Each friend represents a world in us; a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only in meeting them that a new world is born.
Anais Nin
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
13 Comments CherryPie on Jun 7th 2009
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Make Your Vote Count
During recent weeks PCS members and reps have been speaking and writing to MPs who will be standing in the upcoming election. The results with only 2 days left before polling day show that most of the Conservative or Labour candidates are not interested in engaging in the process:
PCS and its members asked a series [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 2nd 2009
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
Jeanne Moreau
21 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2009
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Trade Unionists from Palestine
One of the sections at the PCS conference covered ‘International Issues’, which gave us the opportunity to hear guest speakers from a different part of the world. Fathi Naser and Hana Joma, representatives from the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) gave us an insight into what it is like to be a Trade [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on May 30th 2009
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PhotoHunt – Book(s)
I am posting early this week because I am off to the Love Music Hate Racism festival tomorrow and I will be there all day. So there will be no chance for blogging, but probably lots of photo opportunities. Some of you may have seen the first picture before but I just couldn’t resist posting [...]
31 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2009
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5 by 5 Insight
James has challenged us to complete the 5 by 5 meme:
1. Five pet likes
Friendship, gardens, good conversation, boardgaming, visiting new places
2. Five pet hates
Lies/deceit, being kept waiting, grumpiness, disloyalty, new years eve
3. Five pet colours
Red, Pink, Lilac, White, Mint green
4. Five pet genres
Mystery, Romance, Action, History, Fantasy
5. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2009
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PCS Annual Delegates Conference
On Wednesday morning national president Janice Godrich opened the 2009 annual delegates conference. She started by reminding delegates that we were meeting against the background of the worst economic crisis in living memory and that 11 million adults are now living below the breadline. She went on to say how this was affecting people [...]
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