hellosailor

That's precisely what some people have said.

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Colluding with an ill person will keep them a > rough sleeper and increase their chance of dying > this winter. > A blanket won?t stop pneumonia. Let Streetlink do > their stuff. Alice, he was in a half way house for a while, he says he was placed with a heroin addict and a paranoid schizophrenic and couldn't cope with that environment where he felt less safe than on the streets. If people find it galling that others are trying to make sure he has blankets, food etc then perhaps best to avoid this thread because I really can't see why anyone would follow it if they felt that way. As others have said, helping Paddy does not preclude helping others, volunteering or giving to charity. It depresses me that people have come on the thread to patronise and talk down to those who do care enough to help. Rather than asking admin to close the thread maybe just don't read it? Might be a less drastic solution than locking a thread about something that lots of people do care about just because you don't feel the same.

Sweetgirl if you don't have a spare room but would feel comfortable asking him to live with you then I'm sure he would be very grateful for the sofa

Just as I ask. He was a legend. I think he?s still doing the blackheath coach run.

What an utterly bizarre sentiment, being concerned about one person doesn?t mean you?re not concerned about others. People aren?t ?fascinated? by him. They?re worried about him. Because he?s homeless. And unwell. And has one leg. And it?s freezing. And the sparse shelter he?s made for himself has burnt down just after he?s had an operation.

Hi admin, I posted this in the general section (as the other thread about this man is) specifically because I wanted the most people to see it. I?m not a naughty plumber who has posted in the wrong section. I understand that you might not deem this to be strictly speaking a general East dulwich topic but I hoped on Christmas Day, when a homeless amputee has had their possessions burnt to a cinder in our immediate area you might be a bit flexible. You live and learn. The thing is homelessness in our area IS a general issue not a lounge issue.

Sorry, to clarify, I?m talking about the homeless man who has made a makeshift hut in the wall of the uninhabited grove tavern / old harvester

Hi, Keen to find out where he has gone to if his ?hut? has been destroyed by fire so I can take him stuff, if anyone sees him and where he?s set up camp could you please message to let me know so I can take him stuff, many thanks

So there?s definitely been a fire in his hut? Does anyone know if it?s habitable and he?s still in there?

You can choose to have an elcs for those reasons now xx

I was in the queue when it reopened too, no carnage at all just a queue of people waiting patiently in good spirits

His name is Padraig (paddy). I took him some stuff today, among other things some size large track suit bottoms because he needs the wlasticated waist so track suit bottoms are easiest for him. If anyone has any size large tracksuit bottoms then he would be grateful for more. The owners of The Grove tavern / old harvester that he?s sleeping by have come to say that they want to move him on. He?s going into hosp to have an operation just before Christmas and is worried about his stuff being taken while he?s in there. I?ve offered to store it at mine while he?s in hospital but I worry that when he?s in having his op that the owners of the building will use it as an excuse to barricade up the den he?s made. He has some duvets but does anyone have a sleeping bag they could spare?

Kristina I suggest if you want to keep stuff private then you keep it off a public forum. Or you're saying you have a problem with people with mental health issues reading public posts on a public forum? It sounds suspiciously like you're using a public post to air a personal drama...

Looking for a pair of crutches if anyone has some that they no longer need? Thanks in advance!

We lived off LL and moved to near peckham rye park and its great being by the park and really not far to walk down to LL, do it!

get in touch with Rosalind Archer in the alumni office at Alleyn's and she'll be happy to help you

The staff all had no option but to leave as the new owners wanted to keep them on but significantly reduce their hourly wage and they could not afford to stay.

Yes I thought the same, glad to hear you're ok.

presumably tomskip thinks children should be adopted at birth by childcare professionals rather than risk them being looked after by their unqualified parents! Just imagine looking after a child with no formal nanny qualification!

Yes Gumboots has the longest waiting list in the area, about 2 years

my daughter went to Buds and loved it

The results are out, rating is Good

What's your beef with the OP Passiflora? Your responses are getting a little odd

We had this pirate entertainer for my daughter's 5th and he was absolutely brilliant, had them eating out of the palm of his hand for the whole thing! https://captain-fantastic.co.uk/parties/pirate-parties/

Thanks! Will look at that now