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Sorry to hear about that, Betty and Shirlton. Ooooo, those *****!!!! It must just feel so crushing. I'd like to send a donation to help replenish stocks if you give me some details. Also, I work in a security company and if you need some CCTV signs and a couple of dummy cameras, let me know (you can't have one without the other) and I'll send 'em up! Onwards and upwards, Betty, Shirl and the rest of the team affected.
So sorry, Betty, to read all this. Somehow, though, lots of good will come about, through so many people caring, offering help and joining together in putting things right again, and supporting each other. I know that you will find that uplifting, and that you'll soon get back your bounce and enthusiasm. Don't let them get you down for too long! Peanuts
Sorry to hear this girls and Tone, flip, blimey and what utter rotters, I could kick their bottoms. :P :P :P :P :P
Tony, I think it's a good idea to tell the local paper so I'll do that in the morning. As for the police, one of our plotholders found that her shed had been broken into yesterday and phoned the police just to report it and get a log number. They told her they wanted to come out at 8 pm that night! She told them that it would be dark ::) so they are coming at 10.30 this morning. When she told them about the pavilion and that nobody had been out, they said that they were only dealing with her shed and that she mustn't tell anyone they were coming!!
Sorry to hear of your problem. Your allotments to me are the epitomy of community spirit. It is so sad when a few mindless individuals spoil things. One thing to watch out for is the 'double take'. You carefully replace all the items and a couple of weeks later they come again for those as well.
hmmm..some sort of electronic cattle fencing system connected into various metal bits..like door handles start sounding very tempting ..to at least give some of their own back when/if they sould return. ::) :-X ;D..I would love to be 'fly on the wall' then.Is there any chance for arranging for odd late night 'parties' to go around now and then for next few weeks..if they only see some torch lights it might discourage them trying again in a hurry...and maybe some small lights in timer, arraged to go on and off different times..so when there is nobody with torches they might just think odd one of you is still on guard.One chap on our lottie did connect some christmas light on car battery and these were flickering in his shed... ;D..I'm living close to his lottie and I had to ring him late at night..alarmed that something odd is going off.. ;D He forgot to warn me.. ;D...but his shed breakings stopped and neighbours did take notice if his light wouldn't for some reason be on.
well I hope you bent the ears of the plod who came today, and made a note of their numbers ( on shoulder of plod uniform)they really don't give a stuff about burglaries, just interested in chasing cars and attending minor car crashes ( is it 'cos they can claim money from the car insurers? you bet it is!!)
Quote from: Squash64 on February 13, 2011, 05:25:18Tony, I think it's a good idea to tell the local paper so I'll do that in the morning. As for the police, one of our plotholders found that her shed had been broken into yesterday and phoned the police just to report it and get a log number. They told her they wanted to come out at 8 pm that night! She told them that it would be dark ::) so they are coming at 10.30 this morning. When she told them about the pavilion and that nobody had been out, they said that they were only dealing with her shed and that she mustn't tell anyone they were coming!!So she told you and you put it on here Betty!!!! ;D
I am so sorry to read about this, it leaves a horrible feeling with you.I know when our shed was broken into on a regular basis I used to feel terrible and wondered if it was all worth it. I used to feel just as though my home had been broken into.It seemed every Sunday lunchtime I would get a phone call asking me to go to the site as we had been broken into again. In the end the police suggested I contacted the Crime Prevention team which I duly did and when I had a meeting with them, on site, they suggested we had metal boxes put over the door lock/hasp/padlock. It wasn’t cheap to get done but we did do it. This has worked as our shed has never been broken into since. I must admit it is not easy for our members to gain entry if they are in a hurry but there is no way anyone can force the hasp or take bolt croppers to the padlock, so well worth a thought Betty to contact Crime Prevention.
Like everyone else I am sickened to hear about this Betty. It makes you wonder how low people can get. It really knocks your confidence in human nature and I really hope who ever has done this gets their just deserts, they deserve everything that is coming to them. >:(Think the police should have been rather more concerned than they seemed. So sorry for you all . Love and best wishes, busy_lizzie :-*
What a horrid thing to happen! ..and what a horrid thing for someone to do. I think you should start training Psycho as a Ninja warrior allotment guard! ;)