By Jim Symcox on Mar 1, 2009 in Manchester, Manchester Crime | 1 Comment
I walked out of the door into a lovely morning. and I noticed a chunk of concrete down by one of the cars. It was about 8 inches by 6 inches and I looked up at the house to try and see whether it had fallen from somewhere. Nothing. Then I walked to the top [...]
By Jim Symcox on Jan 7, 2009 in Manchester, Manchester Crime | 3 Comments
Kay, my wife was woken about 4:00am in the morning by a noise. She didn’t know what it was so went downstairs to check in the sitting room and kitchen. She looked around and saw nothing. Then she came back upstairs to bed and noticed that 3 fence panels from our drive had been taken [...]
By Jim Symcox on Sep 5, 2008 in Manchester Bloggers, Manchester Congestion Charge, Manchester Crime | 0 Comments
Copper thieves broke into the Heaton Park sub-station, about 150 yards from where we live and stole the copper neutral bars on Wednesday last week. Unfortunately even though they must have made a noise kicking one of the grills in no one was around because of the football match. Electricity Spikes Start Happening Around 9pm I [...]
By Jim Symcox on Nov 18, 2007 in Manchester Crime | 3 Comments
It’s funny, you think you live in a relatively crime free area. The suddenly…WHAM! You get stuff stolen and children threatened and beaten up. It started when my brand new Walkman mobile went walkies by itself from the house. Hmm… Then the eldest child (EC) borrowed my brand new replacement phone and unbeknownst to me [...]