Hi, back in the good old days Steptoe & Son would do the rounds every week and take the stuff away for recycling. I can still remember rag & bone men in Leeds and Bradford from the 60s and 70s.
It's interesting to see the opening sequence of old Steptoe shows. It was based in Hammersmith and filmed round there. When I see the state of the streets and property there in the 60s I'm amazed at their decrepitude. These are places that are worth millions now. Back then they were poor, working class tenements. (For the benefit of our US readers, Steptoe & Son is the original of Sanford & Son). -- Cheers, Bob Friday, January 9, 2004, 11:04:49 AM, you wrote: > The interesting posting by Frank 'one R' Theriault on "people and their > bikes" has reminded me of something I saw late last year. > I saw someone photographing a house that was having work done to it, with > builders filling a skip with the properties old bathroom and assumed he was > an agent, taking a picture for the property adverts. As I got closer, it was > clear he was taking a picture or two of the skip itself! He was using a > beaten up MX and as I had mine with me at the time I started a conversation > with him, as I was curious why he was taking pictures of the skip. > Anyway, cutting a long story short, that is all he takes photos of (and has > done for over 25 years) as part of a social documentary on how affluent > society is and how it has changed and how much 'we' waste. For the last 5 or > so years, new fitted kitchens and expensive toys which have lasted a year > get thrown on a skip and are taken away by the skip company; in the early > 70s it was almost impossible to fill one, as someone would have a use for an > old door or would take an old bike away to restore etc. > I thought that was quite an interesting subject. > Malcolm
