tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027294326514111972024-03-05T23:17:45.963-08:00SAVE HOME FIRES#savehomefires campaign blog. Kerryn Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393250661598871412noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302729432651411197.post-17371643825589363122016-09-09T08:02:00.000-07:002016-09-09T08:18:33.846-07:00over 33,000! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello Homies! I'm sorry it's been such a long time since my last blog update. Chronic illness has meant I've not been able to keep up as well as i'd like to and I also was lucky enough to have a relaxing 2 weeks in heavenly Cornwall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm so grateful to those of you who have worked hard to keep the campaign going and to see the petition numbers continue to rise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm sure many of you know that our wonderful Jess Taylor had her letter printed as Star Letter in What's on TV magazine. From that day the petition numbers made a huge jump and within just 3 days we'd had over 1000 new signatures. That was amazing as we were averaging around 20 signatures a day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It just goes to show how one little things can have a huge impact, so please continue to write to magazines and newspapers etc... to try to keep the campaign in the public eye.<br /><br />_______________________________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do any of your keep a blog? Do you have family or friends who blog? If so can you do a post about the campaign or ask others to do one? Blogging is a very popular thing on social media now and it could really help get us some more publicity.<br />Thank you to you bloggers who have already shared a campaign post! It's very appreciated. xxx<br /><br />__________________________________<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Twitterstorms</span>: We have been brainstorming with someone in marketing about the Twitterstorms, when to hold them, times that have the biggest audience, ways of trending etc...<br />We still desperately need more of you to help us with the Twitterstorms, so if you would like to help us, please do shout and we'll give you as much advice and help that you need.<br />Jess Taylor has shared posts on both Facebook groups about how to use Twitter and has included plenty of photos to show you what it all means! <br />We really would be over the moon to have more of you join in, as it'll mean we trend higher, which means more people will get to see the campaign. <br /><br />We have a few "rules" for the posts, which makes the posts more likely to count towards the trends, so please have a little look: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Women in film and television awards</span>: Thank you to Jess for letting us know about this. We now only have until midnight on the 17th Sept to get our votes in, so can as many of you as possible vote for one of our Home Fires actresses? If we could get one of them winning, it would be a lovely way to give them thanks but also great publicity for the campaign!<br />Vote here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2016_WFTV_Awards_Nomination">WFAT awards </a><br /><br />_____________________________________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon</span>: Thank you to Patrick Erwin for tweeting me this article:<br /><br /><a href="http://variety.com/2016/tv/global/amazon-studios-commissioning-team-london-u-k-1201843961/">Amazon article</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This really is something we could focus on as they are soon to be employing a commissioning executive in the UK and to invest in UK shows, so we need as many of you as possible to write to them by letter or email or even on their contact us form here:<br /><br /><a href="https://studios.amazon.com/contact-us">Amazon contact us form</a><br /><br />The address if you want to send snail mail is: <br /><br /><span style="background-color: #e1e8ed; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon Studios, 60 Holborn Viaduct, Central London, EC1A 2FD</span><br /><br />If we can get enough people contacting them, they MAY decide to look into considering Home Fires. We need to show them just how huge an audience the show has!<br /><br />_____________________________________________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The second series will soon be aired in Australia and the US, so we are hoping that brings even more fans into the campaign, when they watch that awful cliffhanger and realise there is no more. I still can't believe we were left with this: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How do they think that is ok??!!! Polly Hill and Kevin Lygo certainly have a lot to answer for! They made a huge mistake and i've been told that many in the business agree with us.<br /><br />Let's keep the pressure on and continue to show just how much the show means to us!! </span></div>
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Kerryn Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393250661598871412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302729432651411197.post-81184073045153951342016-07-22T07:32:00.000-07:002016-07-22T07:32:00.767-07:00We need to keep going!! <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello everyone. I'm sorry things have been a bit quiet on the campaign front. I am chronically ill and am having an extra poorly patch.<br />I'm still doing what I can and really need as many of you as possible to keep the Home Fires burning for me, whilst i'm unable to do as much as I previously have.<br /><br />I'm very happy to see so many new members of our two Facebook groups and I welcome you all to the campaign.<br /><br />The campaign is still trundling along slowly but to stop it coming to a halt we really need as many of you as possible to get involved and help us to get the word out there and get the petition going again.<br /><br />Sadly, we only had 4 people sign it yesterday (21st July 2016) and our daily average is around 20-30 people, so we'd love to see that increase again.<br />We know the show was watched by a 6 million consolidated audience, so there are millions of people who will still be unaware that the show has been axed.<br />The only way we will ever convince a channel to recommission the show is to have a popular, active and noisy campaign.<br /><br />Many of you will wonder how you can help, so here is a list of things you can do:<br /><br />*keep sharing the petition online, tweet about the show, share anything campaign related.<br /><br />*Print out some posters and put them up locally in your area. Put them up in cafes, antique shops, village halls, newsagent windows, in your car window and even at car boot sales.<br />Download the poster/flyers here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.savehomefires.com/#!poster-campaign/qh3e4">posters and flyers</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have a competition prize to win, for anyone who displays a poster. Just send us a pic on our Facebook Groups or on Twitter of your poster displayed and we'll add your name to the draw.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The petition sheets can be found at the above link.<br /><br />*Join us with the Twitterstorms on a Sunday evening between 9-10pm (at the time the show was aired)<br /><br />This is a huge opportunity for us fans to really make a noise but sadly we still don't have as many people joining in as we need to trend.<br />The only way to trend is if we have a wide variety of people tweeting at the same time. We use a different hashtag each week, to try to increase the chance of trending.<br />We'll release this week's hashtag as soon as we can.<br /><br />If you aren't on Twitter, would you please consider signing up to help us? It's so easy to use and we have newbies telling us how much they enjoyed it and what a great community spirit feeling it gives them.<br /><br />We have tutorials on both of the Facebook groups about how to use twitter and how to get involved. If you want to join in, just give us a shout on the Facebook groups and there will always be someone willing to offer advice.<br /><br />The most important thing is to use the hashtag given, ONLY AT THE TWITTERSTORM and ON EVERY TWEET AND RETWEET YOU MAKE! Share pictures when you can, as a visual always helps to get attention.<br />Use #savehomefires at any other time you tweet and just put the same hashtag into the search engine to see everyone's tweets.<br /></span></div>
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Kerryn Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393250661598871412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302729432651411197.post-4544257332425104022016-07-02T12:28:00.000-07:002016-07-02T12:28:46.699-07:00Role call<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to all who have donated towards our campaign costs. We are so so touched and grateful for such brilliant support! It really is a lovely community we are building here xxxx<br /><br />Total costs so far (as in previous post) was £132.07 and we've received £120 in donations so far, so we only need £12.07 covered now.<br /><br />As explained before we are working on a few things that may need a little extra donated, but we are keeping costs to a minimum.<br /><br />____________________________________________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also want to say a big thank you to all who are sharing news of the campaign and the petition! We had another successful day on the petition yesterday with 101 new signatures, so it's heartwarming to see that we are getting new supporters on a daily basis.<br />We really are showing these tv companies that they must not under estimate their viewers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, now on to the role call.<br /><br />Please can you let me know (either on the comments below, on my twitter (@monkeykezza) or on the save home fires official campaign Facebook group) who has put up our posters and how many.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also need to know who has sent a letter to the drama channel (Letterstorm 2) (when you have sent them), so we can keep a tally of how many people are joining in, as if we don't get enough, then it won't be something we can continue with, as 10 letters won't have the same impact as 100 letters would.<br /><br />Please, if you can, do try to join in with the Letterstorms and Twitterstorms. There really is power in numbers and for this campaign to succeed we need as many of you as possible helping us!<br />If we could get even 100 of you from the 30,000 people who have signed the petition, on Twitter on a Sunday night, then we'd get #savehomefires trending much higher, which then means more people see it when they click on the hashtag to see what it's all about!<br />So if you haven't yet joined in with the Twitterstorm, will you consider coming and helping us on Sunday? Pretty please with cherries on top?? ;-) If you have any questions about how it all works, just give us a shout on the official Facebook group and we'll be more than happy to help you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(I've only just seen I can add a title to these posts!! lol I'm really not computer savvy!! lol)<br /><br />Well, we've finally gone over 30,000 signatures!! Thank you so much to all who have shared the petition.<br /><br />I can't thank you all enough for all the posts you make. There are still so many people that are unaware that the show has been cancelled so we still need to work hard to get the word out there.<br /><br />We had a spike in signatures on the 28th too and got more in one day than we were getting weekly! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thank you to the couple of you who have sent donations to help with the campaign costs. We've received £20 so far)<br />If any of you can even just spare £2 it would be so appreciated, as like Tesco say, every little helps!! lol<br /><br />Details of what costs we've incurred so far and where to send donations is on the previous post. xx<br /><br />_____________________________________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So thank you again to you all for your support and we appreciate anything you can do to get the word out there to people and more signatures on the petition!<br /><br />Keep calm and save Home Fires! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello everyone!<br />Thank you for all the positive messages i've received since my last post. I was having a bit of an emotional day and my feelings got the better of me.<br />I'm absolutely 100% determined to carry on anyway and we really want as many of you as possible to keep going with us.<br /><br />This is why we would like to ask if anyone would be willing to help us with the small amount of costs we have accumulated since the start of the campaign.<br />There is by no means any pressure and I understand that some won't want to and some won't be in a position to, so only offer to help us if you really are able to!<br /><br />As sites like go fund me have fees and justgiving is just for charities (i think), the easiest way to collect cash is through my paypal account, <span style="font-size: large;"><b>sent as a gift</b></span>, so no fees are paid.<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">( </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2e2f; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It’s free to use PayPal to send or receive money between friends and family in the UK, as long as the payment is funded by a bank account, debit card or PayPal balance, and no currency conversion is involved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*£11.50 congestion charge.<br /><br />I had free parking with my disabled badge.<br />I have covered the paper cost myself.<br />I was sent ink cartridges by the production team, so none of this needs covering.<br /><br />We also have website costs which include the domain name (1 year, can be extended if need be) and the website hosting costs:<br /><br />*£77.57</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So the total so far is: £132.07.<br /><br />Edited to add my email address for paypal which might help!! lol<br /><br />KezzaGroves@aol.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel upset having to write that title. I don't want to write it but I have to ask that question of you all.<br />Over the past few months i've read so many posts from people angry and upset that their favourite show has been cancelled. I've seen so many of you as passionate about the show as I am and wanting to do what they can to save the show. Sadly we're not seeing that same levels of support with the specific campaign events/projects.<br /><br />As I started the petition, I have organically become the "leader" of this campaign. I've made some very good friends though this and have got a team of supporters and friends who have worked their butts off trying to do all they can to get the campaign progressing and spreading the word to all those millions of viewers who still don't know it's been axed.<br />I see regular names of those who post on Facebook and Twitter and I can't thank you all enough for the support you've given me and the campaign.<br /><br />The reason I feel so disheartened today is the number of people who've posted that they love the show is far far higher than those who have posted that they've put posters up, have got signatures on printable sheets, have sent letters, have taken part in the twitterstorm etc....<br />I really do understand that people have very busy lives and that some will have many reasons for not being able to join in as much as others.<br />I just really hoped that we would have a bigger response to the campaign ideas that we share on a regular basis.<br /><br />THE ONLY WAY we will convince another channel to save Home Fires is to all work together, as a team and make enough of a noise that they can't help but notice us. Right now we are barely making a whisper.<br /><br />I truly understand that this past week has been one of such sadness around the world and in this country. Too many awful, shocking, devastating, cruel and evil things have gone on. It's sometimes hard to find enthusiasm for what many will view as a mundane issue. In the grand scheme of things a tv show is near the bottom of a list of what's really important in life, but it's also not pointless. <br />The reason I feel so strongly about this campaign though, is that we need more good in the world. We need more happiness. We need to have an emotional break away from too much sadness as it can overtake us all. The campaign may not have importance in relation to so many other things, but it's something that we could have some control over. It's something that if enough people got involved we could make a difference.<br /><br />So, here I am again, on bended knee, asking you to help us.<br /><br />If you did love the show and feel angry about how ITV has just dismissed it like it was nothing important, then please help us. <br />There were only 46 signatures on the petition yesterday. If this continues to fizzle out as it has done over the past few days then all the effort we've put in so far will be for nothing. <br /><br />Before I add all the links to the ways in which you can help us, please watch this wonderful video and remind yourself of what we are fighting for: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every time I watch that video it not only upsets me but it makes me more determined to keep going. If it makes you feel the same then please help us in the following ways:<br /><br />*We need more signatures on the petition! Please keep sharing on all social media platforms!<br /><a href="https://www.change.org/p/itv-itv-must-recommission-homefires">Petition</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Twitterstorms. These have proven to be successful each week, with us making the trending lists. This then gets more people finding the campaign when they click on the hashtags to see what they mean. We now have a new hashtag to use each week and we'll let you know with a few days to go each time of what the upcoming one is. This is so that we have more chance of trending so please don't use the new hashtag until the evening of the twitterstorm.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.savehomefires.com/#!twitterstorms/caicf">Twitterstorm</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep sharing the petition and website links. We have to get more people aware of the campaign. <br /><br /><br />I really hope enough of you feel passionately enough to want to help. We really don't have any chance of saving this show if we don't have enough of you joining Team Home Fires!<br /><br />I'll leave you with this brilliant campaign song, written by the wonderful Geraldine Pointing from Spain. It's the perfect example of how much she cares about the show! Thank you so much for your time and effort Geraldine xxx<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/n68DH6vl7wk">Home Fires, call to arms</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello everyone! Thank you so much to everyone who took part in Sunday's Twitterstorm. We had a great time and ended up trending for over 5 hours!!<br />We got to number 13 on the trend list with 3481 tweets!<br /><br />We even had our new campaign mascot joining in. Meet Fred everyone:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is in control of all programmes that are commissioned.<br /><br />Please keep all letters polite and express why you love the show, how they would take 6 million viewers from ITV and how we would give them a huge amount of free publicity. Explain how important the role of the WI was in the war and how we, as a country, must never forget all that they did during the war.<br /><br />I will put a post on the Facebook groups and when you've posted your letter, can you let us know on there, or on Twitter, so we have a rough idea of how many letters she'll be getting.<br />I'm going to send a jar of jam along with my letter, as that got us some good publicity at the beginning of the campaign, so if anyone wants to do the same, it'll make us more noticeable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we are thinking of putting something together to express why we love the show and try to get it seen on you tube.<br />If anyone has any ideas for this please let us know on our FB group: </span></div>
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Kerryn Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393250661598871412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302729432651411197.post-73468198079141111062016-06-12T06:53:00.000-07:002016-06-12T06:53:20.415-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not that long ago, I would have had no idea what a twitterstorm or a thunderclap was! lol I'm not quite "down with the kids" as I used to be and computer, techy stuff often confuses the hell out of me lol.<br />Since starting the SaveHomeFires campaign, i've become quite a "tweeter" and learnt how it all works.<br />I'm sure many of you feel the same! I know some of you have never been on Twitter before but thankfully decided to give it a go to help the campaign along and for that we are so grateful!<br /><br />We hope to see even more newbies joining us tonight for the Twitterstorm.<br /><br />If you are a tweeting virgin and would like to come along and help us to trend, then please see Jess Taylor's brilliant "beginner guide to Twitter" post on our savehomefires official campaign group on Facebook: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have decided to use a new hashtag for tonight's twitterstorm, which will give it more of a chance to trend, but PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS HASHTAG UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT!<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Before 9pm continue to use #savehomefires. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are really excited that we'll get it trending again this week and hopefully get the petition seen by more people!<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also have the Thunderclap ending tonight and the tweets will coincide with the Twitterstorm, so that we have more posts all at once.<br /><br />Please support if you haven't done so far: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can help on both Facebook and Twitter, so just press "support" on the link and give them authorisation to post on your behalf. (They don't use your details for anything and only post once on your wall).<br /><br />Let's all make this the biggest Twitterstorm so far!! xxx<br /><br />___________________________________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just wanted to take the time again to say a huge THANK YOU to USA fan, Lorraine Ruth Rosenberg, for sending me such a wonderful Home Fires parcel! I am so touched by such kindness and thoughtfulness. <br />I just love my Pat doll! She will forever be a lovely reminder of the campaign and the friendships created around the world due to our beloved show!<br /><br />I have no doubt that the cast and crew involved in Home Fires will be very moved to see how our community has grown and how many new friendships have been made because of the love for their show. It's just another reason why this is about so much more than just a tv show. There are so many awful things happening around the world, so anything that can encourage people to be nicer to each other and make friendships is worth everything in my eyes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to the lovely Bunbury village for their mention of the campaign on their village website!! We are so grateful and thankful! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There has been a great response to the call for "letterstorm" volunteers and we are so grateful that so many of you want to help us.<br /><br />I'll update this blog tomorrow with the details of the first recipient for our mass letterstorm and if you could all get your letters posted asap it would be really appreciated. Let's show other channels just how much we love the show and how we would all give them a huge amount of free publicity if they bought the show.<br /><br />______________________________________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's had many hundreds of views daily and the petition has increased since it went live, so please continue to spread the word and get more people reading it!<br /><br />_____________________________________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway I wish you all a happy Sunday and look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Twitter tonight xxxx<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div>
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Kerryn Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393250661598871412noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302729432651411197.post-56613552200226499002016-06-09T08:10:00.000-07:002016-06-09T08:10:31.396-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of our wonderful "homies" Jessica Taylor has been working her little socks off for the past few weeks creating our very own campaign website and it looks utterly brilliant. I can't thank Jess enough for all the time, effort and love she has put into it.<br /><br />Please have a visit and go and see why we all feel so strongly about the show and how well we've all done in such a short amount of time! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and as you can see, it mirrors everything that Home Fires is going through now. Fans did what we are doing now and eventually Amazon bought the rights.<br /><br />They've had the same outcome with Foyle's war as well as shows in the US and Australia, so we know that fan pressure can work. It's what's giving us the impetus to carry on.<br /><br />So again, i'm asking for as much help as possible from all of you that want to continue this campaign with us.<br />The biggest thing we need is more names on that petition. We need to show a channel that there are enough people angry about the axing of such a good show.<br /><br />________________________________</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also print off petition sheets to collect offline signatures. We can't add them onto the online petition as people need an email address to sign it, but we can keep a record of how many offline names we have! Link here: <a href="http://savehomefires.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/postal-votes-hello-everyone-i-hope-as.html?m=1">petition sheet download</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd like to get an idea of how many people would be willing to write a letter to some tv channels for a "mass letter storm"? We'd choose a channel and a person to target each week maybe and ask you all to get a letter sent asap, so they get them all within days of each other. This obviously would only work if we had a large number of fans joining in. So can anyone that would join in with this please let me know on FB, Twitter or in the comments below, so I can get an idea of numbers.<br />If the letters could be accompanied with a jar of jam then even better!! lol If we get enough people willing to help then i'll give more details soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We again have a Twitterstorm on Sunday evening. As I explained in a previous post, we have looked into how to get things trending and the only way to do it is to have as many people as possible joining in, especially new tweeters, and all using a new hashtag.<br />SO this Sunday we will be using the #teamhomefires hashtag instead, but to make sure it has the biggest impact on the night, we really need you NOT to use this until the twitterstorm.<br />Until then continue to use #savehomefires and we'll remind you all nearer the time to use #teamhomefires.<br />Anyone new to Twitter who wants to help us on Sunday, please give any of us a shout on the FB group and we'll help you as much as we can, although it is very easy to pick up!</span></div>
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Kerryn Groveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393250661598871412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302729432651411197.post-72921373395555873522016-06-08T03:42:00.001-07:002016-06-08T03:42:23.297-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night, I had a message from someone directly involved in Home Fires. I'm not going to reveal names or exact details out of respect for that person.<br />However I have to share that I was told that despite huge efforts being made to save the show that sadly, they had come to the end of the line with it. They have been unable to have the show bought by another channel and ITV are not budging.<br /><br />My first reaction to this was genuine sadness and a real feeling of deflation. I feel so strongly about this show, as I know many of you do, and I can't stand the thought that it's just been dumped on the cutting floor as if it didn't mean anything.<br /><br />Yes I know it's only a tv show. In the grand scheme of things, it's not as important as many things that happen daily. Saying that, tv is a large part of many peoples lives. Lots of people spend the evening in front of the box with their family, loved ones and friends, all laughing together, crying together, being gripped by a drama or being entertained by a comedy.<br /><br />The special thing about Home Fires is that is appealed to all age groups, male and female, rich and poor. The story of how the WI helped the war effort in the 1940's is an important one to tell. Women are not often celebrated and they certainly weren't back in those days.<br />Today, there are still examples of gender inequality in many areas of the entertainment industry, with female actors fighting to be paid the same as their male counterparts and the shameless media obsession with a woman's appearance, weight, sex life etc....<br />The thing that really stood out with Home Fires was the fact that it was a heavily female led cast. Actresses of various ages were all part of a wonderful ensemble cast yet the male roles weren't overshadowed by that.<br /><br />There has been a change in the types of tv shows made and reality tv as well as talent style shows have become very popular. I won't deny that I am a fan of some of these and I do watch a wide range of types of tv shows. Saying that, I do feel that well written, good quality drama should always be prioritised over cheap to make reality shows. Sadly it seems that ITV don't agree with this and continue to make pretty trashy shows like Love Island, whilst axing a hugely popular drama, leaving it on a cliffhanger.<br /><br />This is why we are angry. This is why we have felt the need to start a campaign and this is why we will not give up!<br /><br />I understand that our efforts may be futile. I know that some will think that we are wasting our time and need to accept what we've been told.<br />The thing is, it doesn't feel like we've done everything we could. It doesn't feel like we've been campaigning for long enough.<br />SO, alongside many other campaigners, who have now become friends, I am going to keep fighting to have our voices heard. We have been working on some great things, which we will share as soon as they are finished.<br /><br />This is a plea really. If you really love the show then please will you continue to stand by us? Will you continue to get the word out there? Will you continue to show ITV your disgust at the dreadful way they have treated the cast, crew and viewers? Will you continue to get those posters displayed to alert all the people who still have no idea it's been axed?<br />Will you continue to contact other channels and show them how big the support would be if they bought the show?<br />Would you continue to collect offline signatures so we can give a voice to all those who don't have internet access?<br /><br />Of course I understand that some of you will feel that it's pretty pointless and you aren't willing to keep using your time on something that's unlikely to succeed. However if you feel that you want to continue to fight with us, then we hugely appreciate that.<br /><br />WHY on earth won't another channel see what a gem this is? Why can they not see that a drama, that already had more of the series written, is worth so much to them? How can they not see that buying the show would give them millions of viewers as well as a free, well publicised campaign full of people who would shout from the rooftops about the show? The free PR they would get from us all would be nothing but a benefit to them. Why can they not see that a drama such as this is real quality? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will also be releasing a new hashtag to use this coming Sunday, which will make it more likely to trend, but we'll share that nearer the time so we ensure that it's not used before the Twitterstorm.<br /><br /><br />I know some of you will think Twitter is too confusing to use, but I promise you it's very simple and you'll soon pick it up.<br />Here is a step by step guide to help you if you need: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*We need more signatures and sadly not everyone will be online or even have an email account. We can't add names to the online petition without an email address, so we have a paper version for you to print off and collect signatures like that. Don't forget to take photos to show us where the posters are so we can add your name to the competition to win a limited edition 1940's style print. (again, see previous posts for the petition download and competition details).<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ONLY way we will keep this campaign going and get the publicity it badly needs is if as many Home Fires fans as possible join in with the campaign ideas that we are sharing.<br /><br />There are so many of you on Twitter and Facebook groups who are all gutted and angry that it has been axed, but we need you all to help us.<br /><br />The MOST IMPORTANT thing is to get the petition signed and shared. SO many people still have no idea the show has been cancelled. Many people won't have access to the internet so we REALLY REALLY need as many of you as possible to get the posters printed and displayed around your local areas. (see earlier posts for poster download). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">______________________________________<br /><br />I know lots of you have written to ITV about your anger and disappointment to them axing the show, but THE BEST way for them or other channels to listen is if we all do the same things as a collective.<br />That's why we NEED as many of you as possible to join in the Twitterstorm this coming Sunday at 9pm. We know many of you aren't on Twitter but we are literally begging you to join up, even if it's just to help this campaign. The more people we have tweeting <span style="font-size: large;">#savehomefires, </span>the more likely it is to trend. Trending, for those who don't know about Twitter, is a list of the top 10 things most talked about on Twitter. For this to happen we need thousands of tweets all happening in a very short space of time. We trended on our first Twitterstorm and had over 4000 tweets. When #savehomefires appears on the trending list, people will click on it to see what it's about. This is how the word spreads and we alert more people who are unaware it's been axed.<br /><br />So I can't emphasise this enough. If you are fully behind this campaign and you really want to help us save this show, PLEASEEEEEEE consider helping us on Twitter on Sunday night. I'm not saying that Twitter is "more important" than Facebook, but it is more public. It is something that has worked before. The signatures always increase after a Twitterstorm. So i'm down on my hands and knees begging you.<br /><br />If you need any help then please ask. Many on the official save home fires campaign Facebook page are happy to help and guide you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are working on many ideas and will alert you all when anything new is organised.<br /><br />As I said, we can't emphasise how important it is that we get your help. The only way this campaign will be successful is if enough people help us.<br />I'm in regular contact with people who work on the show and many people are being made aware of the campaign, so we MUST keep doing all we can to make a big, collective, noise!!<br /><br />Please keep sharing this blog as well, as many people don't know about what's going on.<br /><br />Thank you for reading and thank you to all who have helped us so amazingly so far!!<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good evening to all you lovely supporters! I've just re watched Home Fires on ITV Encore and it's made me even more determined to keep fighting to save our beloved show. <br /><br />Luckily we still have bits in the press and on the radio, which will alert fans who don't know it's been axed. <br /><br />I did an interview with the TV Times, and despite them only printing a very small amount, we at least have some more publicity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello everyone!!<br />Well we are nearing 27,000 now in just 3 weeks. Amazing.<br /><br />We need that number to increase, so keep sharing the petition link and get those posters printed and displayed in as many places as you can.<br /><br />See earlier posts for details on the petition, posters, printable petition and other bits of advice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you all again for such amazing support. Let's continue to build this friendly, fun community we have started! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello everyone! I hope as many of you as possible with be joining us for the Twitterstorm tonight. Details on my last blog post.<br /><br />I have been asked if it's possible to print off petition pages to add to the online petition, for those who don't have internet access.<br />Sadly, the only way to sign the online petition is to have an email address.<br /><br />To get around this problem, If anyone wants to collect names and addresses of people who want to sign, but don't have an email address, they are welcome to send them to me and I will collect these in a folder and keep a regular count of the signatures. Of course, these can't be added to the online petition, but I would then have a record of numbers and can share this 'offline total' on Twitter, to make channels aware that there is a large number of viewers who are not able to show their support online.<br /><br />I can also accept a list of names and addresses by email, if anyone wants to collect names whilst at a group, fayre, church etc... and then email them to me, on their behalf.<br /><br />Here is a download link for a petition sheet to use to collect the signatures:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's the only way we can get the campaign trending. The more people that use this hashtag, the more likely it is to trend. When things trend, more people see it and will click to see what it's all about. This will then hopefully get more supporters for the campaign and more importantly more signatures on the petition.<br /><br />SO, if you are already on Twitter, pleaseeeee join in!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Aren't these 'total update' pics amazing! Our lovely Jess Taylor (@loadofolbobbins on Twitter) designs these for the campaign. These are copyrighted though, so please don't use these on anything to sell, without discussing with Jess first.<br /><br /><br />25k is incredible in under 3 weeks but we want way more!! We need to get more viewers aware that Home Fires has been axed, as many people still don't know!<br /><br />SO, this is where we need your help.<br /><br />Jess Taylor has designed these brilliant posters and flyers for you to print out at home and get displayed around your local areas.<br /><br /><a href="http://loadofolbobbins.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/savehomefires-posters-and-flyers.html">poster and flyer download here</a></span></div>
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So today I received the following letter from the CEO of ITV, Adam Crozier. I was not surprised by the response but it has made me even more determined to keep this campaign going. </div>
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I wanted to lay out our plans going forward for all supporters to read and share, so we all know what we need to do and how we can keep the campaign in the public eye.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">*Keep sharing the petition as we need loads more signatures to make a real statement*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*I have someone working on a poster design for people to print out and display in local cafes, antique shops, gift shops, village halls and even local age concern centres. I'll release the poster design when it's done*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*If ITV are still refusing to recommission the show then we need to make the decision to buy the show as appealing as possible to other channels. Keep reminding channels of how they would be getting an audience of around 6 million, as well as huge backing from an enthusiastic campaign*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*We MAY be organising a friendly, fun 1940's themed protest in London. This is not a definite but anyone that would be interested in this then please make me aware on Facebook, Twitter or here*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*We need as much media coverage as possible. Can any of you contact local radio stations and newpapers? Local village magazines? Get the word out there, as many people are still unaware that ITV has axed it. Also keep sharing media articles that have already been printed*</span><br /><br />Thank you all again for incredible support. Any ideas anyone has please contact me via the comments box below, my Twitter account, @monkeykezza or the Facebook groups. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I felt it was time I wrote a blog post on the incredible reaction i've had to the #savehomefires petition I started just 2 weeks ago. Please forgive me if this isn't as eloquently written as I would want it to be, but my illness means I can't always think of the right words to say and fatigue affects how my brain works. It'll take me a long time to write this and i'll keep checking it reads ok, but if it's not perfect then that's ok as nor am I.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />On that day, I was sat in a car and decided to have a quick peek at twitter whilst I waited for my dad to return to the car. It was then that I saw Dan Ryan and Clare Calbraith tweeting that Home Fires had been axed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was in utter shock, as i'd not long watched the wonderful finale and presumed that with such a huge cliff hanger and so many stories left unfinished, that there would obviously be a 3rd series to look forward to. ITV were obviously not satisfied with 6 million viewers and beating BBC in viewing figures on 11 out of the 12 episodes. I was not only genuinely gutted but I was also really p'd off.<br />It was then that I went onto change.org and started a petition, thinking that I could maybe get other fans kicking up a bit of a fuss with me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The decision by ITV to cancel home fires is such a huge mistake! It was such a brilliantly acted and well written drama and has so much more potential. Series 2 was left on a cliff hanger! ITV must realise how brilliant a programme it was and that it's a terrible choice not to recommission it! To those at ITV in charge of commissioning, please change your minds and allow more series of one of your best dramas to be written!"</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What happened next went beyond anything I could have imagined!! Within hours the total was going up by hundreds and people were retweeting it all over Twitter. Not only were fans retweeting the petition, but the writers, producers, cast and crew. I was utterly gobsmacked and spent the whole of that evening on Twitter watching my petition spread around the internet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the following 2 weeks the campaign grew and grew. We've had Twitterstorms and have got #savehomefires trending. We've had media coverage, radio interviews and tons of social media coverage. The reaction i've had from people has been incredible and so many people are spending many hours working hard to get the campaign as well known as possible.<br /><br />Here are links for all media we've had so far:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/672669/ITV-cancelled-series-Home-Fires">Sunday Express</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/22/jam-sent-to-itv-in-wi-protest-over-home-fires-axing/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Telegraph</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/12/furious-home-fires-fans-launch-petition-after-itv-axes-the-show-and-leaves-it-on-a-cliffhanger-5876516/">Metro</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-05-13/the-creators-of-home-fires-on-what-would-have-happened-after-that-plane-crash">Radio Times</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-news/news/fan-delivers-home-fires-petition-with-more-than-20000-signatures-to-itv">What's on tv</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/home-fires-fans-launch-petition-and-slam-itv-for-axing-show-over-the-x-factor-a3246091.html">Evening Standard</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.sundaypost.com/in10/entertainment/home-fires-devastated-cast-crew-join-furious-viewers-upset-cancellation/">Sunday Post</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/14509778.Fans_protest_after_popular_wartime_drama_Home_Fires_is_axed/">Oxford times</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/whats-on/protestors-campaigning-save-home-fires-11368994">Chester Chronicle</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://uk.celebrity.yahoo.com/home-fires-axed-after-two-series-fans-launch-101647662.html">Yahoo</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/leisure/showbiz/14488600.Home_Fires__devastated_cast_and_crew_join_furious_viewers_who_are_upset_at_its_cancellation/">Guardian-series</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/home-fires-axed-itv-furious-7953431">Mirror</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/celeb-life/home-fires-devastated-cast-and-crew-join-furious-viewers-who-are-upset-at-its-cancellation-399133.html">Irish Examiner</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/home-fires-cast-left-shocked-as-show-is-axed-34708350.html">Belfast Telegraph</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/7144330/Furious-fans-flaming-mad-at-ITVs-sudden-axe-of-WW2-drama-Home-Fires-as-last-episode-finished-on-cliffhanger.html">The Sun Showbiz</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://cartermatt.com/206007/home-fires-canceled-itv-drama-not-returning-season-3/">CarterMatt</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/showbiz/14488600.Home_Fires__devastated_cast_and_crew_join_furious_viewers_who_are_upset_at_its_cancellation/?ref=rss">York Press</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://tvkev.co.uk/content/home-fires-keep-them-burning">TV Kev</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.anglotopia.net/british-entertainment/brit-tv/british-telly-home-fires-has-been-cancelled-help-save-it-by-signing-this-petition/">Anglotopia</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After the petition gained 20,000 signatures I printed off over 610 pages of names and hand delivered it to ITV studios in London.<br />Unfortunately the welcome was not very friendly and Adam Crozier's PA refused to come and collect the petition from me. I was directed to the deliveries building where I was told to leave it.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 30px;">As things stand today, Monday, 23rd May, we've gained over 23,000 signatures and we are fighting hard to get much more than that. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've been utterly overwhelmed and hugely touched by incredible support i've had from fellow fans as well as all those lovely people who worked on our beloved Home Fires.<br /><br />As i've been chronically ill for 14 years, tv has become an important part of my "social" life. It's what keeps me entertained, up to date and connected to the outside world, when my body isn't well enough to function normally. I'm mostly housebound and have been unable to work for 14 years. I had a very active, normal life before ME took that away from me. <br />I feel that I can't achieve very much in my life now. My body doesn't allow me to live the life that I used to dream of and i've fallen behind many of my peers who are having careers, marriages, families and busy, fulfilled lives. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So this campaign has meant more to me than most people will realise. It's been something that has spiralled beyond anything I could have imagined and it's given me something to focus on. I never thought it would do as well as it is and it's given me a real sense of achievement.<br />I've spent a lot of time tweeting from my bed or settee, i've done a radio interview in bed wearing pjs, i've struggled and suffered being driven to London and back, but it's all been worth it. Yes it's caused me exhaustion and pain, but that's quite normal to me. The thing i'm choosing to focus on is the emotional benefit i've gained from it. It's given me some self esteem back, it's helping improve my very low confidence and it's showing me that even though I may not be able to do much of what I dream of doing, it is something I am able to achieve.<br />The internet isn't always a very friendly place but the way everyone who supports this campaign has been towards myself and others, has been truly heart warming. Friendships have been made, the camaraderie is uplifting and there is a real feeling that we are doing something special and worthwhile. <br />The way that the cast and crew have responded to us viewers has been not only exciting but really meaningful to us all. Social media has that wonderful way of providing an instant relationship between actors, actresses, singers, writers etc and their audience.. and has given them the opportunity to hear genuine feedback on their performances as well as us fans being able to share our respect and admiration for their wonderful storytelling.<br />Stories have always been important to human beings. We all need to have escapism, our imaginations widened and our minds inspired and I feel that the story of Home Fires was more important than just a tv show because of that. It not only told a really important part of British history but it also gave us really believable characters that viewers could grow to love and care about. <br /><br />So this is why we'll all keep fighting for ITV (or another channel if ITV don't make the right decision) to recommission the show. The story deserves to be continued. It deserves to be completed and tied up. It deserves to finish telling the story that it was set out to do.<br />I can only thank every single person who has taken the time to sign my petition. Thank you to each and every one of you who have tweeted and shared posts on Facebook. Thank you to all who have sent jars of jam to ITV. Thank you to all who day after day make me smile because of what you are doing alongside me. Thank you to all who have said such kind things to me and made me cry with appreciation and genuine humbleness. <br />In true WI style, let's stick to what we believe in and fight these big corporations who presume to think they know best. </span></span></div>
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