Trumpton (1967) S01E08 - The Rag and Bone Man - video Dailymotion

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00:00Here is the clock, the Trumpton clock, telling the time steadily, sensibly, never too quickly,

00:20telling the time for Trumpton.

00:50. . .

01:05. . .

01:10. .

01:15The Mayor is out on his balcony looking very agitated.

01:44The Mayor is Mr Troop. I wish he'd hurry up. He really should be in good time today of all days.

01:51Here comes Mr Troop. He seems to be rather excited too.

01:55A red carnation for the Mayor, please, Mrs Cobbett.

01:59There we are, Mr Troop. Isn't it a lovely day?

02:03Yes, yes, Mrs Cobbett, but I haven't time to stand and talk. Not this morning.

02:08Dear, dear, says Mrs Cobbett, they do seem to be in a tizzy this morning.

02:13Whatever's going on.

02:16Now, Mr Troop, says the Mayor, is everything ready?

02:19I think so, Your Worship. Chippy Minton is starting on the notice boards, and I've ordered the silver cup.

02:24Ah, yes, the tidy-up Trumpton cup.

02:27Though I say it myself, Mr Troop, that was one of my most brilliant ideas.

02:31Trumpton is becoming thoroughly untidy.

02:34What we need is a week's good tidy-up, and a really splendid prize for the best effort.

02:39It's a marvellous idea, Your Worship. Just wait until everyone reads the posters.

02:43The posters, says the Mayor. I must go and have a word with Mr Munnings at once.

02:49My word, says Chippy. The rag and bone man is busy today.

03:04Rags, bottles and bones, I cry. Rags and bones, I buy, I buy.

03:22Listen for me as I'm passing by. Rags, bottles and bones, I cry. Rags, bottles and bones.

03:33I cry. Rags, bottles and bones, I cry. Rags and bones, I buy, I buy.

03:40Pottery, pewter or china and glass. Rags, bottles and bones, I cry.

03:46Rags, bottles and bones. Turn out the attic and under the stairs.

03:54Rags and bones, I buy, I buy. Old fashioned furniture, sofas or chairs.

04:00Rags, bottles and bones, I cry. Rags, bottles and bones.

04:25He'd better call on us, says Nibs. Mum's always saying she's going to have a good turnout one of these days.

04:29She never does those, says Chippy. Just as well.

04:32A lot of the things in my workshop may look like rubbish, but they're really very important.

04:37Come on, Nibs. We'd better get started.

04:42Meanwhile, in Chippy's workshop, Mrs Minton is going to have a good turnout.

04:46Chippy told her about the mayor's tidy-up Trumpton week at breakfast time, and she thinks it's a splendid idea.

04:52That rocking horse has been standing there for years, she says.

04:56I can't think why Chippy keeps it. The children are much too big for it.

04:59And in any case, it's got a broken leg. It's high time we threw it away.

05:04Rag and bone!

05:07The rag and bone man, says Mrs Minton. Just what I need.

05:22Would you take an old rocking horse for me?

05:24It's taking up a lot of space, and I'm trying to have a good tidy-up.

05:28That's what everyone says, ma'am, says Raggy Dan.

05:31Never seen so much rubbish as folk are turning out.

05:33It's the mayor and his tidy-week. I just don't know what to do with it all.

05:38Oh, dear, says Mrs Minton. Don't say you can't manage the rocking horse after all.

05:44Well, says Raggy Dan, I dare say I can. Shall I come in and carry it out for you?

05:49Yes, please, says Mrs Minton.

05:51Oh, dear. I think I've taken a bit too much here.

06:08I shouldn't have picked up that rocking horse, really.

06:12It's such a long way back to my yard, too.

06:16Now, there's a nice useful shed. I wonder if it's empty.

06:22A few sacks, flowerpots, old boxes.

06:27Plenty of room for a bit more.

06:29Wouldn't hurt. Just for an hour or two.

06:33I'll collect it later.

06:35And Raggy Dan is going to put all the rubbish off his barrow into the shed.

06:51Good morning, Mr Craddock, says the mayor. I expect you've heard of the tidy-up Trumpton week.

06:57Oh, yes, your worship. As a matter of fact, I'm just going to tidy up the tool shed.

07:02Not that it's in a terrible mess, you understand. Just my usual visit to straighten things up.

07:06As you know, I like things tidy myself.

07:14Good gracious me, says the mayor. For a man who likes things tidy, this is a terrible mess, Mr Craddock.

07:20It looks like a jumble sale. And what's that? A rocking horse?

07:26Seems like it, sir. But I don't know how it got there, I'm sure. Nothing to do with me.

07:32Well, Mr Craddock, I think you'd better have a good big bonfire, don't you?

07:37And now I must be going. I have to open the new children's ward at the Trumpton Hospital this afternoon.

07:41I certainly will have a bonfire, says Mr Craddock. I've never seen such rubbish. And in my shed, too.

08:04Splendid, Mr Minton, says the mayor. That's a nice, neat job.

08:08Thank you, Your Worship. You know, Mr Minton, one finds rubbish in the most extraordinary places.

08:14I even found a rocking horse this morning, in a tool shed in Trumpton Park.

08:19A rocking horse, Your Worship? A rocking horse. Not a very good one, of course.

08:24The front leg was broken as far as I remember.

08:27Chippy begins to feel rather worried. It couldn't be his rocking horse, could it?

08:32Because there is something very special about Chippy's horse.

08:35Something nobody else knows about.

08:40Any old rags? Calls Raggy Dan.

08:43Any old bikes? Chairs? Prams? Rocking horses?

08:48Excuse me, says Chippy, but since you mentioned rocking horses,

08:52has anyone given you a rocking horse this morning?

08:55Yes, says Raggy Dan. That's what made me mention it.

08:57A lady from the cottages out on the Oakwich Road gave me one. Broken front leg it had.

09:03That's my rocking horse, says Chippy.

09:06Oh dear, oh dear, this is dreadful.

09:09Come, come, Mr Minton, says the mayor.

09:12Whatever is the matter, it wasn't a very good rocking horse.

09:15No, sir, it wasn't, says Chippy, but the trouble is, I kept my savings in it, hidden under the saddle.

09:20Good heavens, says the mayor, I told Mr Craddock to put it on the bonfire.

09:25Quick, we must ring up the fire brigade. We'll phone from my office.

09:28Trompton Fire Station? Captain Flack here? A fire? A real fire? Oh, a bonfire.

09:46Still, you never know, it might get out of hand. Yes, Your Worship will be there at once.

09:49Pew, pew, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb.

10:19Coe, do you remember?

10:23No way, it was a victory to.

10:26The Shy sticks are the same.

10:29I knew you were stopped by one big 50 inch.

10:42I knew you were crobyl.

10:44Elevate.

11:14Lasso the horse, remove the horse, safe, says Chippy.

11:41Captain Flack, you were just in time.

11:43You've rescued all my savings.

11:45What in that horse, says Mr Craddock?

11:48That's a silly thing to do.

11:50Why ever don't you keep your money in the bank?

11:53I will after this, says Chippy.

11:55I should hope so too, says the Mayor.

11:58Here, says Raggy Dan, what's going on?

12:01You mustn't burn all that stuff.

12:03That's good quality rubbish.

12:05Then you must take it away, Mr Dan, says the Mayor,

12:08all except the Rocking Horse.

12:10And I want that for the Children's Ward of the new Trumpton Hospital.

12:13Will you mend it for me, Mr Minton?

12:16Certainly, Your Worship, says Chippy.

12:17I'll make it look as good as new.

12:20Now, Mr Dan, I have decided to present you with the Tidy Up Trumpton Cup.

12:26Without your help, we could never have done so well.

12:28One can't tidy up a town without somebody to take away the rubbish.

12:31Will you come to the band concert this afternoon to receive it?

12:36Oh, says Dan, thank you, Your Worship.

12:39I'll be there.

13:01I'll be there.

13:31I'll be there.

13:40I'll be there.

13:44I'll be there.

Trumpton (1967) S01E08 - The Rag and Bone Man

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