Chief in High Street blast.HEmay be leader of Birmingham City Council, but Mike Whitby Mike Whitby is a Conservative Party politician and current leader of Birmingham City Council, a post he has held since June 2004. He is one of three Conservative councillors representing the Harborne ward in the west of the city. is not averse to mucking in Mucking In is a New Zealand "lifestyle" television programme that airs on Television One. It is hosted by Jim Mora. The show features a very similar premise to the show Ground Force and cleaning the streets he presides over. The pavements of the High Street in Harborne - the ward Coun Whitby represents - are now nearly clean enough to eat off after a ten-day deep clean. Coun Whitby joined specialist industrial cleaning company Ramora to help remove decades of chewing gum chewing gum, confection consisting usually of chicle, flavorings, and corn syrup and sugar (or artificial sweeteners). Prehistoric people are believed to have chewed resins. and grime from the High Street. Coun Whitby, who tried out one of the steam cleaning guns, said: "Over the years as a councillor I've spent many hours talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to Harborne residents outside shops in the High Street and I know how offensive people find gumcovered pavements. "Now we've removed all this grime let's hope people will think twice about dropping gum." Village centre manager Bob Flack said: "I feel the removal of this chewing gum illustrates our intention to make Harborne an hygienic hy·gien·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to hygiene. 2. Tending to promote or preserve health. 3. Sanitary. area." CAPTION(S): Clean shot: Coun Mike Whitby removes chewing gumwith (left) Bob Flack and Ramora staff JasonWalters andMark Davies. |
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