Nature is Nature by Khalid Alharbi

Morrison Electricars DV4 number 222 in the Birmingham fleet is going about it's lawful duties in Somerville Rd near it's junction with Muntz Street, Small Heath on a fine late Winter morning in 1965. FVP 86 was new 08/03/1940 when it went to Lifford depot, it later went to Montague street and lasted until17/05/1971 when it went to Sansom (breaker). The picture shows the old style dustcart with the shutters open revealing the load of noisome household rubbish which was carried by the crew in the tin baths that can be seen on the pile. A few of these carts caught fire as a result of hot ash starting a fire in the wooden bodies. For once Geoff Dowling not Peter!