of the work from the stallholders, who would travel around the local markets. He lived in the Kip. 'Aeroplane Jimmy' Was a landscape gardner, laying out gardens. He walked with his arm outstretched behind his back. He lived at Eddie's lodging house. Lizzie CLURE Lived in Bocking and smoked her clay pipe. She used to walk around the foundries and building sites. She was 60 in 1945, but always seemed very old. Joe CLURE the brother of Lizzie, used to sing in the Catholic Cluc, stood on a buffet, to reach the higher notes. He was a tatter and earned his living from collecting the rags-and-bones. 'Jimmy in the Bucket' Would carry his bucket around with him, and would stand on his hands with his head in the bucket and sing old songs in pubs and clubs. His head would be beetroot red at the end of his turn. He lived in the Kip. 'Frizzie Lizzie' (Elizabeth MCDONALD) she was an old lady who lived on damside, used to go cadging broken bottles, rags, bones around the Market and elsewhere. She was only 4' 6" - 4' 7" tall. Woman, if they were not careful, would be told their hair was like Frizzie Lizzies's. 'Old' Sam ROWAN Sold bobbins of cotton, buttons and tape, house to house. He carried his wares in a big basket with a black oilcloth cover. He lived in Ivy Place, Damside. 'Snigger' BINNS was a well-known lady, who lived by Quebec Bridge, he husband used to tar roofs. 'Mother' PERRY Had a shop at the top of Snigger Binns' (Seedy) Hill, and was a second hand clothes dealer. She would travel around the big houses asking if they had any clothes which she could buy from them. 'Peggy' KELLY Was a very small woman, only 4'11" tall, she kept a second hand clothes shop at t' Top o' Town. Her real name was MArgaret KELLY, and she would not answer to Peggy. 'Old Bill' LAYCOCK Had a ragshop on Mill Street. He bought old and torn clothing which was used for Shoddy, papermaking and tab rugs. Tom NORTON kept another ragshop (belonging to LISTER's crockery shop) in Mill Street. Only had one leg. Edmund LUND Went around the streets, selling from a box cart, pipe spills and firewood. He had a speech impediement, and spoke in a slow drawl. His big red round face was like a tomato. Warmest Wishes Jan in Bronte Country Co-List Admin Eng-Yorks, Bradford Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Updated daily automatically. WARNING ..... To help prevent any virus transmission DO NOT open any attachments to this mail unless the attachment filename is quoted in my first line of the message text

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