Dear All
This forwarded attachment is intended mostly for Portobello constituents, although everyone is welcome to join in, or take up the idea for your own neighbourhood.
The *star* local response to my last email is from a Bath Street resident, Paul, who went out and cleared the snow from the pavements one side of his street yesterday and is now proposing to organise an 'ice breaking' session over a wider area in Portobello on Saturday morning.
Paul did the attached poster today and is putting it around the Portobello area this afternoon.
I've been doing all I can to support Paul's efforts today and make sure it can happen, and safely. I checked with the Council today, and we are hoping they will be able to supply grit, at least. We are proposing to take a bit of sand off the beach otherwise, which worked on Bath Street, so should work elsewhere.
We are looking for volunteers for a 1-2 hours starting 9.30am, meeting at the foot of Bath Street, as the poster says. You DO have to be able-bodied and come well kitted-out with spades or snow shovels gloves, boots etc. And it will be at your own risk. It is an urban myth that you would be held liable if anyone slipped on the cleared parts of the street, but we are trying our level best to prevent any more of that happening on these streets - at least, that's the intention.
On Saturday morning, we are proposing to do (for a start!)
Kings Road
Bridge Street Area
Bath Street
Regent Street
Marlborough Street
Bellfield Street
Pittville Street
John Street
James Street
We may find we have to spread the grit first then getting down to shifting it later, once it's loosened up. The forecast for Friday night is pretty low temperatures. The Bath Street pavement is still loosened up, I'm told, so it does work.Statistics: Posted by Poppy — 07 Jan 2010, 21:49
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