It’s not often that you get a chance to praise Hackney Council, so I’m not going to miss this opportunity.
On Tuesday, none of the recycling in our street was collected. I heard the vans in one neighbouring street, saw them in another. But they forgot to travel down ours.
So, on Thursday, I rang up the Council and asked whether anyone would pick up all the rubbish that was beginning to blow over the street. Yes, I was told: my call would be logged and someone would be along to pick it up “within 24-48 hours”.
And, much to my astonishment, it was. On Friday.
So, to celebrate, let’s all watch Alex Higgins making a break of 132, thereby snatching the World Snooker Championship from Ray Reardon’s grasp in 1982. For those of my generation, a thousand Sunday afternoons will come flooding back. Don’t worry, Bullseye won’t be on next…
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