Rubbish Collection

Children playing in the back alleys of a Goven tenement block. September 1956

Piles of rubbish in Soho, London, during the dustmens strike. 30th January 1979

The scene of depravation at the Moss Croft estate in Huyton, Merseyside. 7th April 1991

Batemans, The Welsh Grocers, new supermarket at Caerau Lane, Ely, Cardiff, Wales, 22nd July 1965

Aftermath of the Oasis concert at Knebworth, Hertfordshire. 12th August 1996

Dustbin men doing their rounds in the city of Cambridge. Circa 1970s

Plastic sheets, carrier bags of trash, tissues, tins and plastic cups, just some of the rubbish left by Reading Pop Festival goers. 28th June 1971

Litter pickers grapple with the Rubbish left by Reading Pop Festival goers the day after the event ended. 28th June 197r

Kirkby Mill Dam, Kirkby, our picture shows, a miniature waterfall below the lock gates runs into a stream littered with rubbish, Circa 1950

The scene at the back of Mr Maccionis restaurant "Club Del Allaretusa"
The scene at the back of Mr Maccionis restaurant " Club Del Allaretusa" in the Kings Road, showing the mess left behind by the dustmen. 4th December 1970

The scene at the back of the restaurant "Melita"in the Kings Road, London
The scene at the back of the restaurant " Melita" in the Kings Road, London. 4th December 1970

Slum housing in Salford. Four year old Lyn Greenhalgh. The rubble is hers to play with. The worn steps are hers to sit

These two bins serve a row of houses in Mona Terrace, of Great Homer Street, Everton, Liverpool, 30th May 1960

Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen, Scottish FA Cup match, Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, 6th March 1971. Face of Britain 1971 Feature. Litter on terraces after match

Caring for the environment... Three schools in Rawthorpe combined together to spend a day on " litter alert" Rawthorpe Infant

Fighting to keep Britain beautiful are Holmfirth High School pupils (from left), Ben Steele, Jonathan Trollope, Robert Goddard, Simon Thompson, Penny Gibbins and Lorna Rees

Huddersfield children are "getting a grip on litter"
Huddersfield children are " getting a grip on litter" for National Spring Clean Week this week. Pupils of Lindley Infant Schools are seen with Sue Pangbourne

A mile from Westminster. Flats that back on to each other in Pollock Road SE17. Clothes lines stretch across the area. Large refuse bins stand full against the walls the area in

Derelict housing in an area of Dorothy Street, Felling, Gateshead - An adventure to Children finding anythig to play with even rubbish

These gypsies are parked illegally adjacent to the Redheugh Football Ground at the bottom of Askew Road, and neighbours are complaing that they are reducing the area to a slum

An abandon pair of boots admits the mud and rubbish left by Reading Pop Festival goers. 28th June 1971

Plastic sheets, abandon tents, just some of the rubbish left by Reading Pop Festival goers. 28th June 1971

Electric free standing fan, abandoned on street pavement, under sign, Domenico Bus Lines, New York, USA, June 1984

Elderly Woman putting out the trash, New York, USA, June 1984

Street Scene, New York, USA, June 1984

No sooner had the Germans found urgent business elsewhere the Dieppe Townspeople rolled up their sleeves and began clearing road blocks

A refuse collector working on the Kings Road, London. 4th December 1970

Children playing amongst the rubbish and debris in Halewood, Liverpool. 8th April 1974

Park Scene, New York, Thursday 15th October 1964

Miss D Hubert age 16 having delved among the wreckage of the top flat, takes a rest. 28th September 1940

The show ground was tidier than usual as visitors became litter conscious, thanks to the presence of a small army of Keep Britain Tidy boys, who collected rubbish as it fell

Residents and volunteers have cleaned rubbish littering Teessides Clarence Estate. Armed with bin bags from Keep Britain Tidy, they scoured the open spaces in Port Clarence. 29th May 1986

Radio WM presenters, Tony Wadsworth in a wheelie bin and Julie Mayer. 17th October 1997

Three-year-old Robert Watson plays in the dustbin outside Number Two Court, Dickenson Street, Oldham. 1st June 1962

Children playing outside slum housing in Dickenson Street, Oldham. 1st June 1962

Children playing outside slum housing Number Two Court, Dickenson Street, Oldham. 1st June 1962

Child playing in alleyway at rear of Gordon Street and Elias Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, 29th June 1962

Children building a bonfire on Teesside. 1971

Church Street, Liverpool, England. Sweeping up the littler Picture taken 9th December 1985

Radio presenters Tony Wadsworth and Julie Mayer are pictured with some rubbish. 17th October 1997

For a year William and Renee Mincher had scraped and saved for their daughters wedding. They put the £ 100 in a cardboard box in their bedroom

These Salendine Nook High School pupils have made a clean sweep. Pupils have armed themselves with shovels and brushes to tackle litter

Cannon Street, Middlesbrough, 2nd February 1984

Rubbish collection in Kingston Upon Thames January 1939

Christian Morris (left) and fellow cubs joined forces to wage an all-out war on litter in Golcar. The cubs, all members of the 4th Golcar Baptist pack, swooped on the green

Jodie Asquith and Richard Lomas add to the harvest collection at Scholes Junior and Infants School. The pupils decided to hold a recycling harvest rather than take traditional produce to the school

1972 Miners Strike. Ash bin at the back of a terrace overlooking the Monmouthshire Valley, at Newbridge, Monmouthshire. Taken to help illustrate the 1972 Miners Strike, 19th January 1972

Town footballers Simon Webster (left) and Julian Winter size up young Jason Rushworth for a special T-shirt after he helped clear litter from Royds Hall Estate, Paddock

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