Doing the washing for most is a mundane chore at best, or an absolute waste of time pain at worst. But not for this group of collectors - some of them even drive hundreds of miles to do their washing.

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Two brothers came up with a lame excuse after dumping a washing machine and a fridge freezer in a Salford street. The pair claimed they thought scrap metal collectors would take them away. But ...

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