Hundreds of thousands of people enjoying a day out at Armed Forces Weekend means hundreds of thousands of items of litter being produced. But a mammoth street-cleaning operation has been going on from morning to night, helping to keep Cleethorpes looking spick and span. John Munson, deputy manager for street cleansing at North East Lincolnshire Council, has had the job of co-ordinating the effort.
John could not be prouder of the workers, volunteers and even members of the public for doing their bit to make the tidy-up task a bit easier. With images taken by John of the “before” and “after” states of the Cleethorpes streets, and shared on Facebook, followers were also quick to praise the tireless work of the clean-up squad after reports that the weekend had attracted around 250,000 people. READ MORE: Armed Forces Weekend attracts record-breaking '250,000 visitors' to Cleethorpes Keep up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from Grimsby with our free newsletter John said: “Every year it’s the same job we have to do – I think this year was slightly busier – and we have had great staff and volunteers working over the weekend.
We start on Friday night and then it’s from 6am to 11pm. “There are ten staff working in the day and ten later on. It’s totally full on.
How one roadside looked before the clean-up team got to work in Cleethorpes over Armed Forces Weekend (Image: The Uniform Hut/Facebook) A street looking spotless after the rubbish.
