Council Clean-up

[laura_seabrook]

This time's council clean-up has been a bit different from the last one (six months ago).

That was rather odd, in that the gear I put out varied substantively from the stuff that was picked up. People took the stuff they wanted (fine) but also added to my pile! In the end, it didn't matter since it all went.

This time around, I have very few items to put out: an old bath tub; a sofa-bed; a kid's wading pool (damaged); the metal frame of a seat; a strange wooden pot plant holder made in the shape of a Negro jockey (something I munged from the bush tracks to put cat food tins on); and bundles of branches strung together last Sunday.

The bath and the bundles were picked up on the Monday. The rest of the gear is still there, minus the metal seat frame and the pot plant holder (gasp, who took that?). In the meantime I got my trolley and munged a sofa from the other end of the street. It was in good nick, and is now in my backyard under the trees, and enjoyed by Pegasus and myself. And this morning (after walking the pooch) I munged a foot rest and a small sturdy table.

There were two saw horses out there on the streets as well. I was sorely tempted, but had no way of getting them home easily.

Comments

[faffinoodle.livejournal.com]

I love council clean up day, though in the city of Newcastle they don't let us know when it is! We have a lot to get rid of too :/

Hmm

[zelieq.livejournal.com]

in enmore, every day is council pick-up day apparently. consider yourselves lucky that you dont have the scum of the earth leaving shopping trolleys full of old monitors and (used) nappies and all sorts of crazy shit on your street. i guess the enmore end of my street really is populated by the scum of the earth. i've never been more glad to draw a line between stanmore and enmore.

Re: Hmm

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

Just so long as they're out on the street, and not in your flat!