A Nottinghamshire village is pulling together to help support "a local legend." Ray Smith, 76, is well known in Southwell as for many years he was the town's last road sweeper and worked until the mid 90s maintaining Southwell and keeping it clean before his job came to an end.
However, in recent years Ray has been struggling with his mobility after decades of being hunched over to clean the town. The owner of the Crown Hotel, James Kemp, has organised the fundraiser for Ray so that residents can help him purchase a mobility scooter and there will also be a fundraising day at the hotel on Saturday, June 17.
James said: "Ray is a Southwell gentleman born and bred. He was the last road sweeper/town cleaner for the town and he worked until the mid 90s maintaining and cleaning the whole town on his own.
