The Secret Life of Rubbish

An original view of the history of modern Britain - from the back end where the rubbish comes out. The first programme deals with the decades immediately after the Second World War. Ernie Sharp started on the bins when he was demobbed in 1947. Household rubbish in those days was mostly ash raked out of the fire-grate; that's why men like Ernie were called dustmen. The Clean Air Act soon changed that.

Category

Documentary / History / Miniseries

Original air date

2012-11-29