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Peter Bonetti

Thanks to his obituary in The Times I just discovered that one of my childhood footie heroes Peter Bonetti was born in Putney. Don't suppose anyone  knows where? RIP The Cat. Loved watching him in goal at Stamford Bridge

Lucille Grant ● 2402d3 Comments ● 2401d

Trump excels himself

Unbelievable (if only it were!). I'm not religious but even I found this extraordinary.

Richard Carter ● 2402d3 Comments ● 2402d

Testing, testing, 1  2, 3

Shameful - UK still way behind Germany.Perhaps if they checked their emails occasionally!Asked why the UK had a target of 25,000 daily tests while Germany was working on around 70,000 a day, the spokesman said there were difficulties in “getting all the equipment they need to conduct these tests at a time when everybody in the world wants them”.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/uk-ministers-accused-of-overstating-scale-of-coronavirus-testing

Ed Robinson ● 2416d27 Comments ● 2402d

Good Friday

It really is a Happy Day for me.  I was married on a Good Friday, Probably one of the last persons to do so.  My actual date of marriage has never coincided with Good Friday since and never will in my lifetime..  So I celebrate both days.

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2402d4 Comments ● 2402d

Nurse McGee

Jenny McGee, who treated the PM,  came to the UK 6 years ago. Would Priti Patel let her into the UK today? Probably not.

Alexander MacLeod ● 2403d14 Comments ● 2402d

Thames path closure to Runners & Cyclists

I Think the Thames Path runs on Fulham side of the River.This  probably means they will all come along the Towpath instead, avoid at all costs😩

Vic Condon ● 2405d34 Comments ● 2402d

NHS appreciation

No random pictures today ... signs of appreciation for the NHS spotted on the daily exercise excursion round East Putney ...https://flic.kr/s/aHsmMyreHh

Michael Ixer ● 2403d0 Comments ● 2403d

Tracking the Virus spread

I've just been listening to the lunchtime radio 4 news and in particular the discussion on Aps to track Corona virus spread. They mentioned that the NHS section responsible for developing such things has been working on it for some time.EU already has a working system according to this report today:https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/covid-19-mobile-app-available-to-governments-for-a-symbolic-euro/?utm_source=EURACTIV&utm_campaign=4ed769a02e-RSS_EMAIL_EN_Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c59e2fd7a9-4ed769a02e-116228987 Could someone please pass on the info to the NHS!  The Bulgarians are offering the system for a token Euro!

Katrina Black ● 2403d0 Comments ● 2403d

Heathrow night flights continue

The (mainly foreign) owners of Heathrow Airport have put out the begging bowl for a large handout from the British taxpayer despite showing a net profit of over £375m. last year following 9 years of continuous profitability.This morning, Wed 8 April a quick glance at Flightradar showed 3 flight arrivals scheduled for just after 5am - 2 BA (Hong Kong and Singapore) and Cathay Pacific also from HKG. All these flights could quite easily have departed one hour later to arrive in London after 6am as both HGK and Singapore operate all night. Heathrow is operating at much reduced capacity during the day so why should the millions of citizens of London be disturbed to facilitate an aircraft carrying about 330 passengers. No flights should now be allowed to land at Heathrow before 6am  and  with so many airline failures pending this should be enforced by law  forever at the end of the present crisis.In the meantime not a penny should be handed over to the incompetent self-serving fatcats who run Heathrow without any consideration for the decent citizens of London and the surrounding counties.

Timothy Horgan ● 2408d38 Comments ● 2403d

Oh no, not that one!

"Britain at its best in a crisis, says Prince William"https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-royals/britain-at-its-best-in-a-crisis-says-prince-william-idUKKCN21U0VE

David Ainsworth ● 2403d1 Comments ● 2403d

Priti Patel

Anyone wondering why Patel has been kept out of the spotlight in recent weeks will have seen why in her appearance at the press conference yesterday.She had some good things to say about tackling domestic abuse and praise is due for that, but she ruined it with her classic non-apology apology over the serious shortfalls in the availability of personal protective equipment to front-line NHS staff. Twice asked to apologise for them, she could bring herself only to say “I’m sorry if people feel that there have been failings. I will be very, very clear about that.”So, she's not sorry for the failures but sorry that people feel about them. She might just as well have said "Sorry, not sorry" and have done with it. Coupled with Matt Hancock's blundering implication that NHS staff are wasting "precious equipment," this wasn't a good day for the government.

Richard Carter ● 2404d22 Comments ● 2403d

Found megane car keys and house keys - st simons Avenue

Looking for the owner of some car keys and house keys we found on st simons Avenue. We have them at home with us looking to return them safely! Please reach out if you either lost them or know someone who did. Includes 1x car card, 3x house keys and 2x key rings including the reg number of the car. Please contact me on 07710694105 or Steph.couchman@hotmail.com if this applies to you!

Steph couchman ● 2403d0 Comments ● 2403d

Scams

Just a reminder that there's a number of scams at the moment. Just received this one by text. The DVLC are either being extremely generous or inefficient: it's over 5 years since I owned a car. Unless they've got me confused with Zipxar ...https://flic.kr/p/2iPwLhP

Michael Ixer ● 2403d1 Comments ● 2403d

Fire on Putney Heath

There was a fire on Putney Heath on 10 April apparently. It’s on the Facebook page of the Wimbledon & Putney Commons Conservators. Perhaps, Editor, a story on the front page of this website please.

Catherine Schade ● 2404d1 Comments ● 2403d

Random pictures ...

Following on from an exchange with Freddie on another thread I thought I'd take up his suggestion of posting random pictures. Open to all but I thought I'd kick off with a hungry hedgehog that once visited East Putney until they were scared off by the noise and lights of Putney Plaza's construction ...https://flic.kr/p/veSMkT

Michael Ixer ● 2416d23 Comments ● 2404d

Boris Out Of Intensive Care

Hooray!!!! Great news!

Sue Hammond ● 2406d23 Comments ● 2404d

PINTO THAI Restaurant Open for Deliveries

I was passing on my allocated exercise/egg hunt and noticed someone come out in a PTE mask. I called from a distance and asked if they were open for deliveries and he nodded.So they are definitely doing deliveries or it was a bloody good disguise for a burglar!Anyway one more to add if bored of home cooking.Not sure if they do order and collect.https://www.pintothaiputney.com/

Ed Robinson ● 2406d3 Comments ● 2404d

Something’s not working

We’re three weeks into a nationwide lockdown but there were still another 5,706 new infections reported yesterday. Why?  How?  We are given no detail on who these poor people might be - are they all key workers or what?  And how many of them will be added to the spiralling death total?  I wonder what it is we are not being told. Or what it is I am not understanding.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2405d42 Comments ● 2404d

Is it time to cancel my TV licence?

BBC bosses are warning interviewers not to put ministers under pressure over coronavirus crisis says former Today presenter John Humphrys.It would explain the poor questions that are being asked.I probably watch 2 programmes a week, both have gone down hill.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8210271/BBC-bosses-warning-interviewers-not-ministers-pressure-coronavirus-crisis.html

Ed Robinson ● 2405d12 Comments ● 2404d

Fake news, folks, fake news!

Richard Carter ● 2404d0 Comments ● 2404d