The Men Who Cleaned Up Livingston
Our week of programmes centred on the M8 has prompted an e-mail from Simon Aston who tells me how he and some friends took matters into their own hands to clean up one particular motorway eyesore. Simon is a member of the resurrected Livingston Round Table which he describes as "a social club with a social conscience and aims to make a positive difference to the local community".
Earlier this month they cleaned up the 'Welcome to Livingston' sign just off the westbound carriageway of the M8. It had become a bit grotty, blackened with exhaust emissions and generally weather-beaten. The clean-up operation had to be supervised by the local police who gave them permission to park their van on the hard shoulder.
During the transformation process - which you can see on the attached YouTube video - they got toots of encouragement from passing motorists.
Simon tells me the video has already had more than 152 hits (at time of writing) which, in a classic understatement he says is "not quite Susan Boyle...but we are trying".
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