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1963 was one of the coldest winters on record in the UK. While the rest of us were huddling round our coal fires, some concerned young residents of Sheen and Barnes were growing ever more worried about the plight of older people who were trapped indoors by what became...
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It has been fascinating to observe the developments which have taken place since I became a FiSH volunteer almost thirty years ago. At that time, FiSH was comprised of a small group of “helpers” (as we were then known) serving Sheen and Mortlake and organised by Jean...
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Marylee Berners-Lee, mother of Tim – inventor of the world wide web – was a FiSH volunteer since the start of the scheme in Sheen. In this article written before her death in 2018 she explains here how it all began in 1963. During the 1960s, in the parish...
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Eventually in 2001, following discussions between Michael Butler of Sheen FiSH and Veronica in Barnes, the two strands of FiSH amalgamated as one organisation covering the three areas of Barnes, Mortlake and East Sheen. The merger resulted in the London Borough of...
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The big step forward came in 2004 when, with the aid of RaKAT, FiSH began to raise money from the community and was able to purchase its own fully accessible minibus based at its new HQ at the Barnes Green Centre. Now, working in partnership with Age UK Richmond, FiSH...
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In the past few years, following further appeals within the neighbourhood and generous grants from local organisations, FiSH has been able to purchase three accessible minibuses – named Jenny, Andy and Nicola. These are parked at Walsingham Lodge by kind permission of...
