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A real meat treat
1:30pm Thursday 31st January 2013 in News
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At the New Calley Arms are Paul Johnson, Maggie Mikdee, Jim Laing, Linda Duthie, Joyce Morse and Lesley Berry
MEAT lovers have helped to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
The New Calley Arms in Wanborough has raised £5,000 over more than two years by holding meat raffles every week.
The money has been divided between the Prospect Hospice, based in Wroughton, Parkinson’s UK, Prostate Cancer UK, Alzheimer’s Society and The British Heart Foundation.
Landlady Lesley Berry, who runs the pub with Simon Coakes, said they were delighted with the total.
“The meat raffles began before Simon and I started here and they originally raised funds for the Wanborough Scouts,” said Lesley.
“It has taken a little over two years to get this £5,000. We want to thank the customers for giving their support.
“We usually raise between £30 and £40 a week but it all adds up gradually.”
Representatives from the charities visited the pub on Sunday to collect the donations.
The pub buys the meat for the raffle from Mike McGuire’s in Havelock Street.
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JeanSaunders
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7:16pm Thu 31 Jan 13
Ian13
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7:53pm Thu 31 Jan 13
Always Grumpy
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10:13pm Thu 31 Jan 13
JeanSaunders wrote:Why?
It is a pity that the money raised isn't going to an animal welfare charity.
Phantom Poster
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12:19am Fri 1 Feb 13
JeanSaunders wrote:Why? What's wrong with killing animals?
It is a pity that the money raised isn't going to an animal welfare charity.
It's what 99.9999999999% of evolution is about!
You chose a bad bay to bring this up. From the BBC web site, "Cats are one of the top threats to US wildlife, killing billions of animals each year":
http://www.bbc.co.uk
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So according to your philosophy, shouldn't we be culling cats for the greater good?
benzss
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9:52am Fri 1 Feb 13
Phantom Poster wrote:To be fair, what's good for evolution isn't necessarily what ought to be good for us
JeanSaunders wrote: It is a pity that the money raised isn't going to an animal welfare charity.Why? What's wrong with killing animals? It's what 99.9999999999% of evolution is about! You chose a bad bay to bring this up. From the BBC web site, "Cats are one of the top threats to US wildlife, killing billions of animals each year": http://www.bbc.co.uk /news/science-enviro nment-21236690 So according to your philosophy, shouldn't we be culling cats for the greater good?
Always Grumpy
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12:08pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Phantom Poster wrote:Absolutely, these evil little creatures should be wiped from the face of the earth - the sooner the better.
JeanSaunders wrote:Why? What's wrong with killing animals?
It is a pity that the money raised isn't going to an animal welfare charity.
It's what 99.9999999999% of evolution is about!
You chose a bad bay to bring this up. From the BBC web site, "Cats are one of the top threats to US wildlife, killing billions of animals each year":
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/science-enviro
nment-21236690
So according to your philosophy, shouldn't we be culling cats for the greater good?
Revolting animals.
JeanSaunders
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9:05am Sat 2 Feb 13
Hearditallbefore says...
2:19pm Thu 31 Jan 13