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Yes, music is the love of food

It started with a chat between two neighbours. She happened to be a food bank volunteer. Turned out he’s the lead singer in a band. 
He generously offered a cash donation and dropped into St Simon’s food bank in Shepherd Bush to deliver it. But after a cup of tea and a slice of cake he suggested his band, the one and only Police Dog Hogan, staged a fund raiser for Hammersmith & Fulham food banks. 
Bush Hall was hired, 500 music lovers turned up and the band played their rollicking mix of banjo, violin, trumpet and guitar. Much foot tapping, hand clapping and singing along. Beers and cheers.
It was that kind of event. 
But above all, the evening raised about £10,000.    £10,000! I’ll leave it to you to work out how many tins of corned beef that can buy. (Very popular corned beef among food bank regulars. Trouble is, we haven’t been able to provide any for many months). 
As the band sang at Bush Hall: ‘The light at the end of the tunnel is shining once again.’ 
Let’s hope it does for the people who rely on us for food. 
You can see what you missed on https://www.pdhogan.com/. Some very jolly videos. 


Not quite as much fun, the collection at Sainsbury’s, Fulham Wharf, at the end of April. Once again shoppers were incredibly generous, giving 1.7 tonnes of food worth more than £5,500. It makes such a difference. The numbers in need are rising; supplies are falling. 
Thank you to everyone who contributed with food or cash and a shout out to the corporate volunteers from Phoenix Staffing and Burberry. Great stuff, thank you.
And there’s more! We’ll be manning (and woman-ing?) a stall at the Wandsworth Bridge Road Spring Fayre on Sunday May, 12. 
Last year’s Fayre attracted over 14,000 visitors to the market stalls, street food, Arts & Crafts, games and live music. There’ll be a Maypole, funfair stalls and a climbing wall.
If you have time and are interested in the work of our local food banks drop by and say hello.
By the way, if you want to help and can’t make the supermarket collections, you can see our shopping list and a link to making a donation here:  https://hammersmithfulham.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/

Want to hear more of Police Dog Hogan?  On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2CThwAP86QXrHWNEkphjiy?si=G5-POarBSrCOTvIb0TNhqg&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Apolice%2Bdog%2Bhogan Insta: https://www.instagram.com/policedoghogan?igsh=Z2tnMmQzaWlra2k4


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Hammersmith Guided Tv Tour this Saturday at 3pm

This Saturday June 6th at 3pm...a fun guided walking tour will be running from Hammersmith to Holland Park.....Taking in famous "Sweeney" Tv  locations from the iconic 70s series plus some famous "Minder" ones!   info: www.thesweeneytours.com

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DOES ANYONE RECOGNISE ANY OF THE NAMES IN THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
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Musical Museum survival appeal update.

I posted on the forum on 2 February to publicise the predicament of the Musical Museum in Brentford https://www.musicalmuseum.co.uk/ It is in danger of closing due to expenses which exceed its resources. The Museum launched a crowdfunding appeal to raise the £60,000 needed to secure its future and the appeal has so far raised £26,998. That's tremendous progress, but still less than half what's needed. If you thought about making a donation, or sharing the details with people you know who might wish to help, but you didn't get round to it, this is to let you know that the crowdfunder is still there. Please help if you can. https://gofund.me/5632515e

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Worrying events at Barn Elms Lake

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Una-Jane Winfield is the victim of censorship by Hammersmith Council's Councillors and Officers

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Watch Brentford v Swindon for free!

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HATCH MEYHANE TURKISH RESTAURANT

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Clean Air Neighbourhood in Hurlingham and South Park, between New King's Road and Wandsworth Bridge

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