Does it still exist?

I was wondering...

I recently saw an old episode of Midsomer murders and the village where the murders took place was so small that once in a week a mobile fish and chip shop visited that village. Are there still villages like that ?

I remember that decades ago an old man with an even older pick-up collected old metals, shouting "copper ! lead ! old washing machines !"

Is that still a familiar site in some far away villages in the English country side?

in some areas patrick you can still see mobile vendors but not too many now,the odd ones are fresh fish merchants.

the other question you asked is yes we still have pick up trucks coming round for scrap who are mostly gypsies many years ago in my area we called them "ragmen" who came around with a horse and cart but not very many knocking about now.

for an idea ------google   steptoe and son and see.

I looked it up and I remember seeing a rerun when I was a trainee in England many years ago.

That's the kind I mean

Do you know villages where they still come. Or that fish and chips vendors? They are my favorites.

Well the village still exists but I don't know about weekly fish and chip vans; a licence for a mobile van is quite expensive so they do seem t stay in the towns; around us is mostly kebab vans selling a range of things. For the rag and old metals; how about Steptoe & Son on TV?You do get weekly mobile library trucks though too.

Here's the village in the episode that still exists.

Picture by Paul Hilton

We might use the words 'double dutch' in a sentence whereby we don't understand what's going on. For example: The Solicitor (Lawyer) has sent me a letter explaining where we go from here but he has used words that I don't understand, it's all double dutch to me!

Haven't got a clue where it originated though Patrick and will therefore start another thread to see if any bright spark can enlighten us.