#little village brent

[thewales-family]

The Duchess of Cambridge visits Little Village Brent, to hear how the baby bank is supporting local families by ensuring that they have access to essential items for their young children, in Brent, England -June 8th 2022.

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[world-of-wales]

The Duchess of Cambridge photographed during her visit to the Little Village hub in Brent on 8 June 2022.

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[kate-royal-style-world]

A Royal Recycling (part 268)

Zara  

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[theroyalsandi]

The Duchess of Cambridge visits Little Village’s hub in Brent - to hear how the baby bank is supporting local families by ensuring that they have access to essential items for their young children. | June 8, 2022  

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[princesscatherineblog]

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits Little Village Brent on June 08, 2022 in London, England.

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[cambridgefamily]

The Duchess of Cambridge arriving at Little Village in Brent 

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[ifreakingloveroyals]

On This Day: 8 June

• 2019: Trooping The Colour

• 2022: Visits Little Village Brent

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[field-s-of-flowers]

Along the Road

Or, Rose Red meets the Fiddler and talks with the Pusher, across four generations. A gift fic for @lucemiir, for the Malloysical secret Santa!

1.

The world was covered in brilliant white snow. The only non-white colors as far as the eye could see were the dark gray of hearth smoke and the crimson scarf that just peeked into Red’s vision. There might have been other things she missed, but her glasses were so fogged she couldn’t see a damn thing. She hadn’t counted on being outside in the middle of December.

She also hadn’t counted on being exiled from her village for murder, had she?

The council had picked the right time to do it, too. The ocean was far too cold to gather any salt, and the village could survive without her in the spring. They wouldn’t miss Red for anything.

She’d miss her village, though, if only for the food and shelter that it gave her when she couldn’t work. And now that was gone…

Red forced herself to open her eyes. She was following the River, and she couldn’t let herself off her course. If there were any other villages to be found, they’d be along the River just like hers. In the white dead of December, someone would want to offer her a meal.

It occurred to Red for the first time that her sister must have floated along this exact route. She smirked. She could picture Pearlie even now- dead on the water, golden skin showing only on her long, bony limbs, thin brown hair pulled from its neat braid.

Two black eyes, nowhere to be seen.

And her body must have washed up on the little bank here, and been seen by the man who lived in the house just a few yards away. Red could tell it was a man. No self-respecting woman would ever leave her home un-decorated so close to New Year’s.

Well, if the house was wanting for a woman, she could most certainly do that job. Red knocked at the door, feeling the little bits of warmth through the walls, listening for footsteps.

2.

“Wanna play twister?”

Eddie has stuff to do tonight. So does Pearl, apparently, so Brent is at the apartment Rose normally shares with her boyfriend. Rose doesn’t know why the two of them don’t hang out more often.

“I don’t think you can play twister with two people,” he says, raising an eyebrow. “Who would win?”

“It’s just for fun,” Rose retorts. “But I suppose we could just talk, if you want.”

“Please. Do you have any whiskey?”

“Boy, do I!”

Brent likes Evan Williams. Rose is partial to Jameson herself, but she has nothing against the former, even if it is suspiciously cheap. Most of her glasses are in the dishwasher, but Eddie bought two new ones last week, she’s sure of it.

“Hey, Brent?”

“Hm?”

“If you see two big glasses with little red swirlies on them, will you let me know?”

“Swirlies?”

Rose sighs. “I dunno what else to call them, wise guy.”

“Well, if you mean whorls, they’re right here on your table.”

“Sweet,” shouts Rose, bursting through the door with a big bottle of Evan Williams. “Now we can have a proper drink.”

“Please.”

3.

The first thing Red noticed upon entering the house was its roaring fireplace. Thank the gods, she said to herself. I was liable to die of hypothermia out in that nightmare.

The next thing she saw was the very confused face of the man who let her in.

“I don’t mean to intrude on whatever you’re… doing in my house,” the fellow said flatly, holding his door open. “But this isn’t a tavern, miss, and I’m not sure why you’re treating it as such, and please don’t put your feet on my-”

Red had already swung her boots onto the coffee table.

“…That’s really nice mahogany.”

“Sorry.”

“I don’t suppose you could tell me the meaning of all this, then?”

The gentleman had green eyes. Green, green, green like envy, green like the trees that had long stopped growing in Red’s village. Green, her opposite.

“I was exiled from my village two days ago and I’ve been trying to find somewhere to stay,” Red stated, trying to match his nonchalant tone. “The taverns won’t let me in, so I was just following the River and I found your place. Dunno if I can stay, but you’ve got a real nice fire going, so…”

He just looked at Red, if only for a moment. They’re not quite green, she thought. Hazel, more like. Or a yellowy-green, but that’s being generous.

“Why were you exiled?”

“What’s that?”

“Why were you-”

“Oh, just look at the color on that fiddle,” she cried, pretending not to have heard. “What is it, beech?”

His eyes lit up. “Would you believe me if I told you it was made of bone?”

Bone, bone, bone…

Red was too tired to put the pieces together.

“Tell me more.”

4.

“And all they ever found was the money and the clip-on tie!”

Rose can’t help but hide a smirk. She was expecting Brent to be able to hold his liquor. Either that, or he’d be a flirt or something. Maybe a really angry drunk, but never this.

“Really,” she says, making her eyes as wide as saucers. It’s a little like talking to a child, if the child was obsessed with DB Cooper.

“Really! Well, they didn’t find all the money. But this- this- ugh, just a sec-”

Brent pauses to reach for the long-empty bottle of Evan Williams. He sighs at its lightness, instead turning to Rose’s Jameson. He’s been through that routine at least six times since the bottle emptied. Rose doesn’t even mind, as long as it keeps him talking. This is hilarious.

“This little kid found a bunch of twenty-dollar bills in Tina Bar. Serial numbers all matched, and lemme tell you- everyone freaked out.”

“I mean, I would too.”

“Right?”

“Right, man!”

“Hello?”

Pearl is here to pick up her roommate. For all the time Rose has lived in this apartment, her sister is still apprehensive coming inside. Pearl isn’t afraid of a lot of things. It’s weird. Her eyes are weird. They’re so dark you can’t see where the pupil ends and the iris begins. They’ve always confused Rose.

Rose is also pretty tipsy right now.

“Come in,” she shouts. “Door’s unlocked, Pearlie, and you gotta hear this.”

“Hey, Pearl,” Brent slurs. “Did you know that DB Cooper-”

“Yes.”

It didn’t occur to Rose that Pearl has probably heard all of this a jillion times before. It must get old.

“We should probably get going,” says Pearl, facial expression barely moving. “It’s freezing outside.”

“D’you want my scarf?”

Both Rose and Pearl turn to look at the crimson scarf hanging on the wall. Rose hasn’t worn it in years. It’s old enough that she couldn’t give less of a crap if her sister never gave it back.

“Thanks, Rosie,” says Pearl with a little smile. “You stay warm, okay?”

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[mrmrswales]

The Duchess of Cambridge visits Little Village’s Baby Bank in Brent

The Duchess joined staff, volunteers and supporters at the charity’s Brent hub in the UNCLE building in Wembley Central and helped to pick out clothes and equipment for a family who were also present. The bundle packed by The Duchess was the 20,000th such package to be given out by the charity.

The Duchess learnt about Little Village’s work providing essential equipment and clothing to families of under-5s. She also heard about how Little Village volunteers provide emotional support and practical advice over the phone to parents.

Little Village provides pre-loved clothes, toys and equipment for babies and children up to the age of five. It is London’s largest baby bank network and was set up in 2016 and has eight locations across capital. It has supported over 22,000 children – including 6,400 children in 2021 alone.

Sophie Livingston MBE, CEO of Little Village said:

“We were all absolutely delighted to welcome The Duchess of Cambridge to Little Village Brent. She met some of our staff and volunteers and helped to pick out some beautiful items of clothing for the family’s two young children. The Duchess really took her time to talk our staff and volunteers, who all said how down to earth she was and how engaged and interested she was in the work of Little Village. This is set to be our busiest year yet, and we expect to see a thousand more children than we did in 2021 and we know that baby banks across the country are facing similar demand. This boost from The Duchess will help to shine a light on the work of baby banks and will hopefully lead to increased support for their much-needed work.”

Mum, Sara* (not her real name), 26, has two children aged three and 18 months, she lives in north London. She said:

“It was incredible to meet The Duchess of Cambridge, she was really kind and listened to what I had to say. I told The Duchess how much Little Village has helped us, they have been like a second family to me.

Volunteer Fouzia Khan, who met also met The Duchess, said:

“As a mother herself The Duchess really showed a lot of empathy and care about the work Little Village are doing. She was lovely and engaging and was keen to hear about how families feel when they visit our baby bank. She was very interested in hearing about how much thought and care goes into the bundles we prepare for families.

This is not the first time that Little Village has received support from The Duchess, who set up an initiative to bring together British brands to support baby banks in 2020. The Duchess then held zoom calls with some of the families Little Village has supported in February 2021, as part of its fifth anniversary celebrations.

[thewales-family]

The Duchess of Cambridge visits Little Village Brent, to hear how the baby bank is supporting local families by ensuring that they have access to essential items for their young children, in Brent, England -June 8th 2022.

📷 : Kensington Palace.

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[itstheroyals]

#kate middleton #duchess of cambridge #little village brent #british royal family #royal edits

[world-of-wales]

From providing toys, clothes and essential items for young children, to linking local families with key services, @LittleVillageHQ baby banks support families across London.

It’s wonderful to hear how volunteers work closely with each individual family to understand their personal needs, providing tailored support in a way that ensures they are treated with love, kindness and dignity.

- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

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[theroyalweekly]

Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge visits Little Village’s hub in Brent - to hear how the baby bank is supporting local families by ensuring that they have access to essential items for their young children. #DuchessofCambridge 📸 (c)Karwai Tang -- Derek Momodu

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[theroyalsandi]

The Duchess of Cambridge visits Little Village’s hub in Brent - to hear how the baby bank is supporting local families by ensuring that they have access to essential items for their young children. | June 8, 2022

#royaltyedit #duchess of cambridge #kate middleton #british royal family #my edit

[talesfromsiteredacted]

Things Overheard on Keter Duty

Various comments on daily life at Site Redacted

Warning: some slightly suggestive comments

About 682:

"Had an idea... why don't we just hotbox his unit with pot smoke?"

"Tried that. The big lizard gets the worst munchies. And we got a new entry on the Bright List "

About 096:

"I don't get why everyone freaks out when 096 breaks out. He's never hurt me."

"That's because you're blind, Dr. Michaels."

On Keter Duty in general:

"Another day, another breach. So... who's this week's favorite?"

On 076-2:

"So... do those tattoos go ALL over his body? I wouldn't mind working on that canvas myself, if you know what I mean."

"Karin, he'd kill you on sight."

"Be worth it to find out, Beth."

On 035:

"I can't believe the ceramic ham had the nerve to trash my play."

"To be honest, Brent... your play had no plot, and the worst dialogue since the last "Ninja Mime" movie. Maybe you ought to stick to being a guard."

Second 682 entry:

"Maybe all the big scaly curmudgeon needs is a hug."

"Yeah, from a black hole!"

On 079:

"That cheating AI scumbag! He burned my village, killed my livestock, and blew up my mine. Get me the big magnets, I'll show him!"

"Dude... it's just Minecraft. Build a new village by a river, build a bridge, and get the fuck over it, Geoff. No one cares that you created a near perfect replica of that little village in Vietnam you met your husband at in game."

Second 076-2 entry:

"So... Rayner... how was your first day on Keter Duty?"

"076-2 tried to kill me with an axe. It was awesome."

"And they said you passed the psych evaluation? Amazing."

Finally, heard outside my office...

"You know, if it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't be here."

"For the last time, Dr. Bright, you never had a horse."

"And look where I am, just because my dad never bought me a horse."

"If I buy you a horse, will you go back to work?"

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[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to the Little Village hub in Brent | June 8 2022

#mine #royaltyedit #kate #little village 22