Carrom Association UK

Below is a picture of a board advertising those lovely brave lads and lasses in the London Fire Service.
They are heroes, everyone. It’s just a pity our Government doesn’t appreciate them.
Who will they call if their homes go up in flames, or worse still a loved one is trapped inside?
You can always find another place to live.
But these people go into blazing buildings, on a daily basis, at all hours of the day and night, risking their lives and for what?
It’s not for the money.
They’d make more working behind a desk from 9-5, Monday to Friday, in the City or Whitehall.
It can’t be the uniform and the sense of power they have over other people, as is the case with the army, police, even traffic wardens or community officers.
They are a breed apart.
I have nothing but admiration for the fire service, not only the London branch, but nationwide. No, correct that, worldwide. Some of my strongest and abiding memories of 9/11 are the firefighters of New York, their bravery and the tragedy of so many dying trying to save others, in buildings that collapsed in minutes.
This has nothing really to do with carrom apart from the picture of the board.
It gives me an excuse to show my appreciation of these wonderful, selfless people and to have a pop at our Government for being so stingy.
We never seem to have a problem financing bombs, No. 10’s drinks bill, wages for yet more penpushers and quasi police.
But how many fire stations have been closed in the last decade?
I don’t know the exact figure but even one is one too many.