> My father always 'cleaned' up after the rag and bone man had disappeared > said it was good for his roses ! That was always the son's job in my time as a young lad, we all had a bucket and shovel, and it was your job to be the first son to the rose fertilizer, delivered via coalman, breadman, milkman, rag and boneman, or any other horse. I was also in charge of woodlice killing in greenhouse, half potato in upturned flower pot plus hammer, plus green fly killer via the used washing up water and hand pump, path layer via cinders from the fire, and grate blacker. Brian

I tried a cinder drive in this place. It solved the problem of what to do with the ashes for sure. The nails in the firewood I had - free, scrounged firewood - were not ideal, and I used to have to get them out by hand. Yes, a magnet may have been a good idea, but.. the drive is now concreted and lot less mess and fuss it is! My grandparents used ash to make a drive and paths... I do remember that. But apart from that memory I have, no-one else here has heard of it - and now, this post! Thank you Brian. Dawn Woodlice are slaters in this neck of the woods. Little armour plated things, hard to tell front from back, many legs. The chooks - chickens if you are not NZ or Aussie - love the firewood and other things about my yard - lots of insects including slaters. Yum! And now, we buy the stuff you used to scoop up for free. -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of brian Sent: Monday, 5 March 2012 7:27 PM To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] LIFE in the 1870-1900s > My father always 'cleaned' up after the rag and bone man had disappeared > said it was good for his roses ! That was always the son's job in my time as a young lad, we all had a bucket and shovel, and it was your job to be the first son to the rose fertilizer, delivered via coalman, breadman, milkman, rag and boneman, or any other horse. I was also in charge of woodlice killing in greenhouse, half potato in upturned flower pot plus hammer, plus green fly killer via the used washing up water and hand pump, path layer via cinders from the fire, and grate blacker. Brian ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ------------------------------- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6938 (20120305) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6938 (20120305) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com