Treat of fish and chips
About 130 people who usually receive Meals on Wheels were treated to a fish and chip lunch yesterday by a Bromley fastfood shop.
Mr Edgar (Rusty) Russ, the owner of Southern Seafoods, decided to help during the strike by hospital workers and provide a lunch.
Mr Russ and his staff prepared 131 lunches each comprising one fish, One sausage, and chips. These were delivered.by volunteers to people in the Linwood-Bromley area.
About 800 Meals on Wheels meals had to be cancelled yestereday because of the strike.
“We were watching the TV the other night and saw a pensioner wondering where his next meal was coming from and we decided to do something about it,” Mr Russ aid yesterday. “We’ve got the facilities to do something here — we get our business from the community so it does not hurt to put a bit back occasionally.*’ The fish and chip shop, would provide meals again today, he said. < , Anyone wanting to help the Meals on Wheels service today should call Mr Peter Andrew, co-ordina-tor of the Canterbury Hospital Board’s geriatric and domiciliary services.
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