A man is "giving back to the community" by cleaning dirty street signs in Beckenham.
Reading a Facebook post about not being able to see traffic signs in Beckenham inspired Scott Kingston, 37, to help.
He owns a cleaning service business, Stains on Panes, and decided to make it his community project to clean dirty street signs between his shifts.
Part of my community cleaning project, I have cleaned these signs close to Unicorn primary & Langley School in #Beckenham #BeckBromFL pic.twitter.com/bVsCY96zv7
— Scott Kingston (@StainsOnPanes) January 25, 2018
A secretary at Stains on Panes told News Shopper: "Scott created a Facebook post and said if there were any dirty signs to let him know.
"The response has been amazingly positive. So much attention has came from it. He just thought he would give back to the community after stumbling across the post."
Scott lives on the border between Penge and Kent House and was cleaning signs yesterday (January 24) in torrential rain.
He has a two-year-old son and his ambition is to make Stains on Panes into a family business which can also create job opportunities in Bromley.
His secretary added: "Obviously he can't commit to this all day long. He sees it as his project for this year. I don't think he imagined how much attention it has got.
"Some of the signs have been very dirty and are very hard to scrub off. He has worked really hard, bless him."
The Stains on Panes Facebook page has welcomed residents to request signs which require cleaning.
A statement reads: "Welcome to the new community project for 2018 ' Cleaner and Clearer ' for road and sign posts. If you see any road, traffic, safety or street signs/posts please let me know in the comments below under this post and I will clean it on my window cleaning rounds when next in the area.
"This is totally free and part of keeping the Bromley and surrounding borough's, I live and work in a cleaner and nicer place. Together we can all make our areas better. "
Facebook comments included one woman writing, "This is such a nice thing to do, the difference is just amazing."
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