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<p><font size="1">The disappearance of a pedestrian island due to
roadworks by Camden Council left pensioners fuming, and determined
to do something about it! </font></p>
<p><font size="1">79 year-old Peggy Doyle and her friends regularly
cross the busy Malden road in Gospel Oak and were dismayed to find
that Camden Council had decided to remove the island when they began
a series of 'road improvements'. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Peggy said "With the island gone, us little old
ladies had to cling onto one another to try and cross the road or
walk round the long way." </font></p>
<p><font size="1">After getting angry and persistent complaining,
the island was rebuilt and is now affectionally known as Peggy's
Island. However, Peggy laughs about this and modestly says that
it was not just her efforts. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">She said "when the island reappeared I was tempted
to stand on it and crack open a bottle of pop to christen it properly!"
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<p><font size="1">A video to encourage more women in Camden to get
involved in their communities has been produced to mark International
Women's Day.<br>
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The video, titled 'Women Have A Say - Make A Difference', features
prominent women in the borough of Camden, including council Leader
Jane Roberts, Camden Mayor Judy Pattison, Cllr Geethika Jayatilaka
and women community leaders from Chinese, Bengali and Somali communities.
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Produced by the council's Equalities Unit and filmed by the Overtones
women's video company, the aim of the video is to encourage young
and ethnic minority women to get involved in their communities and
speak out for what they want. <br>
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Last year, the Minister for Women Barbara Roche started a campaign
to get more women involved in public life, through community groups,
local councils and by becoming school governors or magistrates.
Camden's video takes up the issue at a local level. <br>
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The five-minute film will be used by each of the borough's secondary
schools as part of their citizenship classes and by black and minority
ethnic women's groups. </font></p>
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