tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900850738233158468.post1454450109956665264..comments2018-01-20T14:31:53.630+01:00Comments on Ageing Ungracefully: HORSE MANURE!Geri Atrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11366639605414003496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900850738233158468.post-21134971380632666862008-07-06T17:45:00.000+02:002008-07-06T17:45:00.000+02:00declan ~ That 'skin man' sounds a scary fella! It ...declan ~ That 'skin man' sounds a scary fella! It was our 'rag'n bone' man that used to send me screaming indoors to hide under the sink!<BR/>My main memory from being six is that my father joined the RAF about then and we kept getting 'posted' (at least once a year) to a new place/house/school. Very confusing - but I'll write about it one day!<BR/><BR/>grandad ~ horse manure and roses - the two Geri Atrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11366639605414003496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900850738233158468.post-41524211771088581892008-07-06T17:08:00.000+02:002008-07-06T17:08:00.000+02:00Oh the joys of collecting horsesh! I was always t...Oh the joys of collecting horsesh! I was always the one sent out - my mother was a fierce woman for the roses..<BR/><BR/>I'm with you on the cleanliness too. This world of ours is too sanetised. And they wonder why modern kids suffer from strange allergies and things?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900850738233158468.post-33613905747595086242008-07-06T16:37:00.000+02:002008-07-06T16:37:00.000+02:00My childhood memory of horse manure involves the "...My childhood memory of horse manure involves the "skin man" who used to drive his cart down the back lane of my grandmother's terraced house in Dublin. He would collect all sorts of vegetable refuse to feed, I was informed, his pigs.<BR/><BR/>I always found him grumpy and intimidating, but it's a pleasant memory nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>By the way, both you and Grannymar owe me a "what makes me feelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900850738233158468.post-15665962230582721672008-07-06T15:04:00.000+02:002008-07-06T15:04:00.000+02:00Hi grannymar, I friend of my mother's used to say ...Hi grannymar, I friend of my mother's used to say you've got to eat a peck of muck before you die(!)I don't think she meant manure but in a way it is true. Too much cleanliness lowers immunity and oh how I miss a pink sugar mouse!!Geri Atrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11366639605414003496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900850738233158468.post-26811191268094079012008-07-06T14:59:00.000+02:002008-07-06T14:59:00.000+02:00Sanatised fun is not the same, and there are no sh...Sanatised fun is not the same, and there are no sherbert dabs, pink sugar mice or gobstoppers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com