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Pardon? mariesinz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > good

Thank you v much

Thank you, that's kind.

Yes it was Pixie.

Ugh that's awful. Sorry about your cat too.

My cat was killed on Weds early evening. The driver didn't stop - a neighbour called me to tell me. I was on my way home and collected his body around 8pm - some kind people had taken him in and put him in a box. To the driver, if you are reading this - if you do this again have the courtesy to stop and ring the number on the tag. Perhaps you didn't realise - but the roads here are quiet and if you'd been driving at low speed and paying attention I doubt this would have happened. It's caused us much heartbreak. He was not even 2 years old.

And to add, Adam helps with the gardening on a monthly basis and yesterday popped over at short notice to help rescue a cat stuck high up in a tree at the bottom of our garden. It was so kind and beyond the call of duty - AP Garden Services 07876 542196.

I would also recommend Adam. Punctual, reliable and knows his stuff. Have used him for a few months to weed, prune, mow lawns and trim hedges - happy with the service. Our kittens like him too.

I can assure you had they been white yellow pink or green I would have done the same thing. I described their appearance to help find him and help this child. What a shame you even have to ask that question.

I completely appreciate not everyone acts in the same way and many people have differing boundaries / levels of acceptability. What happened this morning was completely unacceptable. The man was shouting (effing and blinding) to his daughter in a London accent. She had a London accent. They were not dressed in anything unusual. She was pleading to be abe to attend school so I assume they live here. There was nothing to suggest this was anything to do with culture and to be honest can we just focus on finding this bastard instead of even insinuating there may be a good reason for it.

I appreciate cultures are different. My own is different. However, if you see a man hitting a child so hard, repeatedly, so that she cries out each time, he is dragging her along the street shouting obscenities, she is begging to be allowed to go to school and he's telling her she can't, and the hitting continues - I really don't care what 'culture' he thinks he is following. He is a child abuser and must be treated as so.

Yes I reported what they were wearing - didn't get a good look as it was all so fast. But they were both dressed casually, she looked like she was in tracksuit bottoms and one leg was rolled up to her knee for some reason. He's about 5ft 9 or 10 and both slim -she was pretty thin. I don't know which school is on Grove Lane. I think i have driven past them before, around Alleyns and at that time I also saw him shouting and hitting a child but then it looked like a very young boy. So either it was the same child or there's more than one. It's all extremely upsetting and I can't stop thinking about what I heard and saw. There were other parents with kids around so someone else must have heard and seen them.

Good idea, I will contact them. thank you. This is so important - that child needs help.

I don't think she goes to DKH - possibly one of the surrounding schools but I will enquire. I know DKH fairly well and have never seen them there. But I will mention it to them in case.