Tag Archives: Homelessness

Rough Sleeping Season, a reprise

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

Some of you may be wondering about our ‘rough sleeper of the copse’. I met friend for post Christmas lunch today, swapped pressies (a nice scarf and some smellies) and got an update. Ten days before Christmas there had been … Continue reading →

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Rough Sleeping Season?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

I can’t help wondering about him. There was a knock on a friend’s door a couple of weeks ago, quite a rare occurrence as she lives out in the boondocks, eight miles from the city centre with just a very … Continue reading →

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Around the Charity in Thirty Minutes

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

There was a middle aged man sat on the ground outside the post office when I walked past on my way to the cemetery with the dogs. Scruffy, unkempt, unwashed and down and out. I made eye contact because I … Continue reading →

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