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Refuse Collecting Vehicles

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Jonathan Del Mar said:
Precisely; absolutely essential, including a complete and detailed fleet list.
Please: does anyone have a fleet list of the petrol vehicles? Is there a book about those as well?
Thank you!
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There may be something in the corporation's archives, I don't know.

Incidentally, the author of this work, Roger Frederick De Boer, passed away suddenly on Tuesday of this week, aged c78. R.I.P. Roger.
 
Lloyd said:
There may be something in the corporation's archives, I don't know.

Incidentally, the author of this work, Roger Frederick De Boer, passed away suddenly on Tuesday of this week, aged c78. R.I.P. Roger.
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That is incredibly sad to hear - I kept wondering how it might be possible to contact him, but didn't know where to start and now it's too late.
You say "the corporation's archives" but surely Birmingham Corporation no longer exists. So presumably one would have to ask in the Birmingham Archives at the Central Library? It's a long shot, especially as I don't live in B'ham, but in London. I thought one of you B'ham enthusiasts might know the answer? But thank you anyway.
 
Jonathan Del Mar said:
That is incredibly sad to hear - I kept wondering how it might be possible to contact him, but didn't know where to start and now it's too late.
You say "the corporation's archives" but surely Birmingham Corporation no longer exists. So presumably one would have to ask in the Birmingham Archives at the Central Library? It's a long shot, especially as I don't live in B'ham, but in London. I thought one of you B'ham enthusiasts might know the answer? But thank you anyway.
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Sorry, but the one other person who might know, the Wythall Museum Battery Electric Vehicle expert, also passed away in August. Us 'Baby Boomer' transport enthusiasts are fast approaching our terminal stations, I'm afraid.
 
O.C. said:
Nice couple of photo's taken just before WW2 of Refuge Collection vehicles
First photo shows an Electric Vehicle
Second photo shows Petrol Vehicles
(Replacement Photo)
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I had a contract with Jack Allen Motor Bodies in Buckingham St supplying electrical equipment to go onto the refuse Vehicles they built from scratch 1970's.
Bill Parker said:
Re: Refuge Collecting Vehicles

The die cast model maker "Oxford Diecast" are making a rather nice, well it looks nice on the photos, model of a Shelvoke and Drewery "Dustcart" with the same cab but a crew version, like the ones depicted in the photos submitted. The body on the model is the later type that tipped both backwards and forwards to compact the load and was very much the fore runner of todays compactors.

I wonder if they will do a Birmingham liveried version? There will be a West Bromwich version.
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O.C. said:
Nice couple of photo's taken just before WW2 of Refuge Collection vehicles
First photo shows an Electric Vehicle
Second photo shows Petrol Vehicles
(Replacement Photo)
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Jack Allen Motor bodies Buckingham St, I supplied them with the the electrical equipment that went on them. 1970s.
 
The perfect way waste which is not recyclable should be treated., providing , of course, there are good scrubbers to remove pollution
 
A corner of Cranbourne Road adjacent to Tansley Road had what was called pig bins. It was more than the household I’m sure that filled them, anyone know what pig bins actually were ?
When if ever the Birmingham bin strike finishes we are going to lots of bins one being for left over food etc.
It seems the pig bins were ahead of the times, but I’m not sure who collected them any ideas.
 
They were introduced in WW2 , and the contents, as would be expected , were fed to pigs. Many people in the war, and after kept pigs (my uncle, not in Birmingham being one). Not sure exactly how it was collected, but do not think it was a national organisation, but the local people who would use the contents. but I am not sure of that
 
Diane1947 said:
A corner of Cranbourne Road adjacent to Tansley Road had what was called pig bins. It was more than the household I’m sure that filled them, anyone know what pig bins actually were ?
When if ever the Birmingham bin strike finishes we are going to lots of bins one being for left over food etc.
It seems the pig bins were ahead of the times, but I’m not sure who collected them any ideas.
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The pig bins were I recall an unofficial operation where local pig famers would collect food waste. There was still a couple of small holding off Short Heath Road and Court Lane when I was young. I know they would leave and collect tin containers for food waste to make pig swill with. It may have been a WWII drive to help with food production.

The problems were it was unregulated. I understand that things like swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease could be spread, so it got banned.

I recall a farmer in Coleshill being in court one day accused of putting a dead piglet in the pigswill. He turned up to court with his wax jacket and trousers covered in pig poo, he stunk to high heaven and was found guilty and fined.
 
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