tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022998136972946830.post5338650817603412048..comments2024-02-03T03:23:25.871+00:00Comments on the first supper: action for todayedgar broughtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010798160319281908noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022998136972946830.post-2299315405353979212012-02-13T16:24:11.207+00:002012-02-13T16:24:11.207+00:00The other evening there was a blue flash and all m...The other evening there was a blue flash and all my lights went out and my heating went off. A leak through my bathroom light fitting had caused this. Unable to figure out how to isolate the lights on the fuse box, especially in the dark, I sat in the dark as the temperature dropped. The temperate that day was -10. In the short time before it was fixed I had a glimpse in to a very dark, cold world and whilst I am by no means comparing my situation to the plight of the homeless it did make me see how easy it is to take things for granted.<br /><br />SallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022998136972946830.post-59300251884155408952012-02-08T15:14:13.409+00:002012-02-08T15:14:13.409+00:00the man that says he is homeless & disabled ma...the man that says he is homeless & disabled may well be one day .... what goes around comes aroundBrian J. C. Uptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270133717092610186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022998136972946830.post-51724159934109329272012-02-07T20:27:49.739+00:002012-02-07T20:27:49.739+00:00Hello,
I've been cycling around Blackpool toda...Hello,<br />I've been cycling around Blackpool today. It's an incredible place. I cycled past 18 listed buildings, street art and sculpture, the comedy carpet (2 acres of comedy quotes forever preserved in granite), the fantastic theatrical architecture of Frank Matcham, the extraordinary vision of John Bickerstaffe who built the Blackpool Tower and the scrumptious shrimps from Robert's Oyster Rooms. This was a town built for the cotton workers to spend their annual savings.<br /><br />Today, one in four people in Blackpool live entirely on benefits. Most 16 to 25 year olds are unemployed. Step back from the promenade and many former 'boarding houses' are now houses of multiple occupancy. There are many homeless. I cannot imagine how anybody can suggest that 'these' people bring it on themselves. These? A nasty connotation there. Even in work here, the average salary for a care worker is less than £13,000 a year. Yes, that's right, would you fancy living in London on 13 grand a year? <br />It's bitterly cold. Not the night to be homeless when the drip freezes on the end of your nose. <br /><br />Peace and understanding,<br /><br />Paul by the sea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022998136972946830.post-31664484584165356412012-02-06T14:53:52.751+00:002012-02-06T14:53:52.751+00:00If anybody does, and they would be in the minority...If anybody does, and they would be in the minority, 'bring 'it' on themselves' then one would imagine they have a bloody good reason for doing so. A lot of young people are sleeping rough as for them that is better than the alternative of been abused at home. What is their choice? There is no money to help them as we have a shit excuse for a government who would like to see the fictional world of Dickens become a reality which of coure it was in his day; and this is progress? <br /><br />The only people I can think of that bring sleeping rough on themselves are the idiots in sleeping bags waiting for the Next sale to start and they deserve to freeze for being such a waste of breathing space.<br /><br />SallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022998136972946830.post-49065404286869021822012-02-06T10:34:38.044+00:002012-02-06T10:34:38.044+00:00I don't think any one would knowingly expose t...I don't think any one would knowingly expose them selves to the risks of living in the streets. Not every one has the ability to work around the worst misfortune that might happen to any of us and we'll never know how we might cope unless we experience the circumstances that first make a person homeless and with out means.<br />Today leading charities have stated that due to the governments changes to benefits for disabled people and their allegations of benefit fraud, disabled people are experiencing increasing prejudice in the streets.<br />It is your choice wether or not you give money to people in the street. personally I find it extremely difficult to walk on by, especially in this weather.<br />Yes we might get conned some times but I think it is easy to spot the very needy in the street.<br />So, please help if you can and take time to chat with homeless people sleeping rough if you can. A few words exchanged with a lonely person can make a significant difference to them. JillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4022998136972946830.post-79206174777121973212012-02-05T23:14:35.717+00:002012-02-05T23:14:35.717+00:00Does anyone else think some of these people bring ...Does anyone else think some of these people bring it on themselves?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com