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Originally Posted by kirstyd
back in the early 70s the road behind my school lead out of town into the countryside .So far along the road there was a very steep bank [locally called Devils Dip]half way down this bank was what can only be described today as a landfill sight .Going down said bank one Sunday on my bike i couldn't believe the sight in front of me .A wall of old tellies and radiograms radios ect .Hundreds of them .The site was infested with ichy loft insulation and asbestos all manner of unsavoury stuff but as a kid of course your oblivious to anything regarding safety .I went back time and time again being very destructive every time then one day i turned up to find the whole site covered in fresh earth .Some 40xxx years later i often drive down devils Dip and stop at what is now a green field and think back to those days and wonder if anything has survived under all that earth
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l used to cycle up to my local landfill site every Sunday, there was a guy there who stopped people from scavenging on the site but he left at 1pm on Sunday.
So my Sunday afternoons would be spent collecting electronic components and valves from cast off TV's and other appliances.