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THOUSANDS OF TEDDY bears left as tributes to the Manchester Arena attack victims are being donated to charities across Manchester.
Almost 2,000 teddy bears and soft toys were left in St Ann’s Square in the city following the terror attack on 22 May.
The attack saw 22 people killed and hundreds more injured when a device was detonated in the arena following an Ariana Grande concert.
Alongside toys, thousands of letters, gifts and flowers were left in the square.
This week, the teddies will be sent out to children through charities in the Greater Manchester area, including Wood Street Mission and The Toy Appeal.
After the attack, the teddies were all collected by shoe-makers Timpsons.
Members of the army of Women’s Institute (WI) took the teddies from Timpsons and washed and repaired all of them. The teddies all now clean and ready to head off to new owners.
Speaking to Manchester Evening News, Judith Suckling, vice president of Old Trafford WI said: “When we first heard about the attacks we really wanted to help in some way.
“We had talked about doing a fundraising with WI, we talked about doing a collection, but when we were approached about cleaning and drying the teddies we thought it was a fantastic idea to do something to help.
She said that the teddies had a strong smell of rain and damp and the WI made the decision to wash them all and restore them to a fit for purpose state.
A teddy is a symbol of happiness and all of the teddies are smiling.
People left them as a tribute, and maybe they were sad when they were leaving them but I think the people that left them will be surprised that so much love and care has been taken.
“They’re going to be passed onto charities and they’re going to be given to children to enjoy for the rest of their journey.”
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They would probably need to install cameras so that the lights won’t get vandalized.
At 7.30am i guess lights are not really going to help
I think CCTV or dummy CCTV. With lots of signs saying that there is CCTV in the area.
lights so the perpetrator can see what he’s doing. .ffs. Us irish are great at finding solutions after the problem occurs
You would prefer if we found no solutions at all?
Yep. But beforehand. not wait till the problems rear there head
When did you get your psychic ability?
This is the brains of the country
Typical lazy council “ah sure we’ll make a decision on it in January” could be months after that , the fact somebody was attacked should be enough to act on it immediately
Its probably not laziness as such. Most local authorities would have used up their measly annual budget at this stage of the year and any new works would cause over budget problems….which the public also complain about. Hence they decide in jan when a new budget is available.
This is Fingal CC, my money is on laziness !
When someone gets assaulted or murdered they act or consider doing something. Joke.
Any intel on what the assaulter looked like?
How about extra Gardai to catch the perv
Bit late now putting cameras in slow as fuk we r
Considering huh, this is the state of our justice system
There should be lights but walking in an unlit park in the dark at 7.30 isn’t safe. People need to think more about personal safety and their actions. Take a more safe route if you want to go for a walk alone. Or bring a large dog.
So 7.30 in the morning isn’t safe. Is 7.30 in the evening safe in ur esteemed opinion? Or how about 1.30 in the morning? Or how about instead of blaming/changing victims behaviour you actually focus on blaming/changing perpetrator behaviour.
The truth why didn’t you foresee the assault and call for lights to be installed you moron
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