Bin Holes.

[MargaretR]

I recall the fish were in jam jars.

The plastic bags were not in use until 1950.

When were plastic bags invented

..but no doubt rag men used them for that when they became available

[Less]

Going back just a touch further, my dad growing up in the 30's told tales of the rag man giving you a day old chick for your rags, back then it seems everyone kept hens in the backyard.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Less

Going back just a touch further, my dad growing up in the 30's told tales of the rag man giving you a day old chick for your rags, back then it seems everyone kept hens in the backyard.

When you look back to your youth, there's no comparison with how youngster grow up today, they walk round all day with a mobile stuck to their fingers texting, usually texting their mates who are stood next to um

[gdm27]

Ok does anybody know when they did away with bin oles and how did they go about it???

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by gdm27

Ok does anybody know when they did away with bin oles and how did they go about it???

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.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by ossy kid

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.

And the jam jars for lanterns ... a bit of string for the handle and a candle stub, and you were in business.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by gdm27

Ok does anybody know when they did away with bin oles and how did they go about it???

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

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

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.

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

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

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

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.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

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.

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

[Aussie Irene]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

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.

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

[Turtle]

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.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Turtle

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.

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

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by jaysay

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

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.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

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.

Told yeh he was a posh get.