billyblue7425
Well-Known Member
Whilst walking past an army barracks where I am based. I heard a soldier trying to play the bugle. By the sounds of it, it immediately reminded me of the Rag and Bone man from when I was growing up in Easterhouse in the early 80s.
That got me thinking of other childhood things that I used to see on a regular basis and wonder if it still goes on in the schemes/housing estates or has it vanished like everything else. These were as follows:
Candy apple man
Whelks and Mussles man
The Alpine van
Disclaimer for the above men, I never seen women sell any of above before I get called a sexist.
And finally youngsters playing mooshie (sp). Game with 3 holes and you used to toss a coins in a particular sequence, before you knocked the other person out, by hitting their coin.
Was the above just a Glaswegian thing or did it also happen in other parts of Scotland?
Is there anything else that brings back memories when someone mentions it and you haven't seen for a while?
That got me thinking of other childhood things that I used to see on a regular basis and wonder if it still goes on in the schemes/housing estates or has it vanished like everything else. These were as follows:
Candy apple man
Whelks and Mussles man
The Alpine van
Disclaimer for the above men, I never seen women sell any of above before I get called a sexist.
And finally youngsters playing mooshie (sp). Game with 3 holes and you used to toss a coins in a particular sequence, before you knocked the other person out, by hitting their coin.
Was the above just a Glaswegian thing or did it also happen in other parts of Scotland?
Is there anything else that brings back memories when someone mentions it and you haven't seen for a while?