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Lewisham A&E under threat + campaign
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ska invita
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im in.
when is the announcement? bated breath
when is the announcement? bated breath
TruXta
tired
When and where? I'll be in Lee at some point tomorrow, so could potentially stop by if it suited.
ska invita
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TruXta
tired
Cheers, will hopefully make it.
noon onwards
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Sadly not. My feet are still too fucked to be marching/standing for long. I'll be there in spirit.
TruXta
tired
(((your feet)))
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
barring unforseen whatnots, I will be there with Mum-Tat. She may not be able to manage the full march and the Mountsfield Park bit (she can't walk all that far), so we'll probably do one or the other. I'm inclined to think the march will be easier.
gawkrodger
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oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
And they beat Villa! It must be karma!
Definitely planning to go to last bit of march or to the rally in Mountsfield Park.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Yep. If you go to platform 1 there should be a train to Lewisham within about 10 mins, they're fairly frequent.
When you get to Lewisham station, exit and bear left towards the big roundabout (you'll be able to see it) where the assembly point is.
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
If you see me, come and say hello (I have forgotten what you look like
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ska invita
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off now - im on a blue/aquamarine bike and in a grey fleece/grey hat if anyone wants to say hello
ska invita
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back now...i rode from the start of the march to the end at one point - if its 50,000 i wouldnt be surprised - massive turnout! too many people to fit in that park for the rally
ska invita
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the park was already filling up and i rode back from there to lewisham centre and people were still leaving - thats a 2km long train of people. Easily 30k, Id say a bit moreButton's back now too. Estimates are 25-30,000. Bigger than last time
In the BBC aerial shot you can't see the beginning or end of the marchers.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Didn't see anyone I recognised, although I was concentrating a fair bit on making sure nobody walked into Mum-Tat.
I'd say more than double the November numbers. Rennell Street / former Odeon site where we assembled in November was pretty much full when we got there 1140-ish so we assembled in front of the oldbill-o-drome - the pavement was pretty much full that side of the road from the roundabout to the clock tower.
we then got merged in from the side of the march, which led to the crowd being more tightly packed than was entirely comfortable, so I'd say more people per yard of road space than in November.
then there was the march that had started at Blackheath which joined in at Belmont Hill.
We got as far as the George Lane junction and Mum decided she'd had enough.
I'd say more than double the November numbers. Rennell Street / former Odeon site where we assembled in November was pretty much full when we got there 1140-ish so we assembled in front of the oldbill-o-drome - the pavement was pretty much full that side of the road from the roundabout to the clock tower.
we then got merged in from the side of the march, which led to the crowd being more tightly packed than was entirely comfortable, so I'd say more people per yard of road space than in November.
then there was the march that had started at Blackheath which joined in at Belmont Hill.
We got as far as the George Lane junction and Mum decided she'd had enough.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
can't get mine off the camera until I get home.
BBC have this -
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10183115.Save_Lewisham_Hospital_demo___live_tweets_and_updates/
News Shopper are using a picture from November (the level of sogginess and number of brollies is a bit of a clue
Transpontine will probably do a round-up in due course but hasn't yet
youngian
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There were marchers still entering the park nearly an hour after the first people arrived.
Odd to hear a very moving speech from LBC rentahack Nick Ferrari speaking out against this fiasco.
This government is in big trouble when you have a bloke like him on a trade union sponsored platform telling you how crap you are .
Odd to hear a very moving speech from LBC rentahack Nick Ferrari speaking out against this fiasco.
This government is in big trouble when you have a bloke like him on a trade union sponsored platform telling you how crap you are .
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Will try and post up a pic of the Jeremy Hunt Coconut* Shy
at the Mountsfield Park rally later this weekend. It was, ahem, busy.I got talking to a steward who said a similar thing had been threatened at the Whittington Hospital which had been saved.....she was very hopeful.
*Hoconut
Shy would have been good but too many little kids there.....very good to see five year olds queuing up to hurl balls at his pic.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
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