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Need someone to assemble a bed

That's it really... It's a wooden-framed king-size bed.There are lots of individuals and firms that advertise their furniture assembly services online..... If you have used someone you were happy with or know to be reliable, I would be grateful for recommendations!

Barbara Younis ● 2h1 Comments ●

Changes to recycling

See the Site's front page:"Wandsworth Residents Can Now Recycle More Items"

David Ainsworth ● 25d30 Comments ● 1h

Starmer Lied Over Mandelson’s Vetting

Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting clearance but the decision was overruled by the Foreign Office to ensure he could take up his post as ambassador to the US, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal.According to multiple sources, Mandelson was initially denied clearance in late January 2025 after a developed vetting process, a highly confidential background check by security officials.Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting clearance but the decision was overruled by the Foreign Office to ensure he could take up his post as ambassador to the US, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal.According to multiple sources, Mandelson was initially denied clearance in late January 2025 after a developed vetting process, a highly confidential background check by security officials.https://share.google/LTlru2ylgUwgwPfHKHow will Starmer wriggle out of this?  I bet Kemi can’t wait to challenges him in the next PMQ!

Sue Hammond ● 4d95 Comments ● 1h

I've been having second thoughts about Trump recently....

Until recently, I’ve thought that the best thing for the world would be for him to be carried off by the men (and women) in white coats. But since the consequence would be the installation of JD Vance as President, I’ve been having distinct second thoughts. Consider a few of the things Vance has been up to lately: Firstly, he fetched up in Budapest to interfere in the Hungarian election, explaining that he was there to condemn “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference I have ever seen or ever even read about.” It’s often said that Americans don’t do irony, but this was absolutely off the scale. Then he opted to popesplain to Leo that “I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology. If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful.” Yes, indeedy. Finally, he addressed a young MAGA audience this week (he'd need their votes in a future presidential run) about his achievements in office. “One of the things I’m proudest that we’ve done in this administration was the decision to end US military and financial support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. “Note the language,” Gerard Baker writes in the Times today, “he chose not to frame the decision as, say, a difficult but necessary choice about the best use of American resources. For Vance, it is a source of pride — a cause for moral self-approbation — that he helped cut off assistance to a free nation fighting against its continuing rape by an international predator. It almost makes the odd stupidity seem quite appealing.” Almost? In view of all this and other pronouncements by this Titan, I’m looking forward to Putney’s very own Make American Gaga Again chapter to explain to us how such a man would make an excellent US President.

Richard Carter ● 3d30 Comments ● 2h

Front page

Young lady left in a studio flat with 2 little children, who is getting all the accommodation, obviously not those who need it. It's a disgrace the Country we live in. Bring back all the helpful older men who tried to help people, There are 2 many young people running things who do not know what a struggle is.

Barbara Stevens ● 7d9 Comments ● 7h

Random pic 21 April 2026

Bridge over the Gulf of Patras, Greece https://flic.kr/p/2s28xWw

Michael Ixer ● 15h0 Comments ● 15h

Random pic 20 April 2026

Putney Conservation Area https://flic.kr/p/2rNHVZW

Michael Ixer ● 1d3 Comments ● 1d

Bus drivers too tired?

Interesting article on the Fulham site about fatigue experienced by bus drivers.https://www.fulhamsw6.com/#!home|page/shared:common:contrans032

Katrina Black ● 2d3 Comments ● 2d

Random pic 19 April 2026

Monastiraki Flea Market, Athens, in an old mosque https://flic.kr/p/2s2xm81

Michael Ixer ● 2d1 Comments ● 2d

Franka Manka closures

Does anyone know if the Putney branch is one of the many that are to close? Yet another empty shop front on PHS is something we could do without.

John Geoffries ● 2d1 Comments ● 2d

Voyager 1 and 2 - great science and technology from the USA

Great remote science and technology by the real heroes of MAGA, the scientists and technologists at NASA and other scientific and technology centers ...https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/

Michael Ixer ● 3d2 Comments ● 2d

Illegal Parking on Putney High Street

This from the local coppers on the Met Engage system (worth signing up to by the way):

Dear residents, an unattended vehicle was parked illegally partially on footway on busy Putney High Street on double yellow lines today. Traffic wardens issue instant ticket for such offence! Pedestrians had to walk around the vehicle whilst the driver was enjoying his late lunch of chicken pieces and lemonade at a table near the door and admiring the view of his vehicle and heavy traffic driving carefully around it. A SNT PCSO stopped by the vehicle and driver came out refusing to move or provide his details. At the end the PCSO had to ask for a police back up. On hearing that the driver drove off but was intercepted few streets down. It turned out that the vehicle tax was expired and the driver will be fined

Barry Elms ● 4d2 Comments ● 3d

Random pic 18 April 2026

In the Lotus showroom, Piccadilly; I don't think this one's for sale ... https://flic.kr/p/2qF1wFz

Michael Ixer ● 3d0 Comments ● 3d

Have your say...

https://positivelyputney.co.uk/whats-your-favourite-spot-in-putney/

Laura Kaye ● 3d5 Comments ● 3d

Gang-Rape In Epsom

Hundreds of protesters have gone face-to-face with riot police in Epsom as they demand descriptions and CCTV of men suspected of raping a woman.Protests broke out in the upmarket Surrey town just before 5pm on Wednesday amid a demand for answers from Surrey Police about a reported gang rape, which they claim the force has not released enough information about. It comes after a woman, in her 20s, said she was attacked between 2am and 4am on Saturday, April 11, outside the Epsom Methodist Church on Ashley Road.The force previously said a group of men had followed her after she left the nearby Labyrinth nightclub. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, a video posted on social media showed crowds of protesters gathered in Epsom town centre, blocking the road, sparking traffic disruption.  Surrey Police has maintained they do not have enough information to release the descriptions as demonstrations broke out this evening. https://mol.im/a/15736617Poor girl☹️Epsom it seems is no longer a safe place to live.  I do hope these vile scum are identified and arrested very quickly.  No more cover-ups!

Sue Hammond ● 5d6 Comments ● 3d

Who will win in Wandsworth?

Looks like the local borough elections will be one of the most interesting in London. I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts not on who they think should win but who they think will win. My own view is that the projections underestimate the share of the vote Reform will get but that ironically that will help Labour retain power.The reasoning is that the campaign Reform is running is simple but effective - their election material is generic, doesn't mention any local issues and their candidates are generally previously uninvolved in  the community. The proposition they offer is very simple - immigrants and Net Zero bad and let's come out of the ECHR. What has surprised me is how many friends who would previously have probably been seen as One Nation Tories are now leaning towards Reform. They know enough about the real world to know that leaving the ECHR is a bad idea but now that that is a Tory policy too - their choices are reduced. A large proportion of the electorate don't look at ward projections, are too busy to be that engaged with local politics and will cast their vote to make a statement about who should be in charge in Westminster. My impression is that the Conservatives in Wandsworth will be hurt most by this phenomenon.

Peter Higgins ● 4d4 Comments ● 3d

Worrying events at Barn Elms Lake

I was recently speaking to a guy, living in Barnes, who works unsocial hours and regularly walks his dog along the track by the lake, situated at the North end of Barn Elms playing fields, during the hours of darkness. He reckons that, on several occasions this year, he has seen a group of men talking in, what he believes, may be an Eastern european accent, apparently, using a ladder to climb the surrounding fence, to access the lake. The worrying thing is that he has now also witnessed, what he believes may be very large fish, being taken away. The lake is reputed to hold some carp, over 10KG and these can be sold for hundreds of pounds. There is also the worrying possibility that they are being taken to be sold to the food trade. I cannot imagine too many people walking past at night but has anyone else heard any rumours along these lines?

Ted White ● 7d5 Comments ● 3d

Asda

Just read on Facebook Asda are putting off 1000 of their staff. Stop serving yourselves and ask for a till to be open your putting young people out of work. Youngster are  unable to get weekend jobs or when they first leave school. You have 1 or 2 staff just standing doing nothing watching you while you serve yourself or saying press this press that. Your doing their job and not being paid for it. Say I want a till open, they are meant to open a till and when they do you then see other customers straight away also wanting to be served. Don't let them get away with it anymore.

Barbara Stevens ● 7d6 Comments ● 3d

Online safety and age verification

Something I just picked up on a news feed: the EU is about to launch an app for online age verification https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-says-age-verification-app-is-technically-ready/If one's going to have age verification, this seems to me a better option: an age check via a government body who issues the documentation or a regulated body such as a financial institution, rather than having to provide details to a US tech giant?Wondered what others think?

Michael Ixer ● 5d3 Comments ● 4d