The old lady with the brass scales

[bushbaby 3 10]

does anyone remember the old lady with the brass scales that used to sit in the entrance of the old rag market

[Arfer Mo 10]

does anyone remember the old lady with the brass scales that used to sit in the entrance of the old rag market

I Remember her well, used to stand and watch her polish that lovely brasswork ,those scales should have been preserved in a museum, perhaps they did! Arthur

[bushbaby 3 10]

hre name was mrs white she lived on the manor it wassaid although i dont know if this is fact that when she retired she kept the scales in her coalplace

[Tradescanthia 10]

She would guess your weight and if she was wrong you didn't pay.

[hazel 11]

To my great embarrassment my Mother used to have us weighed on those scales. My cousins used to be weighed at the same time in a sort of competition. Then it was who had put the most weight on now it would have been who had taken it off.

I can never remember not having to pay so she must have guessed right..

hazel

[me-and-pippo 12]

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[pk014b7161 11]

i can remember her, i can also remember the herbelist shop my grandmother used to call there ,tuesdays & fridays thats when my grandmother used to go to the rag,n,tag . happy days

[poppins 10]

To my great embarrassment my Mother used to have us weighed on those scales. My cousins used to be weighed at the same time in a sort of competition. Then it was who had put the most weight on now it would have been who had taken it off.

I can never remember not having to pay so she must have guessed right..

hazel

 

Yes , memories again, I always how she got the scales there every day,or did she leave them out all night long.

[Yerman 10]

The herbalist was called Amoid (not sure that is the correct spelling). One summer I worked on an ice cream van parked next to his stall. He had his regular clients who came along for all sorts of concoctions

[wendy savage 10]

good god i remember her having the brass scales at the old market bottom of dixon lane ... we are all showing our age now guys ....

[Elmambo 25]

I think there two paraffin flares attached to it which she would light when it got dark.

[echo beach 580]

Also remember the " pet stall " which was situated in an old dilapidated building very close to the brass weighing scales. It was always fascinating visiting the Rag & Tag and also the Victorian Market Hall. Both had loads of character.