A MAN praised for cleaning road signs in Wrexham says he hopes to encourage more people to look after their own areas. 

Earlier this month, John Edwards, from Shrewsbury took it upon himself to clean some road signs on the Wrexham/Shropshire border free of charge. 

After an amazing response from locals, praising John for his efforts and work, he returned last week to undertake some cleaning in Chirk. 

He made his way through the town, tidying up some of the signs along the High Street. 

John, who 'loves' cleaning and enjoys doing it, has set up his own cleaning Facebook page in a bid to encourage others to start cleaning wherever they are. 

John said: "I just love having fun cleaning signs!

"I was looking to clean a Shropshire/Wales border sign a few weeks back and the response was so amazing I went back last week to clean up the whole high street.

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"After the lovely response to the signs I cleaned by the Bridge Inn last week I felt obliged to return to finish the job off.

"A few signs are yellow, old and sun damaged but most of the reflective signs I found along the road got a good scrub.

"Yes, the social media response is a joy and the idea of my Facebook group is to duplicate myself so others can clean signs in their own areas."

On John's Facebook posts, many residents had thanked him for his "amazing" and "brilliant" efforts in cleaning the signs.