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Rubbish Collection (page 3)

Background imageRubbish Collection: Rubbish

Rubbish. Illustration shows four legislators dropping their Bluff Legislation, The Original Trust Buster, Combination Crusher

Background imageRubbish Collection: 1953 Coronation - Rubbish in the stands after crowds had lef

1953 Coronation - Rubbish in the stands after crowds had lef
Page from the Daily Sketch reporting on the eyesore and scandal of the uncleared rubbish left behind in the stands along the processional route following the 1953 Coronation

Background imageRubbish Collection: Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (6 / 9)

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (6 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people Date: 1923

Background imageRubbish Collection: A Load of Rubbish

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

Background imageRubbish Collection: DUSTMANs STRIKE 1979

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

Background imageRubbish Collection: Building a Bonfire

Building a Bonfire
Gleeful boys building a huge bonfire of household rubbish! Date: 1950s

Background imageRubbish Collection: Burning Rubbish

Burning Rubbish
Billowing smoke pollution caused by burning rubbish. Date: 1960s

Background imageRubbish Collection: Sliding Cover Dust Truck

Sliding Cover Dust Truck
A sliding cover dust truck, presumably for a street cleaner, or for transporting rubble or industrial rubbish with a cover to prevent said dust blowing away in the wind

Background imageRubbish Collection: Dustman (Petherick)

Dustman (Petherick)
London characters: a DUSTMAN walks the street beside his cart, calling out to householders to bring out their rubbish. Date: circa 1870

Background imageRubbish Collection: Dorset Street, Spitalfields, East End of London

Dorset Street, Spitalfields, East End of London
A view of Dorset Street, Spitalfields, East End of London - sometimes referred to as The Worst Street in London. Women and children sit or stand on the pavements and the road is strewn with rubbish

Background imageRubbish Collection: A London dust-yard

A London dust-yard
A pig rummages in a London dust-yard, while a man digs through the rubbish and women sieve the dust hoping to find things of value

Background imageRubbish Collection: London Rubbish Carter

London Rubbish Carter
THE RUBBISH CARTER

Background imageRubbish Collection: Rag-And-Bone Man

Rag-And-Bone Man
A ragman picks up pages from stories and plays discarded on a French street and fills the basket on his back, seemingly content to ignore the wild dog snapping at his heels

Background imageRubbish Collection: Junk Shop Exterior

Junk Shop Exterior
Exterior of a junk shop; junk is piled high in a yard with a guard dog to discourage thieves

Background imageRubbish Collection: Southcotts Box

Southcotts Box
JOANNA SOUTHCOTT Southcotts box, opened by Harry Price before a large audience in 1927; expected to contain amazing revelations, only rubbish was found

Background imageRubbish Collection: Building on Rubbish

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

Background imageRubbish Collection: Building French Ship 8

Building French Ship 8
Careening a corvette : she is laid on her side so that the accumulation of marine rubbish which has gathered on her keel and lower hull can be burned off

Background imageRubbish Collection: Sifting Dust, Paddington

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

Background imageRubbish Collection: Dumping Rubbish 1940S

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

Background imageRubbish Collection: Pyne - Dustman

Pyne - Dustman
THE DUSTMAN He actually pays a fee for his contract, for there is money to be made by scavenging through the rubbish he collects from house to house



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