Rag a bone for a donkey stone

[Kiki]

I have two donkey stones ! wondered if they are worth anything?

[grannyclaret]

oooh my god kiki get them on the antiques road show,,,,:goodluck:

[Kiki]

But they arent exactly Bonham,s criterea!Who knows anyway im up for bids?

[katex]

Might be able to flog 'em over on Accyweb (temporary Hyndburn),reminiscing as about these as I post 'cept one of them thinks he remembers that they doubled up for scraping the hard skin of yer feet ! :doh:

Soon put him on the right lines though, think he is getting confused with the pumice-stone.

[Ianw]

I bet you a pound to a penny, t'donkey would like them back. hey hey hey.

[janet]

I remember them well, my mum used to have me doing the front and back step when I was a kid. You could have had a goldfish instead of the donkey stone but it would have made to much mess. Not quite the same result. :crazy:

[Digsyboy]

barmy buggers tha lot of you

[Kiki]

I think ive told this tale beforethat i actually bought something off the rag and bone man-- It was a pony skin coat, tan and white cost me £2-00,1920 so in the late sixty,s if you had seen this weird woman in a coat walking around Burnley it was me! the strange thing was i couldnt sit down in it as it was so stiff! So it was hardly practical, waterproof though but didnt keep it long

[katex]

Originally Posted by Kiki

I think ive told this tale beforethat i actually bought something off the rag and bone man-- It was a pony skin coat, tan and white cost me £2-00,1920 so in the late sixty,s if you had seen this weird woman in a coat walking around Burnley it was me! the strange thing was i couldnt sit down in it as it was so stiff! So it was hardly practical, waterproof though but didnt keep it long

Probably came from the donkey that pulled the cart, seemingly that is why they were originally called donkey stones .. tee hee.

[bryaned]

I remember in the early 50s, I had bought a 1936 "Excelsior Manxman" Kept it in the backyard till the weather improved so I could work on it.
Thats until one day it had gone missing.......My wife fed up with the "Junk"... had swapped it for two .... Donkey Stones!!!
Took me ages to get the Bike back.....and I still have my wife.:Banane01:

[Kiki]

Watching Old Steptoe reminds me of the rag and bone men of the past, horses not donkeys pulled these carts .

[Ianw]

:bike:

Originally Posted by bryaned

I remember in the early 50s, I had bought a 1936 "Excelsior Manxman" Kept it in the backyard till the weather improved so I could work on it.
Thats until one day it had gone missing.......My wife fed up with the "Junk"... had swapped it for two .... Donkey Stones!!!
Took me ages to get the Bike back.....and I still have my wife.:Banane01:

:hand: If my wife had swopped a 'Manxman' she'd have gone on the rag cart, good bike they were I rescued one and sold it more fool me, worth a fortune today.

[Kiki]

Be interesting to find out what is the oldest thing you have in your house?

[darren]

call me stupid, but donkey stones?????

[Kiki]

They were soft chalky stones you edged your steps with, this gave alovely white edge. People did this up until about the sixty,s! They did look nice!