Thanks @ametzelaar - I’ll let you know if the plans change.
I can chip in couple of hours Saturday morning but in similar position as live in flat don’t have brooms etc. If someone else can provide extra then perfect.
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Super! I might contact a certain local garden centre to see if they’d be kind enough to lend us one or two brooms. Thanks also to @ForestHillNick for the offer 
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I can certainly lend a brush and possibly some time although I might be busy 10am - 12 noon
I’m happy to drop the brush off and then join after 12
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Thanks Liam, hope to see you there.
Shannon’s Garden Centre have very kindly offered to lend us three brooms. I’ll pop in and pick them up on Saturday morning.
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Love Shannons…
Good luck with the cleaning!
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We’d love to help with this too. I have a simple electric power washer (might be good if not too powerful) - any ideas where to get water and power from? I might arrive with a broom first and see how it goes.
Another thought, as I cycled through this afternoon… there some graffiti there that needs to come off and also it will look weird if the other side stays dirty… are we doing both sides?
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Thanks for the kind offer. I think it may be hard to get water and electricity on the site. Also, Lionel has asked that we try brushes first as this may be sufficient. Please do bring a broom.
I was just going to do the mural wall, but perhaps if we get it done quickly and people want to burn a few more calories, we could do the other side too.
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@anon30031319 posted this on the ULEZ thread - “Saw this too, wonder how long before they issue face masks for people in the worst of it.”
Acted as a reminder - please encourage volunteers to wear overalls (or at least their oldest clothes) and a face-mask. It will get mucky and dusty.
Good luck everyone.
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Lionel will inspect the site tomorrow or Saturday and mark out the boundary of the artwork.
A passer-by mentioned that the wall is still quite wet and the gutters are leaking.
I’m going to contact Network Rail to see what our options are regarding fixing / clearing the guttering.
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There is a forecast for snow this weekend 
so are any alternate plans needed?
Do we assume we are going ahead and make a final call on here around 9am on Sat?
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Good call @applespider.
@Foresthillnick, @ametzelaar, @SGC, @Liam_Gilgar and @clausy - please check here on Saturday morning as we may need to postpone if the conditions aren’t right, or if Lionel finds that the wall needs some work to fix the guttering and/or leaks.
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At least no-one’s going to sweat if it’s 2 degrees outside 
Also - there’s graffiti on the wall, we’ll need something to remove it - is there a plan for that?
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I’d suggest grabbing a photo, and posting on FixMyStreet.com
The council’s anti-graffiti team is excellent - they often fix the graffiti on the same day.
In the post on FixMyStreet, perhaps also mention that the mural is due to happen, so if they’re able to clean the wall beyond the graffiti, that would make a massive difference!
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Ha, instead of ranting online, I’m going to go and do this right now. Good idea
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I reported some graffiti yesterday morning elsewhere in Forest Hill and was rather shocked to find it painted over yesterday evening!
Good luck with the work this weekend and don’t let the weather put you off - there won’t be snow under the bridge. Sorry I’m not available to help.
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Done
https://www.fixmystreet.com/report/1247330
p.s. Chris - ha - nice try roping the council in to clean the whole wall
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If they do clean the wall, I promise never to complain about council tax ever again!
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