BBC Archive on YouTube posted this video about the binmen of Belfast this morning. Found it an interesting watch. Here is the video description:
"No need to hide us under smart labels – call me what the people call me!"
This gentle observational documentary follows a day in the life of Hughie, John, Tommy, Charlie, Frankie and Jimmy – an elite refuse disposal squad who work for the Belfast City Council Cleansing Section.
They'd rather you just called them binmen.
Clip taken from Ulster In Focus: Binman, originally broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland, 6 October, 1976.
by irish_chatterbox
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More of a fan of [1990s Binmen](https://youtu.be/yoQXFQtF_Ps?si=RAPI1q5Pe7RH2Ubl)
Looks like the surrounding Raven Hil /Cregagh road area?
Yet another reminder that it’s the everyday heroes like these binmen who truly keep our world running. Respect!
There’s tons of this stuff in the BBC Rewind archive. Just scroll the map over to NI in this link.
https://www.bbcrewind.co.uk/map?nic=true®ions=gb-nir
Where’d all the lids go?!
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