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1964: The Rag-and-Bone Men of London | Tonight | BBC Archive
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6:59Now PlayingThe Rag-and-Bone men, or totters, are finding the going tough in the north-west part of London, "for modern times have caught up with this age old profession of totting".
Tonight goes to a mews in Willesden, occupied by a "brotherhood of totters" that are being evicted by the council.
Clip taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on Tuesday 29th October, 1964.
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