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Residential Trash Cans of the 50's & 60's
Does anyone recall your trash cans having the letters G & R painted on them.
The G stood for Garbage and the R stood for Rubbish.
That garbage was picked up a every week, and rubbish every other week.
That Rubbish was considered to be all metals and glass; and Garbage was consider all other materials.
That garbage went to the city incinerators, and rubbish went to be reused [recycle these days].
On rubbish days, anything you had that was metal or glass could be placed out for them to collect.
And how about those heavy wire burning baskets we had in the alley to do away with paper materials.
old black gentleman with a one-horse cart that used to go up and down the alleys
We referred to him as the [[sheenie???) man.
Dont as me if that is the correct spelling but thats what we called him in Poletown.
Heres one for you all....
Way back then I lived in the area of 7 mile and Outer Drive East side [[LaSalle College Park). The city eliminated all alleys.
On garbage day there would always be two men who retrieved your garbage cans from the rear of your garge, take them to the street, dump them in their truck and return the cans to the back of you garage.
I grew up in the area of Davison and McDougal and well remember the horse and wagon going up and down the alleys.
Growing up in Detroit was wonderful in those years.
Jim B