Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Keeping Harringay's New Pavements Clean.
Whilst I hesitate to mention new pavements again after the drubbing I took last time, the subject came up in conversation last night. One of my neighbours mentioned that they thought it was a shame that our new pavements were getting dirty so quickly.
Any thoughts about what can be done?
Whilst posting on this. I'd like to raise my virtual glass to the unsung heroes of the street cleaning department.
Not, locally but on Carnaby Street today, I saw a guy with a fancy-schmancy new piece of equipment cleaning the gum off the street. It looked like quite a painstaking process. I engaged the guy in conversation and learned that the whole street can take two weeks to clean. Then like painting the Forth bridge, once he's finished, he starts again.
This iPhone snap shows the machine.
I imagine his story is similar to that of many of London's street cleaners. His name is Felix. Originally from Ghana, he's a music teacher who has an unproven charge of some sort hanging over his head in Ghana. As a result his CRB check has failed and so he's scraping gum off the streets to make ends meet while his lawyer is sorting things out to enable him to go back to music teaching. Nice guy - tough break. Raise a virtual glass.
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Permalink Reply by Ruth on
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Lovely. I've seen a few cleaning. They are to be praised indeed. Whenever I've visited Turkey, all the shop keepers, restaurant owners etc clean their patch. It might just catch on here and we'd have a lovely high road!
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Selale's flower display is lovely, very impressive. Top marks for having a pretty and clean frontage. Some places have less room manoeuvre due to bus stops, rubbish bins (old ugly ones) and other stuff going on. The corner of Green Lanes/Stanhope for e.g.. is a busy old place with Barclays bank cashpoints in constant use (why do people ask for a receipt and then just drop it on the floor?), a homeless man living there on and off, a very busy bus stop etc. ou can hardly move someday. There needs to be coordinated actions on the part of all traders to keep the pavements clean in my humble opinion (including Barclays doing something about the cashpoint litter!)
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Good idea. Have you contacted Barclays?
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