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Corporation Scavenger
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This job was featured on a TV program a while back, 'The Worst Jobs In History', with Tony Robinson.
Basically it was someone who was employed by the council to go out and collect (scavenge) any old bits of rubbish that could be used for something else. This even included dog poo, which apparently was used in a tannery to treat the animal hides before they bacame leather!
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