Photograph by Irving Penn, 1950
(this is a coal man, who wore a longer bib)
Semi-extinct:
My Old Man's a Dustman (extract)
by Lonnie Donegan
...Oh, my old man's a dustman,
he wears a dustman's hat*
He wears cor-blimey** trousers
And lives in a council flat***
*a felted cap with a long leather bib
to protect the neck + back from spills
**derivative of God blind me,
also used for corduroy
***endangered socialist idea
