I mean to say you expect this sort of thing in Texas or OZ but not in good old shields

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In Texas and OZ? Come on man.Pilot wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 4:39 pmI was having lunch downtown when the owner told us there was an ongoing robbery at Barclays bank in King street, South Shields. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/no ... e-14283456
I mean to say you expect this sort of thing in Texas or OZ but not in good old shields![]()
I would be very surprised if they are not quickly caught, there are such a lot of CCTV cameras about now and Shields is not a very big town. When I first moved to London in the early 1970's. bank and security vehicle robberies were extremely common with the weapons of choice being sawn-off shotguns. Todays big-time criminals find it less dangerous and more profitable to get involved in the d*ugs trade, though stabbings and shootings are common place at the lower level.Pilot wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 4:39 pmI was having lunch downtown when the owner told us there was an ongoing robbery at Barclays bank in King street, South Shields. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/no ... e-14283456
I mean to say you expect this sort of thing in Texas or OZ but not in good old shields![]()
You have clearly forgotten the frequency with which Mr Angry would post pictures of the lobsters that he would almost pick up daily from the rocks around our shore. I would have thought that might have impressed a man who admires them so. Ah, but that is fame - nothing lasts.
Take more than that to impress me.ralph wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:33 amYou have clearly forgotten the frequency with which Mr Angry would post pictures of the lobsters that he would almost pick up daily from the rocks around our shore. I would have thought that might have impressed a man who admires them so. Ah, but that is fame - nothing lasts.![]()
Says Shania Whipwhip wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:03 pmralph wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:33 amYou have clearly forgotten the frequency with which Mr Angry would post pictures of the lobsters that he would almost pick up daily from the rocks around our shore. I would have thought that might have impressed a man who admires them so. Ah, but that is fame - nothing lasts.
Take more than that to impress me.
Pilot wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:43 amI think £25,000 was mentioned but it was in a safty box I think and i'm sure if they are forced open the money is covered in a dye that makes it useless. It is against the law to carry a knife in the UK as far as I know, I remember when I was a Pilot apprentice in the 1960s I carried a sheath knife it had a 6 inch blade and was strapped to my belt I needed it for cutting and splicing rope, often after my 4pm to midnight watch I would walk home about 2 1/2 miles and was often stopped by the police wanting to look into my bag and they always questioned me about the knife but after I explained all was OK. I'm not sure what would happen these days.
There are always exceptions to the rules, but knife and gun crime goes on mostly within certain communities that I dare not mention for fear I may upset the sensitive.Barney wrote: ↑Sat Mar 17, 2018 5:03 pmWhen I was a lad, late '60's/early '70's, as a boy scout (22nd South Shields Brownsea Hall C Troop, begorra!), I carried a 6-inch sheath knife and a hand axe through the streets of Shields and at campsites all over the north of England. We also humped around felling axes and other lethal weapons, and it was all deemed to be normal and not a problem. Them was the days!
Pilot wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:43 amI think £25,000 was mentioned but it was in a safty box I think and i'm sure if they are forced open the money is covered in a dye that makes it useless. It is against the law to carry a knife in the UK as far as I know, I remember when I was a Pilot apprentice in the 1960s I carried a sheath knife it had a 6 inch blade and was strapped to my belt I needed it for cutting and splicing rope, often after my 4pm to midnight watch I would walk home about 2 1/2 miles and was often stopped by the police wanting to look into my bag and they always questioned me about the knife but after I explained all was OK. I'm not sure what would happen these days.
That's far too much for people to be able to take without penalty.