Old Tim

silverhammer · Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 25 Location: New Zealand

Old Tim the garbage man

Dotty · Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:21 pm Post subject: I say...

Tim who?

When I was a girl I can remember the binmen coming with a rounded topped vehicle drawn by a Shire horse. There was a dustman called Mr Ball who used to call the horse on from one stop to the next.

Dotty

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Jane · Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject:

what is he holding? A medal?

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BrianG · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 440 Location: Cambridge UK

Jane · Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject:

Ah yes

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Dotty · Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject: I say...

I noticed his odd way of holding the glass.

It could be that he has his change from the bar in his palm or he could have some sort of contracture of his hand...Bez will put me right on the correct medical term to use. I think the right hand looks a bit different too.

It could help in identifying him...

Dotty

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BrianG · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 440 Location: Cambridge UK

ray green · Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject:

What neat brickwork behind him, look how thin the joints are. My grandad called that "buttering" ie you put the mortar on as if you were buttering bread.

Bez · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:17 am Post subject: Re: I say...

SeaCopRimmer · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:54 pm Post subject:

Bez - is that the disease which people who have Viking heritage are likely to get? I know that Margaret Thatcher had something like that and she's supposed to be descended from Vikings?

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Bez · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:40 am Post subject:

It used to be thought of as "The Painter's Disease" and a well known local man (now deceased) had it as well, thought to be from operating a lever, but this has now been disproven.

While it is true that there is a familial tendency to the condition, according to the Mayo Clinic website there are no genetic markers to identify who might be at risk.

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silverhammer · Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 25 Location: New Zealand

On another site I found another pic of "Old Tim" and it said this:

Here's one of My Grandad Thomas Lloyd better known as
............ OLD TIM.......

I think he was quite well known on his "Patch". On the back of the photograph it says:

Near Wellington Inn Southport

mother · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:35 am Post subject:

A Kiwi friend of ours has it (Dupuytren's Contracture of the palmar fascia)

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Dev · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:01 am Post subject:

silverhammer · Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 25 Location: New Zealand

http://www.southportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50385451

The other site, scroll down for another pic of "Old Tim". I don't know how Tim comes from Thomas, a nickname that stuck I guess.

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