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Missing People
Missing People (previously known as National Missing Persons Helpline) is a national organisation in the United Kingdom that offers assistance to people who run away and/or go missing and their families. It is a registered charity under English law. History Early years (1986–1989) Following the high-profile disappearance of estate agent, Suzy Lamplugh, from Fulham in July 1986, two sisters, Janet Newman and Mary Asprey, co-founded the National Missing Persons Helpline. The helpline was initially part of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, but later they became separate organisations. Helpline (1990–1992) From a bedroom at the sisters' home in East Sheen, south west London, a start-up service was formed in early 1990. The service initially used the Freefone number 0500 700 700 (this number continued in operation until June 2017, when Ofcom closed down all remaining 0500 numbers; from 2009 onwards, the new 116000 number operated in parallel). Initially Mary and Janet and a smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Sheen
East Sheen, also known as Sheen, is a suburb in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its long High Street, high street has shops, offices, restaurants, cafés, pubs and suburban supermarkets and is also the economic hub for Mortlake of which East Sheen was once a Manorialism, manor. This commercial thoroughfare, well served by public transport, is the A205 road, Upper Richmond Road West which connects Richmond, London, Richmond to Putney. Central to this street is ''The Triangle'', a traffic island with a war memorial and an old milestone dating from 1751, marking the distance to Cornhill, London, Cornhill in the City of London. The main railway station serving the area, Mortlake railway station, Mortlake, is centred north of this. Sheen has a mixture of low-rise and mid-rise buildings and it has Richmond upon Thames parks and open spaces, parks and open spaces including its share of Richmond Park, accessed via Sheen Gate; Palewell Common, which has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
