Mike Clarke wrote:
Dave wrote:

but that required manual handling with the risk of repetitive strain
injuries.

That didn't bother them before wheelie bins.

Quite. When I were a lad the bin man would go through to the back
garden, pick up the metal bin, carry it on his back to the road, tip
it over his shoulder into the bin waggon then put the bin back where
he found it in the back garden.


Same here. And no pikeys running around after the binmen offering to clean
the bin for £2 with their pressure washer.

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Adam