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snowy_again said:
South American diaspora community isn’t it. They’re there whatever the weather... they won’t have been in the court as that was locked up last week.
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I saw them on Saturday when I was out with the kids, there's a gravel pitch in between the Lido and the BMX track, at the start of the hill up to the bowling green. They had masks on and had brought their own net.

It's a shame that they got moved on as it is ordinarily such a wholesome activity.

As regards the joggers, we were able to keep out of their way and they were mostly respectful, with some going onto the grass to keep distance to my kids who aren't so respectful of distance on their scooters. Given the need for space, I think cycling through might not be the most responsible activity because people have less time to react and are instinctively walking closer to others to get out of the way of bikes. There was one tool in particular who was cursing and blinding as he came down the hill from Brockwell Hall to the kids water area at full speed, calling for people to move out of his way.

I absolutely love that park. Every bend, every hill. If we can all use it responsibly now, it is such a good resource.
 
A couple of observations
Went to Kings College Hospital for a blood test this morning.
There is a notice saying no entry without an appointment at the only hospital door now open - the old main entrance now called the Hambledon Wing.
Inside there is a greeting party - a couple of lady volunteers I imagine, whose job seemed to be to tell people no admission without an appointment.
My blood tests are ordered up in advance by the GP - in this case on 9th March - but the Phlebotomy department is usually walk-in.
I am totally familiar with the layout of KCH and found my way through to Phlebotomy in the Golden Jubilee Wing without being challenged.
When I got there there was only one person in the waiting area - and he turned out to be a driver for patient transport.
So I was seen immediately - in fact I could have gone to any of three waiting phlebotomists.
Maybe this is not the most efficient use of hospital resources?

I got on a bus - and to reinforce my guilt that I am not supposed to do this the driver played a pre-recorded message saying that public transport is reserved for people needing to travel to essential work.
If this goes on for months I reckon London Transport will end up in problems. Anyone remember what it was like when the 345 was as single decker than ran every 20 minutes?
 
CH1 said:
So I was seen immediately - in fact I could have gone to any of three waiting phlebotomists.
Maybe this is not the most efficient use of hospital resources?
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From a family member who works in an NHS hospital (not in london) - they are all set up ready for the coronavirus patients to hit, but as yet it's not started. Most routine stuff has been cancelled - the current consequence of this is that they have a rather light workload and it is loads less busy than usual, although of course they expect that to change pretty soon. I expect this is the case in many hospitals just now. If and when the immdiate crisis is over, there's going to be an absolutely enormous backlog of other stuff to catch up on.
 
Free soup mix packets on offer!

Free soup on offer from the Brixton Soup Kitchen

Free soup mix packets on offer from the Brixton Soup Kitchen
 
Ive offered to help at the Brixton emergency food hub. They are looking for people for various roles. Cooking , packing parcels and delivery by bike or own car. You can say what days you are free. Its morning three hours for most voluntary shifts.

( Brixton emergency food hub urgently needs cyclists for deliveries this Sunday morning (29th March 2020) )

This is link:

Thankyou so much for your offer. starting tomorrow, can people please use the following link to register availability. It will be managed by the volunteer coordinator, Helen, who will be your point of contact. If anyone has friends or contacts who would like to get involved, please ask them to use the same link. Thanks again! Microsoft Forms
 
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Gramsci said:
I had a look at Cllr Ed Davie twitter. The crisis does not stop him having a go at Corybn. Ed reckons he is more socialist than Corbyn.

I see the national party intead of trading sectarian insults around has said to the Boris gooverment they should pass legislation to stop evictions of people who fall behind in this crisis.

As the Freeedom article say the Lamabeth Labour group would help more if the actually did something rather than criticise others.
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Ed Davie is, to put not too fine a point on it, a no-mark opportunistic cunt.
 
MissL said:
Apologies this is coming from the Daily Shit Rag. It doesn't get much worse than this.

www.dailymail.co.uk

London Boy, 13, dies 'in hospital from coronavirus', fundraiser says

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, from Brixton, London has become Britain's youngest coronavirus victim, after dying alone at King's College Hospital on Monday.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
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A crowdfunder was launched to raise £4,000 for the funeral.
It's currently at £44,000.

www.gofundme.com

Donate to Supporting the family of Ismail, organized by Madinah College

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon (To Allah we belong and to Him is our return) It… Madinah College needs your support for Supporting the family of Ismail
www.gofundme.com www.gofundme.com
 
nagapie said:
I didn't check sorry.

They still don't have much, I'd go soon. They had tea and coffee today though!
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They've still barely got bugger all. Fortunately for me, one of my lovely neighbours has been shopping further afield, and has been picking up bits and pieces for me.
 
David Clapson said:
We're allowed to run or cycle for exercise. Nothing wrong with exercising by flying a kite. He's not near to other people.
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Problem is, a kite needs more precision control - and attention - than cycling or jogging does, and BP is (in relative terms) a small park with greater opportunity for mishap. We all know to avoid/sidestep bike wankers and running wankers, but kite wankers?
 
Is the Madinah College referred to in the appeal the new incarnation of Ted Knight's South Chelsea School of English?
Seems to be at he same address - ie on top of Bodyshop.
 
I'm not going to name names here but it does piss me off to keep on receiving press releases about local businesses making a big deal about their relatively small donations of burgers/pizzas or whatever to NHS workers.

Every bit counts of course and it's great that they're doing it, but it makes me wonder how many more burgers/pizzas or whatever they could have given away if they weren't splashing out for PR companies to promote themselves.
 
So, an update from my state sanctioned to the park an d back.

A notable number of Brockwell park joggers continued to ignore the 2 metre rule and almost brush past people and it's the same story on the streets. Everyone else in the park seemed to be keeping away from each other.
There were hefty queues outside Boots and Sainsbury's in Water Lane, but I got lucky at Iceland where they had Bread, eggs and olive oil for the first time in ages :oldthumbsup:
 
Anyone in the Brixton area need 1.5 kg of M&S Wholemeal Bread Flour? It was the only flour in 4 shops in Brixton and I grabbed it in case one of you worker bees or quarantined people want it.
 
I went to Lidl in Stockwell yesterday. Queue outside was short. They are only letting in a few people at a time. So store was almost empty.

This was afternoon. I'm guessing people come in morning. No flour. Plenty of toilet rolls.
 
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