Barbara  I really don't know where you can have been all your life but it surely can't be Putney because you really should have found out by now that you cannot tell whether someone is British or not or local or not by the colour of their skin. This is 2025 and we should all know Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.  Giving info when reporting a crime to the police is a completely different affair to posting on the world wide web.  I well remember you reminiscing about where you used to play as a child.  Many of all the places that were there once and free to play football in or run about in are no longer available because some people did not want to pay for their upkeep and they now have to be rented and organised or are too far or too dangerous for youngsters to play in. Or they have been built on.  Children need playgrounds and playing fields to let off steam in. https://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-08-17/how-previous-governments-compare-on-selling-off-playing-fields/ That was 2012:  But as the state schools lost their playing fields the private schools it seems gained more and more. And as for swimming pools - so many children are now having to learn in private pools because there aren't enough public ones to cater for all the people who want to learn and stay and keep fit by swimming.  And this is 2024:  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/17/playing-fields-sold-swimming-pools-closed-state-school-children-sporting-chance You're lucky to still have a leisure centre in Putney. The greater the divisions created between the haves and have-nots the bigger the problems that are created.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
putney exchange	14/07/25 15:50:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:putney exchange	14/07/25 20:23:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:putney exchange	15/07/25 09:28:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	15/07/25 13:16:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	15/07/25 14:15:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	15/07/25 20:11:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	15/07/25 21:05:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	16/07/25 18:09:00	Jane Carter
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	15/07/25 21:15:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	16/07/25 21:09:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	15/07/25 14:13:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	15/07/25 21:19:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	15/07/25 23:03:00	Ed Robinson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:putney exchange	16/07/25 09:23:00	Barbara Stevens

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