Travelling Tinker
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Danny Morling is grinding a knife at Frankfort Gate in Plymouth; he is one of the last travelling tinkers. Danny started when he was ten and is now in his 50s. A reporter talks to him before he parks his father's 100-year old barrow for good. Since a young age he has travelled up and down the country with his barrow. He grinds knives, scissors, garden shears, ground and set lawnmowers as well as fixes cane and rush chairs and repairs doormats and carpets.