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February 2007 |
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Barry's News Page Hello again, We were all witness to a day of phenomenal winds a week or two ago. Myself and some of the staff heard firstly the creaking and breaking of a beautiful old oak tree in the corner of Southwark Park. It fell to the ground in front of my very eyes, inches away from the fence of the Memorial Garden. The park was immediately sealed off and closed for everybody’s safety.
A tree also fell at the gate of the park, narrowly missing some school children thank God, yet slightly injuring their teacher. It fell across the road and we had huge difficulty getting funerals in and out due to the traffic chaos, but as ever we managed.
My thoughts drifted back about 47 years, when I was a boy cub at Scout House 6th Bermondsey. A boy in my troop, was playing in the park on his way home from school when his life was taken by a falling tree. I guess it must have affected me the fact that this memory is still so readily with me today. I can still see his face, his cap, scarf and woggle – a great kid whose life was stolen from him so very young and I am reminded steeply of how fragile this life is. My son Jon,
recently experienced the road rage of a rogue bus driver in Eltham,
when for no reason at all, it pushed the horses across the road into
oncoming traffic, one horse losing a shoe. When Jon tried to stop the
bus, it continued to edge its way through pushing Jon along. The bus
driver was eventually dismissed from his position and the news article
went to local and national newspapers and television and radio news. We will be updating the web site shortly and doing profiles on the staff – so look out for that! Otherwise all is well with us – I look forward to our web chat in March (albeit a bit one sided!) A quick hello to Valerie and thank you for the birthday card! Best wishes
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