Bob Wellings spends the day with a group of London dustmen. What are the daily challenges they face? How do the public treat their rubbish? Is the profession changing? Can you make good money from totting? And finally, can you enjoy being a dustman?

This clip is from Nationwide, originally broadcast 10 February, 1970.




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