My Old Man's a Dustman originally performed by Lonnie Donegan. For seven years he worked in labouring jobs, including dustman, gardener, gravedigger and construction worker. Another contributor was Lonnie Donnegan who had a song called "My Old Man's a Dustman". His mortal enemy is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the "Flying Dustman". "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour" (1958) and "My Old Man's a Dustman" (1960). He took a job as a dustman upon leaving school. Jarvis first appeared in Emmerdale on 1 November 2002, and becomes a dustman. In life he was a nobody, a failed dustman turned firebomber.