Things you dont see anymore

[Oldsmobile-88]

The ‘Dust Men’ or ‘Bin Men’ They stood on the back of the lorries between streets.

 

[Alistair20000]

Refuse Disposal Officers shirley

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Refuse Disposal Officers shirley

Refuse Collectors I think these days.

 

[lamrobhero]

The ‘Dust Men’ or ‘Bin Men’ They stood on the back of the lorries between streets.

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To my memory the bins were bigger. You coudn't empty a dustbin into one of those.
TV Series The Dustbinmen. Couldn't remember it much until I read in Wiki that one of the characters thought Colin Bell was a God which seems familiar.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

To my memory the bins were bigger. You coudn't empty a dustbin into one of those.

The Grecian supporting character the late Maurice Wright was a Dustman in his young days I seem to recall.

 

[Billy The Fish]

I recognise the headgear but are they wearing cor blimey trousers?

 

[Stelios]

‘Who remembers proper binmen?’ The nostalgia memes that help explain Britain today

The long read: Idealising the past is nothing new, but there is something peculiarly revealing about the way a certain generation of Facebook users look back fondly on tougher times

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hants_red]

After a long drive the front of your car being covered in dead and splattered insects.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

After a long drive the front of your car being covered in dead and splattered insects.

That is quite alarming.
Also I remember seeing loads of different Butterflies when I was a child, a neighbours front garden always attracted them..Rarely see them at all now

 

[Billy The Fish]

That is quite alarming.
Also I remember seeing loads of different Butterflies when I was a child, a neighbours front garden always attracted them..Rarely see them at all now

Plant a Buddleia in your garden. The butterflies will soon find it.