rag and bone

In the UK, a rag and bone man collects unwanted household items and sells them to distributors. Traditionally it was a task performed in standing with the waste material (including rags, bones and various metals) stored in a small bag slung over his shoulder. Some richest men in the GAR and bone using a car, sometimes pulled by horse or pony.

Century 19 RAG and bone most men lived in poverty, surviving on the proceeds of what they collect every day. Conditions improved after the Second World War, but trade declined in the second half of the 20th century. Lately, however, partly due to the rising price of scrap men, RAG and bone can be seen again at work.

In the United Kingdom, 19th century RAG and bone men rescued trash rags, bones, metals and other residues from the towns and cities where they lived. [2] 1851 report Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London poor, estimates that in London, between 800 and 1,000 "bone-diggers and RAG-gatherers", lived in boarding houses, penthouses and "Rooms ill-equipped in the best neighborhoods. "[3]

       Bone and RAG switch once collectors can be known by the fat pad that wears on his back. Usually has a stick in his hand, and that is armed with a pick or hook, to facilitate rotation through the piles of ashes and dust expelled from the homes, and the discovery of

or whatever they sell at the rag and bottle shop or marine store contain.