The Council have nicked the bench!

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The Council have nicked the bench!

17 December 2014, 12:48

Well, there's on the bench and there's on the bench.

Homeless Somali family's bench ripped up by TfL after one of them is hospitalised (From Your Local Guardian)

Can't imagine quite what it's like living on a bench for 9 months.

For dear old Freako, this is a story about some Somali people who've spent nine months living on a bench in a street. When one of them was freighted off to hospital because of the cold, the council leapt into action & took their bench away. Sounds like benchism to me.
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17 December 2014, 12:52

Was that the only bench in Tooting?

Seriously - its a disgraceful way to treat anyone in the UK - let alone a family. I hope the council provides somewhere.
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17 December 2014, 13:03

Originally posted by zeitghost View Post

For dear old Freako

I thought he was banned

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17 December 2014, 13:09

Originally posted by zeitghost

Never mind, maybe he lurks.

That's an outrageous thing to suggest, how very dare you!

I wonder who he is now.

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