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The
abseil season has been in full The parents, governors and staff of
swing producing windfalls for Deansfield and Haimo primary schools
local and national charities. were among those who threw caution
to the wind, jumping from four floors
high in order to help raise funds for
the Margaret McMillan House in
Wrotham, Kent. Visited by generations
of SE9 primary school children, the
outdoor centre is currently undergoing
extensive refurbishment.
The abseil, from the roof of Eltham
Green school, helped to raise more
than £5,000, with a further £10,000
coming from the Mayor of Lewisham,
whose children also use the centre.
Rachael Hayes, of Well Hall Parade led
the abseiling charge by disappearing
over the edge of one of the lofty
buildings in Canary Wharf, so raising
more than £500 for Cancer Research
Britnell also raised £260 for the same
UK.
charity by running in the 5km ‘Race for
Life’ on Blackheath.
And SEnine’s own correspondent Roz
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Walkers
in Eltham Park days of boiling summer weather. lack of room to expand further.
North saw
read last month as they peered into Analysts from the Environment Agency A spokesman for Greenwich’s parks and
the murky duck pond which was identified the culprit as the algae open spaces department said the risk to
transformed by the run of hot weather. ‘cryptomonas’ which multiplied up in the wildlife was considered low and the
such numbers as to deplete the oxygen problem had resolved itself when the
The stretch of water, a favourite of duck in the pond. heat subsided.
species, turned a rusty colour after an
explosion of algae following a run of The algae turns red as it dies off through Pictures courtesy of Jenny Cooper
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