Years Ago When The Binmen Called,

they would lift a heavy galvanised dustbin onto their backs,

walk from the back of almost every house in our street to the lorry, empty it then walk back to return it, things are much easier now, home owners despite age or infirmity have to move the bins to the front of the house, as did 71-year-old pensioner Anne Hobson, but then disaster struck, one of the wheels came off, but that did not deter Anne, she managed to haul the heavy bin 50ft to the end of her driveway, only for waste collectors to refused to empty it — because of the missing wheel,


now, mother-of-three Mrs Hobson, of Larkhill, Farnworth, has branded the binmen “lazy” and will have to wait until Friday before she receives a replacement, in the meantime she says she has no idea where she will store the excess waste she will accumulate, She said: 'I can drag the bin 50ft to the end of my driveway, but able-bodied men can’t take it from the kerbside and have it emptied into the waggon just a few feet away, they’re just lazy and it seems they want the job done for them',


Her son, Andrew added: 'it’s absolutely ridiculous that a 71-year-old woman can drag a bin with one wheel to the end of her long driveway when 6ft tall, 15-stone binmen can’t empty it', a Boulton Council spokeswomen said, 'the bin was not emptied due to the missing wheel', still Anne should count herself lucky as she only has one bin, Boulton Council operates a 4 colour bin system, grey, burgundy, beige and green, hopefully the council will only leave her the grey one!