Back in the 1960s and 70s, every house in Britain had one (at least) of these.
The tin rubbish bin. This was long before recycling and different bins collected on different dates. Everything went into this one bin, and it was small. It would be collected every week and occasionally would go missing. Sometimes there would be a heated argument between neighbours if they picked up your bin, which just happened to be newer or shinier.
There was even a television comedy series called The Dustbinmen.
As kids, it also served another purpose. The lid made a great shield for all those street battles that you would have when playing soldiers with your mates. Until they started throwing real stones, that is.
However, it was not only kids that used them as shields. Long before the days of riot gear, the police, when there was the occasional riot back then, would also use them.
This is from 1981. The car door and dustbin lid shield protection method in use.
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