Yeah,pull the other one!!
They, and the lorries designed to handle them, were not introduced fully until the late 1980's
And when did I buy my first house? It wasn't in the 80s .
Actually, at the house before that, we didn't have a dustbin, because the dustmen would only deal with black sacks. And the same when I was a kid. In the 70s, they'd come into your back garden, carry the dustbin out and empty it. By the 80s, it was black sacks at the end of the drive. And some areas of that town had wheelie bins by the mid to late 80s.
So, despite your views otherwise, I can truthfully say I have never owned a dustbin. And cant say I've seen one since the early 80s, although without one at home, they are not the sort of thing you notice.
Yes, TB, that was the case when we first moved in after getting married. Not only did they go through the garage to collect the bin (AND put it back again afterwards), but we needed to be careful not to leave any wanted items near the bin, else they would take those as well!
How times have changed: now we ned to place the wheelie bins in exactly the right position, with only the specified rubbish in them or they won't take them at all.
Ron.