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Aug 11 2010, 08:15 AM
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QUOTE (Hugh Saskin @ Aug 11 2010, 08:49 AM) Probably safer to move to Swindon where, so I've been told, there's virtually no crime at all... I'd prefer it if you moved to Helmland. I've heard you would be popular with the locals.
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Aug 11 2010, 08:43 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Aug 11 2010, 09:15 AM) I'd prefer it if you moved to Helmland. I've heard you would be popular with the locals. Was that really neccessary?
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Aug 11 2010, 08:44 AM
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QUOTE (Hugh Saskin @ Aug 11 2010, 08:49 AM) Probably safer to move to Swindon where, so I've been told, there's virtually no crime at all... Perhaps crims view Newbury as a soft touch; an easy target.
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Aug 11 2010, 08:45 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Aug 11 2010, 09:15 AM) I'd prefer it if you moved to Helmland. I've heard you would be popular with the locals. I think he thought, as do I, that Hugh Saskin was being sarcastic.
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Aug 11 2010, 10:35 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Aug 11 2010, 08:23 AM) Perhaps it is advisable that one shouldn't wander alone at night in Newbury? Well, I wouldn't these days, particularly in the town centre. Newbury has really gone downhill in recent years. PS: in another post, it took me a while to work out where "Helmland" was supposed to be. Not very nice.
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Aug 11 2010, 12:28 PM
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QUOTE (admin @ Aug 11 2010, 11:52 AM) Lets keep away from the personal stuff please. The forum has been full of interesting, informed and grown up debate in the last few weeks in particular. Let's try and keep it that way. Well said!
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Aug 12 2010, 02:36 PM
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QUOTE (eternalriver @ Aug 12 2010, 10:31 AM) Text message converstion between my wife and I at about 7:15pm last night whilst waiting at Newbury train station for a train home (verbatim)
Wife: "Some yob just asked me for money - I said no and then he asked me if I have any credit for him to use my phone" Me: "What is it with Newbury and its chav begging scumbags?" Wife: "I always feel like I'm going to get mugged or beaten up at Newbury station. I hate it" Me: "I think you should drive in then"
I work in Reading and visit Newbury a few times a month (I now live in Wiltshire) and I've been asked to hand over more 50p / £1 coins "to use the phone" and "for a cup of tea" MORE times than I've been asked in Reading.
What will it take to tackle this definitely growing problem? The perception is the police will / can not do much so what about a broken jaw to one or more of these rodents? I'm sure it won't be long before someone snaps and takes matters into their own hands! If someone just asking for 50p makes you snap and want to break someone's jaw you need to get some help.
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Aug 12 2010, 04:38 PM
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QUOTE (Hugh Saskin @ Aug 11 2010, 08:49 AM) Probably safer to move to Swindon where, so I've been told, there's virtually no crime at all... You are joking; I grew up in Swindon and my daughter is currently working there. It is not a case of 'no crime in Swindon' but a case of the people giving up reporting it as nothing is ever done.
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Aug 12 2010, 07:06 PM
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QUOTE (Jayjay @ Aug 12 2010, 03:36 PM) If someone just asking for 50p makes you snap and want to break someone's jaw you need to get some help. You're probably right, perhaps I do. I was brought up to earn money not ask random people in the street for it - my parents have a lot to answer for!
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Aug 12 2010, 07:11 PM
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QUOTE (Jayjay @ Aug 12 2010, 03:36 PM) If someone just asking for 50p makes you snap and want to break someone's jaw you need to get some help. Perhaps BUT. Its rather like the street mucisian playing at Picadilly Tube Station - very nice BUT do we need the amplification so loud that it hurts your ears? Same with the 'spare 50p guv' no issue BUT do we need the laying across the pavement festooned in rubbish. Or the sitting about being agressive. That one broken window starts the rot syndrome - lets clean the town up. Today, no one in the country needs to live in abject poverty or 'on the street' - its a personal choice. Harsh but true.
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