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Great work! Would this be of interest? Received from a friend and happening tonight (Tuesday) Refugees are currently living in atrocious conditions in parts of Europe. Cold and wet weather mean new born babies are suffering with hypothermia and aid agencies struggling to cope, do not have enough blankets to give them. Makeshift camps do not have proper shelter, warmth and sanitation. Thousands of people have drowned this year, escaping, war, poverty and persecution. As Winter approaches we must do more to help refugees: rally and fundraiser tonight-Catford SE6 tickets available on the door: more info here http://naar.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ce928e62e0ef30091dbd087be&id=8e49de9c39&e=d8ae8c4d7e

hi Thank you for this - I read it and asked Kevin to quote for what I thought was a small building job. He made a good assessment of the task and the quote was reasonable and you could see how it had been costed. The work is complete and we are extremely satisfied. Kevin can understand the look you want to achieve and make sure it is what you get. Workers are punctual and clear up properly. Thoroughly recommended. Happy to provide details by pm.

Following recommendations I read on this Forum, I invited Kevin of Y and J builders to come and do work on a damaged patio and to also build decking. Following instructions, they did a fantastic job. The workers were promptly at the door at 8 am and cleared up when they left. The work was completed to an excellent standard and I am happy to recommend Y and J. Their number is 07581166046

Dear All Note the following taking place in the Civic Suite, Lewisham Town Hall on 4th December 2014 http://www.map-uk.org/events/lewisham-stands-with-gaza-fundraising-evening-for-medical-aid-for-palestinians- Dr. Ang Swee-Chai is a Singaporean medical professional and a graduate of the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Britain. In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon as part of Operation 'Peace of Galilee', killing approximately 17,000 civilians. When the British media broadcast the relentless bombing of Beirut by Israeli planes, Dr. Ang, then a young orthopaedic surgeon in London, responded to an urgent international appeal to treat the victims of the war. Resigning from her job, Dr. Ang bade her husband farewell and set out on a journey to war-torn Beirut. While she was there, working in a hospital inside Sabra and Shatila refugee camp, she witnessed the horrific massacre of Palestinians that would be the catalyst for the founding of the British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in 1984. Surrounded and subjected to heavy bombardment, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) had agreed to leave Lebanon in return for a ceasefire. When they departed, the camps were left entirely defenceless. Then, on 15 September, the ceasefire was violated when tanks rolled into Beirut under air cover. Shelling their way through the southern part of the city, they headed straight for Sabra and Shatila and surrounded the camp. The atrocity that followed was devastating. For 40 hours between 16 and 18 September, Lebanese Phalangist militia raped, killed and injured hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians - most of whom were women, children and the elderly - trapped inside the encircled and sealed camp. The Israeli army had full knowledge of what was taking place, yet they never intervened. Instead, they surrounded and illuminated the camp throughout the night by flares launched into the sky from helicopters and mortars. Refusing to leave the hospital, Dr. Ang worked tirelessly to save the injured and protect her patients. Eventually, at gunpoint, Dr. Ang was marched out of the camp with her team of nurses, knowing the dreadful fate that awaited the Palestinian women and children that lined the street but were prevented from leaving: "Gunmen lined the sides of Rue Sabra while we were marched down it at gunpoint, and we could all see what was going on - the bodies, the smashed homes, the rubble, the terror in everyone's faces, the desperate mother, who wanted to give me her infant - the baby boy that I held in my arms for a brief moment before he was cruelly snatched away by the gunmen. We knew what was about to happen. The exact figure of those killed can never be determined. In addition to a thousand bodies buried in communal graves by the International Committee of the Red Cross and in Beirut's cemeteries by their families, a large number of the dead were buried beneath buildings bulldozed by the militia. Hundreds of other civilians disappeared after they were carried away in trucks to unknown destinations, never to return. Following the massacre, Dr. Ang flew back to London and established MAP with a committed group of friends including Major Derek Cooper and his wife, Mrs Pamela Cooper. Since then MAP has been reaching out to the most vulnerable Palestinian communities, striving to achieve the highest attainable standard of healthcare in hostile and difficult conditions. MAP addresses a wide range of health issues and challenges faced by the Palestinian people. With offices located in Beirut, Ramallah, Jerusalem and Gaza City, MAP responds rapidly in times of crisis, and works directly with communities on responsible for investigating the nature of the Israeli involvement in the massacre. Dr. Ang has written a new book From Beirut to Jerusalem: A Woman Surgeon With the Palestinians in which she discusses her work. In August 2014 Dr. Ang and a colleague were deported from Israel after a humiliating 3 hour interrogation by the Israeli authorities. She was also co-author of a letter published in the Lancet by 24 doctors and scientists on the appalling medical situation suffered by the Palestinians in Gaza as a result of the Israeli offensive in July 2014.'

Reminder that this weekend is the RSPB's Big Garden Bird Watch. You can register and report your sightings on the RSPB website or The Guardian's. My attention has been taken by the way in which one of the pair of robins which visit my garden has managed, after many unsuccessful attempts, to land on the tits' fat ball. Not as agile or dexterously as the beautiful tits (blue and coal) but effective. It's stumpy mate waits below for tit bit. How could I tell whether the one that has learned to do this is male or female - only thing is that it looks a bit smaller and maybe younger.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cyclist-lying-unconscious-in-the-street-had-iphone-and-wallet-stolen-by-passersby-8916027.html Nigel Street, Peckham.

This came to my mail box and may provide some information/insight. I found that one of the speakers (Ewa Jasiewicz) has written a piece for the New Statesman recently: Eyewitness Syria Public Meeting Wednesday 31 July 2013 7.30 pm Come and listen to an illustrated eyewitness account from the front line of Idlib by journalist Ewa Jasiewicz, plus Samir Dathi, Stop the War National Officer. New Cross Learning (former New Cross Library) 283 - 285 New Cross Road SE14 6AS Ewa Jasiewicz is a solidarity activist and trade unionist. She has lived and worked with oil workers and refugees in Iraq, and paramedics and farmers in Palestine. At the end of May, Ewa travelled to Ma?arrat al Numan and Kafranbel in Idlib province, Northern Syria with a new solidarity initiative called ?Witness Syria?. She spent time with Basmet Amal (Ma?rrat al Numan), the Kafranbel Media Centre and Karama Bus (Kafranbel) and Jasmine Studio (Bab Al Hawa Camp, Turkish-Syrian border). She will speak about the self-organisation and self determination taking place there and what you can do to support it.

Just to add (in response to dbhoy post) that Lewisham People Before Profit run this one in Honor Oak Park and the White Wood Shop (in fact the estate agent's next to it) collects food donations which are actually offered to the needy from the charity shop they run in New Cross. Was there myself on Monday dropping off groceries bought through the generous donation of someone in the Muslim community. Donations of clothes and furniture are also accepted. www.lewishamfoodbank.com

Prompted to ask for other 'gems' following a conversation heard between boy attending a well known local public school and his family. Asked to make presentations in groups on different aspects of life in Iran (occassioned by the showing of the film 'Persepolis'), one group evidenced the view that Iran was so misogynist that fathers cut off the legs of their daughters to prevent them leaving home; this whilst there was a competition taking place with this result: http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/07/06/312451/iranian-womens-futsal-team-wins-silver/ The allegation, along with many other strange assertions on this and other aspects of life in that country went unchallenged by anyone, not least the teacher. (The products of this sort of education tend to be in positions of power and influence in the future!) Any way, so what other nuggets of laughable misinformation have we had to de-learn from our schooling? One of mine was from a sports quiz held in year 10 when it was too wet to go out for Games. In answer to a question on the difference between rugby league and rugby union, we were told ''there's no difference apart from the fact that there are fifteen players in the union form and only thirteen in the league form of rugby''.

hi there I was looking for someone to clean gutter and windows of our semi-detached home in Honor Oak Park. I saw this thread and wondered if we could give you a ring and ask for an estimate. Many thanks, Sarah

In March I accidently damaged the screen of my old nokia and was directed to the Afghan-run mobile phone repair/retail shop which shares the same space as ''Loot'' shop on Peckham High Street. Did the job for me as I waited and even tried to refuse payment. I had bought the replacement LED screen on Ebay.

This may be of interest and concern for those worried about what is happening to the NHS. A request for letters to MPs etc on SE23 Forum (template provided if needed) http://nationalcan.ning.com/forum/topics/competition-regulations-forced-on-the-nhs

People reading this who are interested in the campaign to try to save Lewisham Hospital may be interested in this: From: r. BBC Question Time protest Goldsmiths College-Save Lewisham Hospital This Thursday January 10th 5.30pm-9.30pm more info: http://www.savelewishamhospital.com/bbc-question-time-protest/ Also http://brockleycentral.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/close-lewisham-plan-sent-to-health.html

Should charities offer to take up the slack if public services are cut? The National Coalition for Independent Action thinks not: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/13839/ncia_says_umbrella_bodies_have_signed_up_sector_to_privatisation http://www.independentaction.net/2012/11/20/anger-grows-as-sector-leaders-ingratiate-themselves-with-the-government-open-letter-says-not-in-our-name/#more-9500

And to add some context apropros King's - expect pressure because us Lewisham people are campaigning to keep Lewisham A&E open which is under threat due to the huge debts saddled on it by the Labour Government's PFI funding regime. So, if this is not defeated, 750,000 of us will be sharing facilities at King's and Woolwich. King's is nearer.... See a pattern emerging - I do. www.se23.com (Lewisham A&E closure)

hi all, The attached document explains simply and clearly what the Bill is going to do and why we have to keep trying to stop it. Raise the questions with anyone you can, share the information with anyone, get papers to raise the questions or send excerpts in as letters, ask your MPs to get answers that reassure you on these questions. As a colleague recently reminded me, the first duty of a doctor, and by inference a health professional or system is ?DO NO HARM? ? this could be the most basic question of all to challenge the government with ? can they prove beyond doubt that their intentions will do no harm in the face of such overwhelming evidence that that is exactly what will be the impact? http://abetternhs.wordpress.com/faq/

Seems the lad killed was an innocent bystander - it could have been anyone of us: http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16108072

And let us add, zero tolerance of 'high' level crime i.e. that committed by those who are continuing to 'loot' public money e.g. using taxpayers' bail out money to award themselves huge bonuses and gold-plate their pensions whilst saying that public sector is too profligate. The elite seem to think that everyone should accept their largesse is a divine right.

On an earlier thread (which I can't find now), there was dicussion about red squirrel sighting. I would like to know if grey squirrels' coats take on a reddish hue at any point in their life cycle because on the weekend I saw (family also) a squirrel which had a grey top half but definite reddish bottom half and we wondered if there was cross-breeding taking place but then red squirrels are extinct - esp in the south so how can it be so? My nephew who is at work at the moment, took a couple of pictures which I can upload when he is back. Really interested to have any information about this. Hasten to add that we were in Hyde Park when we saw this.