The rag & bone man was a common sight years and years ago... cruising up and down residential streets in a battered old pick-up, collecting scrap metal, junk etc - and doing it all with a rasping street-cry which would alert householders that he was around.
Well - I heard that cry again the other day (though, I couldn't really distinguish what the actual words were - can anyone???) . And there was the type of pick-up, and its back full of junk...
What has caused the return of the rag & bone man?
