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Between Ourselves follows bin lorry driver Tony Antonsen and his colleagues Ray, Ken, Harry and Bob - who work as bin collectors for Swansea City Council. Tony details the everyday working life of a bin collector, and considers how, in his twenty years on the job, mechanisation has dramatically changed the profession.
Clip taken from Between Ourselves, originally broadcast on BBC One Wales, 12 January, 1989.
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Between Ourselves follows bin lorry driver Tony Antonsen and his colleagues Ray, Ken, Harry and Bob - who work as bin collectors for Swansea City Council. Tony details the everyday working life of a bin collector, and considers how, in his twenty years on the job, mechanisation has dramatically changed the profession.
Clip taken from Between Ourselves, originally broadcast on BBC One Wales, 12 January, 1989.
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