tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110084440464006279.post6691125280742759205..comments2024-03-12T11:48:53.915+00:00Comments on Jane's London: More bootscrapers of central LondonJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09099069900570994344noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110084440464006279.post-13315819506483292982010-09-01T11:00:58.018+01:002010-09-01T11:00:58.018+01:00Thanks Phil ;-)Thanks Phil ;-)Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099069900570994344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110084440464006279.post-90924149225555731472010-09-01T10:59:56.106+01:002010-09-01T10:59:56.106+01:00Great collection here.
Really enjoy reading your ...Great collection here.<br /><br />Really enjoy reading your blog. Extraordinarily interesting and eclectic range of photographs too.<br /><br />Birmingham Phil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110084440464006279.post-56518380834827608732009-02-24T18:36:00.000+00:002009-02-24T18:36:00.000+00:00I just came across this in "The Mill on the Floss"...I just came across this in "The Mill on the Floss" :" Mrs. Pullet’s front-door mats were by no means intended to wipe shoes on; the very scraper had a deputy to do its dirty work."Archimandrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803733513087350220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110084440464006279.post-76658540865976598252009-01-14T15:40:00.000+00:002009-01-14T15:40:00.000+00:00Thanks Toby,How amusing... I think you will find i...Thanks Toby,<BR/>How amusing... I think you will find it's just because no-one uses them any more; in fact most people don't even realise what they are in the first place. What you do find underneath them, especially outside houses that have been turned into offices, are cigarette butts that have escaped a broom as I am often to be found removing the offending articles prior to clicking the shutter, though some do get through the net.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099069900570994344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110084440464006279.post-53692218603532786922009-01-14T14:25:00.000+00:002009-01-14T14:25:00.000+00:00Jane, I love the bootscrapers. I guess the modern ...Jane, I love the bootscrapers. I guess the modern alternative are those bristly hedgehogs that you buy in garden centres - not quite the same. What I don't understand is why you never see a pile of mud, chewing gum and dog shit under the bootscrapers? Are there bootscraper cleaners out there, who clean them in the dead of night? Toby xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com