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If a company is bought or taken over,do the new owners inherit the liabilities of the previous owners ?

Ben Gemmingen ● 2379d8 Comments ● 2379d

Happy 100th Birthday  Captain Tom 🍾

What a wonderful man and such an inspiration 👏

Loraine Pemberton ● 2380d7 Comments ● 2379d

Uncaring  ocado

I am on the vulnerable list with themHome delivery Evey two weeksHad a email to sayWe want to inform you that ur not a regular customer and would not be able to deal with me during this crisis.The email ends with when the crisis finishWe look forward to your custom.I phoned them very rude man Well ur not had a delivery in6 monthsWell no I said had one a month agoSorry can't help phone went dead.

Jon morris ● 2380d17 Comments ● 2379d

Catos Hardware 1918

Hi, I am doing some family research and am trying to find out about Cato's Hardware in or around Chiswick. Particularly the name of the owners in 1918.  My grandfather Sydney Herbert Archbold lived with them after his parents died. I have a journal by his 'mother' and when the Armistice for WW1 was signed she says  "We sold out of all the flags we had within hours, my help went to Chiswick to get some more but they too were all sold out, then we shut up shop." I understand there was more than 1 Cato's by 1918  I would be grateful for any info. Thx Jen

Jennifer Hardwick ● 2387d103 Comments ● 2379d

Garden Waste Collection (Brown Wheelie Bins)

Are these still being collected by LBH?We got one recently and it was emptied as expected the first time, but having left it out for the last two Wednesdays since, it's gone unemptied both times. Regular bin and recycling collections are fine.(Dukes Avenue, btw)

Richard Cathcart ● 2379d3 Comments ● 2379d

Fire Safety Bill

In the House of Commons.  I have been listening to the reading of this Bill off and on for what seems several hours.  Following Grenfell and the other fires and the lack of removal of combustible cladding from buildings etc it is interesting to hear all the different MPs talking about the problems that they have had in their constituencies.  There are problems with tall buildings and with houses in multi-occupancy, fire risk assessments, residents having to fund walking watches to keep them safe and more.  So if you've missed it there is still Hansard to read it in - and hopefully more in the press tomorrow.https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2019-21/firesafety.html

Philippa Bond ● 2380d3 Comments ● 2379d

Arrested for being sat on a park bench! On my own!

This is entertaining lol !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac_2KrHGAT0

Ben Gemmingen ● 2382d31 Comments ● 2380d

Lynn Faulds Wood

I know every death is a tragedy, from whatever cause.  I have been lucky enough to date to not know personally anyone who has died of coronavirus.  But sad to see Lynn Faulds Wood has died.  She was a great supporter of events around West London and of the media, as was her lovely husband.  Met them several times at various events and they were always charming and fun. She had battled bowel cancer and survived and was very active for bowel cancer charities.  She died apparently from a heart attack. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52410491RIP, Lynn. You will be very much missed/

Claire Moran ● 2385d8 Comments ● 2380d

Second phase of Coronavirus already planned

“I believe we are coming now to the end of the first phase of this conflict”, announced bungling Boris, today.

Michael Brown ● 2382d19 Comments ● 2380d

Dog Warden details.

Can anyone provide contact details for the local dog warden? Had a nasty incident today in Stamford Brook Common and think the details of the dog concerned should be notified in case this has happened before.

Michael Laird ● 2381d12 Comments ● 2380d

Bin man

I'm lost for words.  I've just watched the man collecting my recycling bins SPIT into my bin whilst waiting beside it for the van.  Luckily (?) it was the paper bin which was two-thirds full of newspapers, so I'm hoping they soaked it up.  But I shall have to go and wash it out thoroughly before I take it back to its normal place.

Micki Hawkes ● 2381d3 Comments ● 2380d

Follow the money

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10163731255390553&id=608685552

Jacqueline Lynch ● 2384d70 Comments ● 2380d

Anyone missing a very furry cat?

A blue eyed very long blond haired cat has appeared in our garden on The Avenue. We have never seen it before and it seems to have some difficulty in climbing fences to get out. No collar. Not afraid of us but hisses if we try to pick it up.

Johanne Coker ● 2383d3 Comments ● 2380d

Sainsbury's Essex Place lockdown restrictions

I haven't ventured up that way since the lockdown was enforced and I'm planning to later this week. I'd be interested to know how social distancing measures are being implemented and observed. Is the pedestrian entrance on Essex Place still open? Are the toilets still open to wash your hands? What's the experience in-store like? Any particularly busier or quieter times?Thank you.

Jose Deniz ● 2381d3 Comments ● 2380d

Prof Chris Whitty: How to Control a Pandemic  OCT 2018 lecture

fyi - see this Gresham College lecture, by Prof Chris Whitty from 10th of October 2018well worthwhile, and make up your own mind on how this either informs or varies from current UK thinking, what has aged well, what hasn't etcProf Chris Whitty: How to Control a Pandemichttps://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/epidemics-pandemics-controlwill try to imbed videos here,and if not successfull, please see next postalso worth a look :https://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-chris-whitty/and background to Gresham College :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham_Collegethere is also another COVID19 presentation scheduled for him to present via Gresham College on the 30th of April

Claudia Jachtmann ● 2381d4 Comments ● 2380d

Posting a parcel

Any ideas where I can post a pre paid parcel today? Bollo Lane Office closed today. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Stephen Gould ● 2381d8 Comments ● 2380d

Care home deaths

My wife entered a care home in Brentford just over a year ago, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Today we learnt that deaths from suspected or confirmed Covid-19 in care homes and hospices are higher than expected, and will now be counted in the daily total. This does not surprise me, but I want to make a different point.I last saw Annick on a Sunday several weeks ago. The prohibition on visits started the next day. Besides myself,our daughter and her husband were frequent visitors, but now the burden of comforting and caring falls exclusively on the excellent staff. I phone once a week for an update, the others do the same, and there have been worrying reports. Today we heard that she is not eating, and has been given fortified drinks to keep up her strength.  I doubt that she is the only one of the residents to find this apparent neglect by loved ones incomprehensible. Annick barely communicates verbally, and has limited understanding of her circumstances. I worry that this may be the start of a  more rapid decline, brought on by depression and despair which she cannot articulate. My point is that not all the deaths in care homes will be virus-related. The psychological effects of the isolation of care homes must, I think, boost the total of deaths and this will be an 'unintended consequence'.

Arnold Saxton ● 2381d7 Comments ● 2381d

A much more caring society in the new world

There has been a great deal of talk about a new more caring society when we return to normality which I hope is true. Sorry to start the day on a damp note, but realy, or am I being too negative. Hope I am wrong.

James Smith-Jones ● 2381d4 Comments ● 2381d

Chiswick 40- 60 years ago revisited.

Local history threads are generally quite popular on the Forum..and are certainly informative.Maybe it's just us oldies wanting to upload our memories! Or is it a chance to publish images stored in our collections.There's an interesting 1954 map of Chiswick in an old Chamber of Commerce Directory for that year, which shows the configuration of roads at the bottom of Devonshire Road prior to the building of the Motorway and the Hogarth Flyover.  You'll see Homefields Recreation Ground before it was reduced in size.See next message.

Jim Lawes ● 5384d49 Comments ● 2381d

Rental property moves during lockdown

I'm an owner occupier in W4 adjacent to a tenanted property. There is currently a partly-furnished tenancy changeover taking place, with the associated disruption of tenants moving out, end-of-tenancy cleaners without PPE, associated piles of rubbish being dumped outside for two days (already collected) and new tenants moving in imminently. It's activity that potentially heightens the risk of coronavirus spread. The government guidance on moving during the lockdown discourages it but doesn't discard it, and the guidance is open to interpretation. I have tried seeking advice from the council's helpline. I was promised a call-back last Saturday, which I chased today, but I'm not holding my breath. I'd be interested to find out if it's a one-off or whether anyone else has experienced or witnessed similar activity across Chiswick. Thank you.

Jose Deniz ● 2381d1 Comments ● 2381d