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"It's really important to give back." 👊 💙 A special afternoon visiting Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust ahead of Christmas! #Millwall

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Millwall museum1 year ago

@LG_NHS Beautiful! 🙏

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Cara White1 year ago

@LG_NHS 😢😍

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Paradox1 year ago

@LG_NHS Go on lads 👏

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El León 🦁1 year ago

@LG_NHS Wonderful thing to do. 💙

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