I posted a new blog today on The Best of Hitchin. I'm proud to be a tiny cog in this wheel and hope that the new campaign will help us to get the town tidy for the Jubilee celebrations.
My first visit to Jazz Cafe Posk in London's Hammersmith coincided with the 60th anniversary of Posk - The Polish Social and Cultural Association - and the first performance in the club by pianist and composer Darius Brubeck. Photo credit @ Hilary Seabrook Darius was 10 when he joined his father on a historic tour of Poland. The Dave Brubeck Quartet toured Poland from 6 to 18 March 1958, just three years after the communist regime's ban on jazz was lifted. Without a doubt, this was the biggest jazz event in post-war Poland, with the archetypal and hugely successful outfit of Dave Brubeck (piano), Paul Desmond (alto sax), Eugene Wright (bass) and Joe Morello (drums). Sixty years later, in 2018, Darius took his own quartet - the same one he brought to Posk in May 2024 - to Poland for a significant tour, recorded and released as the Live in Poland album. Several of the tracks from this album were in the set at Posk and this quartet displayed in depth the benefits of playing to...
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However a lot more could be done. Places where food and drink are purchased could play their part. There should be a local law that states that local permises that sell food and drink should have sufficent litter bins near there premises. Also that they should be responsible for cleaning the litter immediately outside there premises. You only need to look outside the many larger pub/venues in Hitchin on a Saturday and Sunday morning and see the litter shrewn everywhere outside, why should the council have to pay to remove litter caused by a business.
Majority of people are good at keeping Hitchin tidy. The presence of litter bins has the effect of causing people to use them. If they can see one when they need it, they'll use it. More litter bins and the help of local businesses will help the Council keep our town beautiful.
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