I had perhaps a months worth of garden refuse removed this morning, when last did you see one of these?
Note the shiny new lightweight cart, our municipality replaced every single cart in the city last year with these. They are easier on the donkeys, more maneuverable, more visible and a lot cleaner.
I’ll get stuck behind a cart once or twice a week while driving around Port Elizabeth, few find it a hassle, bit of patience, wait for an opportunity to overtake and I’m on way.
Boadicea's Chariot 
I can remember the Rag & Bone Man with his horse and cart. Probably, last seen by me in the 50’s. They do still have the same today. Horsepower though and no horse.
Hi Soutie.
I’m one hundred percent in support of making life easier for donkeys. ð
Hee hee Toc the 50’s ð
My wife saw this trio in the neighborhood yesterday and told them to be at our door this morning, pretty convenient, saves me loading our van and queuing at the dump.
I know Soutie, I’m actually that old. Much closer now to the coffin than the cradle! ð
Agreed Ara, the carts of yesteryear were heavy and huge, sometimes made up of say an old truck chassis complete with heavy loadbed and axle, We actually have an organization here that keeps an eye on the donkeys and ensures that they are properly fed, cleaned, examined by vets and not overworked or overloaded.
It’s a fairly new initiative (perhaps 3/4 years) all seems to be working okay so far.
Always good to hear about improvements in animal welfare, Soutie.
They are nicely rounded donkeys, obviously well fed. ð
Indeed Bilby.
I’m pretty sure that their welfare is well audited, I didn’t mention the harnesses, I’m pretty sure that they will also be examined regularly. And quite rightly too, it’s a source of income for some, a huge convenience for us, might as well be done properly!
Are the donkeys human helpers similarly cosseted?
Is this team available for weekly shopping in South London? Looks very civilised to me. Toc – yes I remember the rag and bone man, and the coal man. Our coalman was called Mr Dove but looked more like a Mr Soot. My mother used to let him come in for a cup of tea which he poured into the saucer to drink from. Must have been hot stuff!
Our milkman had a horse and cart too.
Btw, Soutie, it’s normal for donkeys to refuse. (Gerrit?) ð
Janus I do indeed, in fact I wasn’t going to use the word in my title in case it was interpreted as ‘no’
I couldn’t think of a different word though, can be a silly language at times, certain letters need an emphasis symbol.
Perhaps the driver has one of these hidden away
Hee hee Papa G ð
I can just picture it, would you have to pay the ÂĢ8 congestion levy?
Which bag of rubbish contains England’s hopes of world cup glory?
OMG, it’s the box printed ‘Wayne’s World’.
Regarding ‘refuse’, I used a manage the US office of a British software company. When ever a new licence was purchased, the UK office would fax an activation key to the client. On one occasion the fax went astray and the client asked for it to be reissued. A short while later I got a call from the client apologising for the inconvenience caused and that she had not meant to upset anyone back in England. I asked what she meant. Nobody was upset. She replied that fax had ‘Resent!’ written on it.
I remember the old totter with horse and cart and the fishmonger walking the streets of Folkestone selling fish from the back of a horse and cart.
Looking at the 2 in the photo, where are their hats to protect them from the sun?
don’t forget an old favourite
At first glance I thought it was an environmentally friendly hearse…writing of which did anyone notice that news item about Belgian undertakers proposing to dispose of the Dear Departed in Caustic soda, so that they could be flushed down the sewer system? They seemed rather surprised at the negative reactions of their (still alive, potential) customer base – very peculiar lot the Belgians…
CWJ, I would be happy to flushed away with soda – just so long as there was sufficient whisky to go with it. (Note the spelling of whisky. None of that Irish or American stuff.)