Frank Sumner

[magicman]

Come to think of it (finally) I too remember a Frank Sumner with a horse and cart - rag and bone man type - who used to collect 'things' from people who no longer wanted them.

Just thought I'd mention it!

[Peter119]

Frank Sumner also did cleared out the remainder of items at the end of various jumble sales i remember.

Peter Houghton

[rocketmanjohn]

In the late 40's rag and bone Frank Sumner would drive his horse and cart bawling [all in one word] 'Aayrabone', he was known as 'Cotton wool ears' in our house, for obvious reasons. In the mid 70's he also ran a house moving company and moved us from Preston back to Leyland. He arrived with an assortment of ancient 'Dormobile' type vans and a crew of 'ne'r do wells', he was a fraction of the cost of the big companies. Nothing was broken or marked, and he still had the cotton wool in his ears. Thanks Frank, happy memories.
John

[dottymapley]

The horse and cart to which I refer (driven by Frank Sumner's mother Joyce) comprised mainly farm produce and groceries, whilst Frank himself ran a butcher's/grocer's shop. Don't think Joyce ever went into the rag and bone trade!

[magicman]

lol - no, I am sure he must have been another 'Sumner', Dotty.

[bmann2007]

there was two sumner familys in leyland one had the farm at broadfield drive who had home made Icecream,then a shop run by Joyce and Bob and son frank worked for Sharrocks butchers in towngate next to what is now Warren and wignals auction room he did marry the daughter of the landlord of the broadfield hotel and frank and wife moved to chester to run a pub there .I worked for Hunts butchers and we did the slaughtering for hunts and sharrocks so I worked with frank on croston road near the wheatsheaf hotel.the last time i saw frank was when he moved back from Chester and took a hotel in Cleveleys now replaced by a Aldi store.he died about 10-15 years ago
The other tommy sumner was the rag and bone man with a son also Frank who lived in Longmeanygate between the Tiger and the roudabout they allways ran horse and carts.Tommy lived in broad st and was the rag man and used to stable his horse in the back yard which ment taking the horse through the lounge-past the stairs and though the kitchen into the yard.as far as i know frank and sister barbera are still around

[johnwalton]

Hi i recall frank the rag man , when i was a youth in leyland in the late fortys. Quite a few names have been on the forum that i knew but over the years this is a very good medium for memory recalljohnwalton at clear.net.nz

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