1. What did the rag-and-bone man do?

Collect your rubbish

Collect your unwanted household items

Wash your rags

Collect discarded food

2. What sitcom immortalised the rag-and-bone men?

Only Fools and Horses

The Flintstones

Steptoe and Son

Till Death Do Us Apart

3. Who was 'The mobie'?

A person in a van, selling anything from chocolate to toilet roll

A person in a van, who helped set up and solve any problems related to the first popular mobile phones

A person in a van, who held a mobile clinic

The only person on the street who had a mobile phone when they first became popular

4. How many properties were licensed to keep cows in 1900?

300

800

500

1200

5. Where would Cockle men often go to find customers?

The local off-license

The pub

The fishmongers

The local petrol station

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