CLEARING CLAPHAM

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31904, 4 February 1969, Page 15

CLEARING CLAPHAM

Rewarding Job For Lecturer (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 3. i The dustbins of Clapham, London, were dhiptied this week by some of the bestdressed, blue-blooded dustmen the borough has seen. Among them are Sir George Young and his wife, and 25 Lambeth councillors. They are all volunteers in a drive to shift the rubbish that has been piling up in the district since 250 dustmen went on strike last week. “It's a rewarding sort of job really," said Sir George, an economics lecturer at Surrey University, as he heaved another dustbin on to the back of a dustcart. “It certainly is hard work, and I ached quite a bit at first. The operation is being paid for by the council, whose members are fed up with the actions of the dustmen.” The dustmen are no less fed up by the actions of the volunteers, who manned a fleet of 50 trucks for the job. “They’re scab labour,” said the strike leader, Mr Fred Scully. “The council wants to withdraw our rights to salvage, and has offered us only £2.”