Refuse Collection (page 2)

The Bone-Grubber
THE BONE-GRUBBER Date: 1862+

Clergy Attacked by Mob
Clergy who refuse to swear loyalty to the Revolution gather in the church of the Theatines, but a mob breaks in and overturns the altar and other furnishings. Date: circa 1791

Recycling Pig Swill
The Lobb Brothers (Charles & Henry) collect pig swill in special pails, twice a week from the homes of 25-30 neighbours, who are pleased that their waste is recycled. Date: 1930s

Refuse Boat
Refuse is tipped onto barges moored at Hammersmith, on the River Thames, London Date: late 1960s

The Dustman and Bin
A dustman carries a bin of rubbish up the steps at the back of his truck, 1937, in the days before black sacks and wheely-bins. Date: 1937

Leto and the Frogs
When the Lycians refuse water to Leto and her children, she changes them into frogs

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

Suffragette Badge 1911 Census Boycott
Badge representing the 1911 Resistance to the Census movement. Members of the W.S.P.U, Womens Freedom League and the Womens Tax Resistance League

Dustman and Cart at the Roadside Date: 1930s

Witty tramp and disgusted older woman - Phil May Cartoon
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a witty (if rather drunk) tramp and disgusted older woman, who refuses to provide charity

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

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

Go on! You ask em! They can t do more than refuse. Illustration shows the Democratic donkey carrying the Democratic Dough Bag

No one can refuse an Honourable Kiss Date: circa 1905

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

DUSTMANs STRIKE 1979
A huge pile-up of cardboard boxes and other refuse during the Dustmens Strike over pay and working conditions, central London. Date: 1979

Waste Paper Basket
A wicker waste paper basket. Date: 1930s

Mayor of Brussels encountering German invaders, WW1
The heroic Mayor of Brussels, Adolphe Max, together with his colleagues Steens, Jacqmain and Vauthier, refuses to shake the hand of General Von Jarotsky, leader of the German army

Ballad / Bar the Door
GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR Both goodwife and goodman refuse to go and bar the door, and agree that the first one to speak shall do it. Date: traditional

Mythical Irish Dogs
The daughters of Conaran lure the Fianna into an enchanted cave, but their dogs refuse to enter & snarl at the caves mouth, sensing their masters danger

Industrial furnaces
Workmen in front of two Meldrum Brothers patent furnaces, manufactured in Manchester. The furnaces may be " destructors", for the purpose of burning town refuse

Persian Ambassadors
The Persian general Mardonius sends delegates to negotiate with the Athenians, hoping to separate them from their Greek allies. But of course they refuse

Armed Police Collect Tax
French Government officials seeking to make an inventory of church property meet resistance from peasants who regard it as an attack on the Church

Spoonful of Medicine 1 of 2
Ugly Auntie : a young girl refuses to take her medicine

Reluctant Guards
Gardes Nationales who refuse to join the Communards are deprived of their weapons

Le Creusot Strike 4
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - dispute between the strikers and workers who refuse to join the strike

Le Creusot Strike 3
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - fracas between the strikers and workers who refuse to join the strike

Non-Smokers Attacked
When Austria imposes a tax on tobacco at Milano, Italy, many residents give up smoking in protest : the Austrians then attack those who refuse to smoke !

London Rubbish Carter
THE RUBBISH CARTER

Peasants into Frogs
Leta, fleeing Hera with her children Apollo and Artemis, gets thirsty, but peasants gathering rushes refuse her drink, so she has Zeus turn them into frogs

Ladies into Bats
Alcithoe and other daughters of Mineus refuse to celebrate the feast of Dionysos, working instead, for which they are changed into bats

Garbage Burner 1894
Travelling garbage burner (traction engine) for incinerating refuse in Chicago, USA

DUSTMAN
Council dustman, St Pancras, London

London Dustman (Crane)
The dustman home is going soon, for there you see the rising moon

Resisting the Irish
THE IRISH MENACE John Bull and his Scottish and Welsh friends refuse to be coerced by terrorism from the Irish

Shadrach and Furnace
When Babylonian court officials Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refuse to bow to a gold image of Nebuchadnezzar he orders that they be thrown into a fiery furnace

London Nightman
A London NIGHTMAN offers to cart away the contents of your privy (loo) at reasonable rates

Shadrach and Others
Nebuchadnezzar orders everyone to worship his image, but Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego refuse, so are cast into a fiery furnace : but Gods angel preserves them

Jesus in the Desert
He goes into the desert where he fasts for 40 days/nights; the Evil One tries to tempt him with offers Jesus can t refuse, but he is wasting his time - Jesus refuses them !

Wwi / Occupied Lille
In occupied Lille, the French citizens refuse to sign a German peace petition

French Workers Refusal
French workers, hearing of the dreadful working conditions on the Canal, refuse to leave the ship that has brought them to Panama : the Colon police force them to disembark

London / Cries / Dustman
The dust man who carries with him a bell to let people know he is coming

Building on Rubbish
Terrace of the future on refuse of the past : building on rubbish dumps

Dustman and Basket
Dust, ho ! - a dustman stands with his basket, calling out for custom

Sifting Dust, Paddington
Sifting dust beside the canal, Paddington : dustmen hope to make their living from what they find among the rubbish

London Dustman (Harris)
Dust Ho ! - a London dustman cries and rings his bell for householders to bring out their waste

Dumping Rubbish 1940S
Men working at a rubbish dump, unloading a lorry of waste paper for Kingston-upon-Thames Health Department, Surrey, England

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