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Tributes to tragic track death teen
10:25am Friday 16th November 2007
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TRIBUTES are being left at the scene where a 17-year-old student was electrocuted as she crossed a railway track at Gravesend station.
Charlotte Sykes was killed as she tried to cross the track last Friday (November 9) at around 11.20pm.
The Bexley College student was with two friends when she either tripped over or stood on the 750 volt live rail.
Fire, police and ambulance crews attended the scene but Charlotte, a former pupil at Blackfen School for Girls, could not be saved.
Many tributes to Charlotte have been left at the scene, including: "To our special daughter Charlotte, always in our hearts and thoughts, my princess. Love Mum, Forever sweet dreams."
And: "You'll always be in our hearts forever and will be missed."
Mary Gough, who taught Charlotte at Blackfen School, said: "I was very lucky to have the privilege of being Charlotte's head of year for three years.
"Charlotte was a popular, happy and well liked pupil who gained eight well deserved GCSEs at the end of Year 11 and stayed on at Blackfen in Year 12 until February 2007.
"Charlotte will be greatly missed by the staff at Blackfen and by her many friends still at the school."
- Did you know Charlotte? Leave your tributes below or call the newsroom on 01689 885 703.
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lindajane1987, Welling, Kent says...
11:15am Thu 15 Nov 07
tasha, sidcup says...
12:21pm Thu 15 Nov 07
annonmous, Gravesend says...
2:10pm Thu 15 Nov 07
jury, says...
2:17pm Thu 15 Nov 07
anon, Bexley says...
3:40pm Thu 15 Nov 07
Sweet Dreams Babe xx
Anon, Orpington says...
5:10pm Thu 15 Nov 07
Emily, Bexley says...
6:08pm Thu 15 Nov 07
Ill Allways Remeba U In Form Wid Hogg Lol Love U Hun xx(f)
Katie Ashworth, says...
6:23pm Thu 15 Nov 07
I'm so devastated that you've gone baby, I can't get over that I'm never going to see your sweet little face again. I love you & will miss you so much, my brave little Charlotte. You truely was an angel.
ollie, bexley says...
9:35pm Thu 15 Nov 07
me, g\'send says...
9:52pm Thu 15 Nov 07
Shabrina, Blackfen says...
9:56pm Thu 15 Nov 07
Kirsty, Tottenham says...
10:05pm Thu 15 Nov 07
Robert and Ladyfriend, Gravesend says...
12:36am Fri 16 Nov 07
tasha wrote:Yes it's very easy to condemn? Who of us has absentmindedly tried to cross a road? Only to be reminded by the near miss or screech of brakes, that "There for the Grace of God goes I?"
my thoughts are with the girls family but i must add thats what happens when you behave irresponsibly. that was stupid of someone, especially a 17 year old who should know better to walk over a railway knowing the dangers of it! unfortunatly she paid the price. this tragedy could have easily been avoided if more young people would have more common sense
My ladyfriend and myself are a mature couple that are both involved in risky professions. She is a nurse and I work on the water. How many times we've probabably taken risks? Life is a lottery!! Don't be too harsh on this poor hapless young lady!! Because it could still happen to you? "Give a little? Please?"
I'm 45 and a perpetual "Peter Pan". "The Boy Who Never Grew Up!!" When it comes to my competitive sailing. I sometimes take uncalculated risks and its in my own hands?
We both didn't know the "Little Lady" but our hearts go out to her and her family. Such a sad and tragic loss! But we don't condemn because we are all vulnerable to the the lottery of risk and luck?
As Buddhists and fatalists all we can say is "Be Still" ****
Joanne, welling says...
6:15am Fri 16 Nov 07
Georgie, welling says...
12:04pm Fri 16 Nov 07
Sarah Lane, Lee says...
12:11pm Fri 16 Nov 07
jd, bromley says...
12:41pm Fri 16 Nov 07
Robert and Ladyfriend wrote:As Buddhists and fatalists all we can say is "Be Still" ****
tasha wrote: my thoughts are with the girls family but i must add thats what happens when you behave irresponsibly. that was stupid of someone, especially a 17 year old who should know better to walk over a railway knowing the dangers of it! unfortunatly she paid the price. this tragedy could have easily been avoided if more young people would have more common senseYes it\'s very easy to condemn? Who of us has absentmindedly tried to cross a road? Only to be reminded by the near miss or screech of brakes, that \"There for the Grace of God goes I?\" My ladyfriend and myself are a mature couple that are both involved in risky professions. She is a nurse and I work on the water. How many times we\'ve probabably taken risks? Life is a lottery!! Don\'t be too harsh on this poor hapless young lady!! Because it could still happen to you? \"Give a little? Please?\" I\'m 45 and a perpetual \"Peter Pan\". \"The Boy Who Never Grew Up!!\" When it comes to my competitive sailing. I sometimes take uncalculated risks and its in my own hands? We both didn\'t know the \"Little Lady\" but our hearts go out to her and her family. Such a sad and tragic loss! But we don\'t condemn because we are all vulnerable to the the lottery of risk and luck? As Buddhists and fatalists all we can say is \"Be Still\" ****
and dont play on the railway!!!!
Sophie, Welling says...
1:06pm Fri 16 Nov 07
i met you fru tom and u was such a laugh can't belive your gone
all these divs who are saying it was silly for u to cross the line! noone nos the full story not even the papers!
if u cant say anything nice then dont say it at all
Charlotte you will always be in my heart--your with the angels now and ino your looking down on us all
She might have a good reason for crossing the track NOONE NOS !
please people stop saying shes silly and irresponsable! show some respect!
love you charlotte <3
Sam, Bexley says...
1:14pm Fri 16 Nov 07
RIP Charlotte and love and hugs to all family and friends xx
Leanne, Sidcup says...
1:35pm Fri 16 Nov 07
Rob Brown, Crayford says...
1:35pm Fri 16 Nov 07
chelsea, sidcup says...
1:51pm Fri 16 Nov 07
Carla, North Lincolnshire says...
2:20pm Fri 16 Nov 07
A Mum, says...
3:33pm Fri 16 Nov 07
We lost someone we care about in the same sort of way, although he wasnt crossing the railway line, he fell onto it in a compleat accident.
The storys that went around were heartbreaking and people judged - it made it so much harder for his family and friends.
My thoughts are with Charlottes family at this sad time. xxx
Charlotte, Sidcup says...
4:13pm Fri 16 Nov 07
Emily, Blackfen says...
4:28pm Fri 16 Nov 07
james last, kent says...
7:48pm Fri 16 Nov 07
Was she drunk, 17 years old, on a railway line, Alcopops takeS another victim,
RIP
katie, Bheath says...
7:54pm Fri 16 Nov 07
my thoughts are with the girls family but i must add thats what happens when you behave irresponsibly. that was stupid of someone, especially a 17 year old who should know better to walk over a railway knowing the dangers of it! unfortunatly she paid the price. this tragedy could have easily been avoided if more young people would have more common sense
my thoughts are with the girls family but i must add thats what happens when you behave irresponsibly. that was stupid of someone, especially a 17 year old who should know better to walk over a railway knowing the dangers of it! unfortunatly she paid the price. this tragedy could have easily been avoided if more young people would have more common sense Do you not think the family r grieving enough without all use leaving nasty messages she was tipsy it was an accident ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, the same as what is a 17 year old girl doing at a station at 11.20 MAYBE GETTIN A TRAIN HOME she is 17 not 7 growing up going out with her mates, if u aint here to leave ur repects then go away! have some bloody respect for all her family & friends! rip hunny x x x x
daisy, london says...
10:14pm Fri 16 Nov 07
charlotte we all miss you so much its unbelieveable,you didnt deserve a thing.
and please dont debate about stuff like people have on here. we just want to say we miss her.
rip charlotte
gone.but not forgotten.
xx
christine hands, meopham says...
10:55pm Fri 16 Nov 07
chris, says...
11:01pm Fri 16 Nov 07
God bless babe ****
charlottes mum, says...
11:04pm Fri 16 Nov 07
mark, bexley says...
11:11pm Fri 16 Nov 07
Ian Petts wood, Bromley says...
11:53pm Fri 16 Nov 07
all the best ... Ian
A Mum, says...
12:00am Sat 17 Nov 07
My heart goes out to you. No one can begin to imagine what you are going through.
Sending you my love - From one Mother to another ****
L, says...
12:44am Sat 17 Nov 07
Rhys, eltham says...
1:04am Sat 17 Nov 07
from a mother xx, kent says...
8:52am Sat 17 Nov 07
Jan and Ken, london says...
12:12pm Sat 17 Nov 07
Amy, Plumstead says...
12:42pm Sat 17 Nov 07
mum to a mum, sidcup says...
12:50pm Sat 17 Nov 07
so sorry for your very sad lost of your of your little baby girl my heart and my thoughts go to you and your family at this very sad time in life , love to you and your famliy and nun night little one and sleep tight watch over your love ones comfort them day and night xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MUM TO A MUM, SIDCUP says...
1:18pm Sat 17 Nov 07
there is a lovely web site for the lost of love one www.gonetoosoon.co.u
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maybe a family and friends would like to remember and pay tribute to charlotte x
Charlie, Woolwich says...
1:48pm Sat 17 Nov 07
L wrote:Why does every comments section after a tragedy attract the kind of comment above?
i feel sorry for the family but was a supid thing to do especially at that age she should have known better.
I mean, what do these people get from going on-line; upsetting the family and friends of the recently deceased?
Isn't there some way to track them - name them and shame them?
Just a thought.
c, says...
3:49pm Sat 17 Nov 07
Charlie wrote:everanger from people who may have expeirenced the same awfull stuff. Its also a warning to others. Its a free world remember yone is entitiled to an opion. Yes i agree with you its shamefull, but a lot of these remarks are
L wrote: i feel sorry for the family but was a supid thing to do especially at that age she should have known better.Why does every comments section after a tragedy attract the kind of comment above? I mean, what do these people get from going on-line; upsetting the family and friends of the recently deceased? Isn't there some way to track them - name them and shame them? Just a thought.
karl outram, kent says...
6:16pm Sat 17 Nov 07
casper, orpington says...
6:58pm Sat 17 Nov 07
keith, erith says...
7:34pm Sat 17 Nov 07
and it's nice to see the education system working well on here again , i cannot believe the state of the spelling and writing , from emily from bexley and sophie from welling , you need to start learning at school
PAIGE ROBERTSON, BEXLEY says...
7:40pm Sat 17 Nov 07
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Katie Ashworth, says...
7:52pm Sat 17 Nov 07
keith wrote:This is suppose to be a tribute page. I was a very close friend to Charlotte & like to look on here to read the nice things people say about my friend from people who knew & loved her when she was alive, because she was truely a very special girl.
very tragic , and it could be she was trying to get away from people who where have a go at her but if not what the bloody hell was she thinking ....and you can hardly compare it to crossong the road for a start it's LEGAL to cross the road , no dought booze has a part to play in this .. R.I.P Charlotte...... and it's nice to see the education system working well on here again , i cannot believe the state of the spelling and writing , from emily from bexley and sophie from welling , you need to start learning at school
It is not the time or the place to start debating what happend considering you (and a lot of other people that have written similar comments) did not even know her.
I'm sure many other friends of Charlotte & her family look & read these comments, so it would have been nice to keep out the harsh words & bitterness from people like you from voicing their opinion. I understand everybody has right to their own opinion but I find the tone & the content of your message rather offensive & disrespectful to the memory of my friend. (& really how is the state of the spelling relevant & also what has it got to do with you wether someone is properly educated or not?)
I'd just like to add... Nobody knows the full story as to what happend that night, it was a tragic accident that has killed a young, beautiful, loving person & this page was suppose to be used to make tributes to this girl but instead has been ridden with nasty comments from people that didn't even know her. In future if you can't say something nice then don't say anything.
But I (& I would asume Charlotte's family & other friends) appreciate all the kind comments that people have left. It really is a tragic losss & she will be forever missed.
I love you Charlotte R.I.P xxx
Pete, Bexley says...
9:19pm Sat 17 Nov 07
I felt fine in myself but when I went to talk I was literally speachless and could not speak for about five minutes.
She has always been the light and love of my life.
Now, once again I find myself speechless but in a different way.
I can talk ok but I know there will never be words to discribe the loss of my girl Charlotte ****.
I will love you forever sweetheart, thank you for all the love you gave me and others.
I know we will be together again Dearest one ****.
Thank you Sandra for the giving her to me our little angel ****
Blessings to all who have shown compassion at this time and blessings to those that have seen fit to judge our little girl
and call her stupid,I hope in my heart that you can evolve your conciousness to realise what love is and that through this alone I can forgive your foolish comments.
Thank you to all Charlotte's friends and well wishers,thank you all so very very much.
love and peace to all, Pete
Ashley Rose, Blackfen says...
9:30pm Sat 17 Nov 07
Rest in peace Charlotte. A true blackfen girl for life. :-) X
Noodles, Welling Kent says...
9:51pm Sat 17 Nov 07
Helen, Herne Bay says...
10:24pm Sat 17 Nov 07
R.I.P Charlotte xxx
Rob x, Welling says...
12:01am Sun 18 Nov 07
Cheers For being there
Rob x
Sarah, Bexley says...
9:33am Sun 18 Nov 07
My memories keep returning to the day we cooked together... rest now, Charlotte my love.
Sarah xx
Anon, Local says...
9:39am Sun 18 Nov 07
keith wrote:Please remember many people writing these messages are crying as well as grieving ... those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (Look at YOUR OWN post - 4 spelling/grammar mistakes)
very tragic , and it could be she was trying to get away from people who where have a go at her but if not what the bloody hell was she thinking ....and you can hardly compare it to crossong the road for a start it's LEGAL to cross the road , no dought booze has a part to play in this .. R.I.P Charlotte...... and it's nice to see the education system working well on here again , i cannot believe the state of the spelling and writing , from emily from bexley and sophie from welling , you need to start learning at school
Love to all who are grieving Charlottes sad passing.
ashley, sittingbourne says...
10:21am Sun 18 Nov 07
Sandy simmons, says...
10:41am Sun 18 Nov 07
My thoughts are with your family x
Jane, Erith says...
11:47am Sun 18 Nov 07
Those of you that have used this tribute site as a tool with which to debate, speculate and berate should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves and the Newshopper should remove your thoughtless and inappropriate posts at once. Charlotte's family will not want to read such things at a time when their grief is immense.
Amy Bennett, Sidcup says...
11:58am Sun 18 Nov 07
c, says...
1:42pm Sun 18 Nov 07
Anon wrote:i tottaly agree. keith you are vile and a complete moron. r.i.p charlotte ****
keith wrote: very tragic , and it could be she was trying to get away from people who where have a go at her but if not what the bloody hell was she thinking ....and you can hardly compare it to crossong the road for a start it's LEGAL to cross the road , no dought booze has a part to play in this .. R.I.P Charlotte...... and it's nice to see the education system working well on here again , i cannot believe the state of the spelling and writing , from emily from bexley and sophie from welling , you need to start learning at schoolPlease remember many people writing these messages are crying as well as grieving ... those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (Look at YOUR OWN post - 4 spelling/grammar mistakes) Love to all who are grieving Charlottes sad passing.
Simon Bull, web editor, News Shopper says...
1:44pm Sun 18 Nov 07
At times like this many people will want to offer their sympathies - while others will want to debate what has happened.
There is nothing wrong with discussing the rights and wrongs following an incident in the news but I would ask people to bear in mind the full facts are not yet known and there may be a more appropriate time for passing judgement on what might or might not have happened.
Please use this page for condolences or tributes to Charlotte and use our Forums elsewhere on the site if you want to discuss this or any other story in the news.
Thank you.
pj, london says...
2:44pm Sun 18 Nov 07
Rebecca Dower, Bexley says...
11:15am Thu 15 Nov 07