MY wife and I have just returned to our Edinburgh home, having spent a delightful couple of “tourist days” some 40 miles away in the city of Perth.
What a good idea that was! Good restaurants, a modern, comfortable theatre, well-tended expansive city parks, smooth pavements (essential for wheelchair users such as myself) and clean streets. I was perhaps a little unused to living in a fairly litter-free environment.
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Any confusion, however, was relatively short-lived, since the next day I saw a street cleaner tending a pedestrian zone which was already, to my eyes, pretty clean!
I have no wish to tax the longer-term memories of my fellow National readers, so maybe I should explain. A “street cleaner” is someone who maintains the cleanliness of the city streets with the aid of a brush, pan and a litter-picker.
I wonder if this is an idea that other Scottish councils might wish to consider?!!!
All flippancy apart, well done Perth, and thank you for a lovely couple of days.
Alex Leggatt
Edinburgh
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