Liverpool Rubbish Strike Park

A resident of Liverpool takes his refuse to Allerton Park during the Liverpool binmens' strike of 1991, on 14th June 1991, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The industrial action against the local authority was a health problem for Liverpool over that summer when streets filled with rubbish. Vermin like rats ran around and public city parks filled with every kind of refuse and garbage. Few of these back-to-backs existed in the 1990s after being cleared to allow construction of high-rise tower-blocks and flats. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

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A resident of Liverpool takes his refuse to Allerton Park during the Liverpool binmens' strike of 1991, on 14th June 1991, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The industrial action against the local authority was a health problem for Liverpool over that summer when streets filled with rubbish. Vermin like rats ran around and public city parks filled with every kind of refuse and garbage. Few of these back-to-backs existed in the 1990s after being cleared to allow construction of high-rise tower-blocks and flats. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)