Bin Holes.

ossy kid said:
There was no recycling in them days 'cause the newspapers etc were used for lavi rolls, the tins were used with string to communicate, the bottles were used for vases. We were very creative in them days? actually not creative just by necessity.
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And the jam jars for lanterns ... a bit of string for the handle and a candle stub, and you were in business.:D
 
gdm27 said:
Ok does anybody know when they did away with bin oles and how did they go about it??? :confused::confused::confused:
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they had virtually stopped using when I was a lad, can't remember us every using one can't remember even having one, the bin men used to come in the back yard and take ours out then leave them at the back door when empty
 
Retlaw said:
All I remember is that they bought a fleet of wagons that were too big to get downthe back street, they then started issuing black bags, then wheely bins appeared, can't remember the exact year, but it could be over ten years.
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Black bags were quite a new arrival Retlaw late 80s early 90s, I'm sure Bernard will have a better idea on dates than me, but they were introduce after I returned to Ossy in 1986
 
jaysay said:
they had virtually stopped using when I was a lad, can't remember us every using one can't remember even having one, the bin men used to come in the back yard and take ours out then leave them at the back door when empty
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Well you lot musta been posh were yeh lived,They still used me nans when i was a lad, They used a metal key, which they put in centre of bin door to get it off.:)
 
cashman said:
Well you lot musta been posh were yeh lived,They still used me nans when i was a lad, They used a metal key, which they put in centre of bin door to get it off.:)
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I think when I was very young my dad built a new coal shed and did away with the bin hole, I know it was built out of Nori and had a concrete roof on, and its still standing today;)
 
Retlaw said:
All I remember is that they bought a fleet of wagons that were too big to get downthe back street, they then started issuing black bags, then wheely bins appeared, can't remember the exact year, but it could be over ten years.
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You can see how our garbage is collected by lefthand drive trucks. Because our houses are not terraced but detached you can wheel the bin to the front where it is then picked up in the street. Type in " Australian Garbage Trucks On Youtube". Hope it works
 
I remember The Rag and Bone man and his calling out "Rag'nBone!". (Sounded like a foreign language). Also the Coal man - looked scary all covered in coal dust. I used to feed their horses sugar butties - after I ate my share of course LOL.
 
Turtle said:
I remember The Rag and Bone man and his calling out "Rag'nBone!". (Sounded like a foreign language). Also the Coal man - looked scary all covered in coal dust. I used to feed their horses sugar butties - after I ate my share of course LOL.
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I can remember the 3 day week back in the seventies, I worked on the shop floor at Shopfitters at the time and we were on 3 day 12 hour days, when I wasn't at Shopfitters I helped my mate out who had his own Coal Merchants business, he deliver more coal during the strike than he did in his normal week :D
 
jaysay said:
I think when I was very young my dad built a new coal shed and did away with the bin hole, I know it was built out of Nori and had a concrete roof on, and its still standing today;)
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I would say you were an exception, mate. When I was working on the bins, '70/'71, the vast majority of terraced houses had bin 'oles. Course that was in Accy, might have been different up Ossy.
 
Wynonie Harris said:
I would say you were an exception, mate. When I was working on the bins, '70/'71, the vast majority of terraced houses had bin 'oles. Course that was in Accy, might have been different up Ossy.
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So the question is, what was in the bin'oles (rubbish I know)in the early 70's, did you still use the key? Old metal bins still? Clean the rest out with a shovel? Heck of a job you had then Mr.Harris.
 
jaysay said:
I can remember the 3 day week back in the seventies, I worked on the shop floor at Shopfitters at the time and we were on 3 day 12 hour days, when I wasn't at Shopfitters I helped my mate out who had his own Coal Merchants business, he deliver more coal during the strike than he did in his normal week :D
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Shared bin ole, outside toilet, coal ole. Back in the early 60's we had our coal delivered by the Salmons (sorry can't remember the 1st names) and we could only afford 3 sacks so my Mum who was at work told me to count the bags to make sure it was the right amount, yea right, 8 year old telling a big dirty coalman he has miss-counted!!!! Never happened, we did always get the right amount mind!
 
gdm27 said:
So the question is, what was in the bin'oles (rubbish I know)in the early 70's, did you still use the key? Old metal bins still? Clean the rest out with a shovel? Heck of a job you had then Mr.Harris.
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Yep, we had a key and yep, they were metal bins. Can't remember cleaning anything else from said bin 'oles (unless it looked like it could be sold for beer money). ;)
 
gdm27 said:
Shared bin ole, outside toilet, coal ole. Back in the early 60's we had our coal delivered by the Salmons (sorry can't remember the 1st names) and we could only afford 3 sacks so my Mum who was at work told me to count the bags to make sure it was the right amount, yea right, 8 year old telling a big dirty coalman he has miss-counted!!!! Never happened, we did always get the right amount mind!
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Bill Salmon and his sons Rex and Alan, Alan started a Private Hire firm with his son a few years ago, its now one of the biggest in Hyndburn, Hyndburn Cars
 
jaysay said:
Bill Salmon and his sons Rex and Alan, Alan started a Private Hire firm with his son a few years ago, its now one of the biggest in Hyndburn, Hyndburn Cars
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I knew Alan Salmon in my teen years when I 'mated out' with 4 girls from the New Lane area.

It is good to know that he has been successful in business - I always use Hyndburn Cars.
 
MargaretR said:
I knew Alan Salmon in my teen years when I 'mated out' with 4 girls from the New Lane area.

It is good to know that he has been successful in business - I always use Hyndburn Cars.
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Think they're the only Hyndburn firm with local drivers never seen an Asian driving one of their cars, Think Alan and Rex were brought up on Trinity Street Margaret, Alan lives on Rhyddings street or did, ain't seen him for a few years now, he used to do part of the car ambulance transfer system, that's the last time I saw him.
 
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