Bin Collection (page 2)

Refuse collector at work on a Balham street, SW London. He is wearing a mortar board which someone has thrown away. Date: circa 1960s

Refuse collectors at work on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1960s

WW2 poster, Be quick in your clearance of goods inwards to stores -- make lightning speed with accuracy your motto. Date: 1940s

Regional music: Indian instruments
A selection of Indian musical instruments, 1851. A pungi(reedpipe favoured by snake charmers, also known as a been or bin) and a dholak, or drum, are shown. Date: 1851

TIDY DOG
An exemplary dog picking up litter and depositing it into a special litter bin in central London. Date: early 1930s

Art Deco Standard Lamp
A stylish Art Deco standard lamp and matching waste paper basket. Date: early 1930s

Manadalay, Myanmar - Shwe In Bin Kyaung Monastery Date: circa 1910s

Sultan Khalifa II bin Harub of Zanzibar, East Africa
The Sultan of Zanzibar, East Africa, His Highness Sultan Sayyid Sir Khalifa II bin Harub. He ruled Zanzibar from December 9, 1911 to October 9, 1960. Date: circa 1950s

PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Unites Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs H.H.Sheikh Abdallah Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (L) stick out his tongue as he chats with United Kingdoms Prime Minister David Cameron (C)

Dustmen
People You See. Dustmen. From Teddy Bear (4 November 1967)

Regents Park Industrial School - Bakery

GLC-LFB Refuse collection strike and rubbish fires
The extended refuse collection strike in the early 1970s resulted in piles of rubbish and uncollected waste lying for weeks in London streets

Diamaxion house, metal, adapted corn bin, built by Butler Brothers, Kansas City. Designed and promoted by R. Buckminister Fuller. Date 1941 May

The Vamp by Tony Castle
An aloof and fashionable young woman reclines on a chaise longue, with a cigarette holder in her mouth, as a number of opened letters, presumably professing love for her

A Load of Rubbish
Looking down into a metal dustbin full of cans, bottles and other rubbish. 1960s

Bedroom Window Desk
A modern desk and waste paper bin have certainly cheered up this rather large Edwardian bay window and made a small bedroom office area. Date: 1930s

Sudan - Jur Tribesman making a Grain Bin at Bahr-el-Ghazal Date: circa 1910s

Woman hanging out the washing on a line
A woman hanging out the washing on a line (or two), apparently at the side of a stretch of water

External car ashtrays / W H Robinson
Motorists who smoke are often uncertain of how to dispose of their cigarette ends from their overflowing ash trays. External ash trays mounted on tasteful wrought iron brackets

Park benches
Lakeside park benches in Autumn. Pastel and wash sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Sultan of Zanzibar
Sultan / Khalifa Ibn Kharbu (Full name: Sayyid Sir Khalia II bin Harub Al-Said). Ruled Zanzibar between 1911 and 1960. Built the harbour and the stone town and tar roads on Pemba Island

Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, 1874
Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, by two vessels of the Royal Navy, H.M.S. Rifleman and H.M.S. Philomel and the Hugh Rose, a vessel from the Bombay Marine service

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