Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
oh well that's alright then, phew! and if they choose to carry knives with them that's alright then too....
did anyone else see the fracas at country fair yesterday?
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Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
It's just good advice, steer clear of that area towards the end of the event. Why look for trouble? I don't think any trouble is good but there's no point in being all sensationalist either. Also I was told that reports of a stabbing may not be true, apparently there were rumours of stabbings, shootings etc that didn't actually happen.
Yup the 'all gold chains and no brains' culture as derided by Trevor Phillips.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
So in the history of the world only in Brixton is there ever potential trouble near a music stage or fairground as night sets in? C'mon! As a suburban teenager nearly 40 years ago I knew that young men might get into fights in such a situation. Luckily knives hadn't been invented then and the neologism 'stabbing' was hardly known in the general population so life was completely safe. Gangs didn't exist either.
Agree with Mrs M to be fair. These are kids in the main, most of whom: (A) look bloody silly with yellow accessories and (B)looked terrified enough to dispel any serious concerns about feral youth and dangerous gangs.
It's sad that it's come to this, but the Country Show's become the equivalent of the park day when all the local schools gather to have a fight with each other. And in an atmosphere of heightened tension and kids trying to show off, it can be a chupsty area best avoided.
I saw a bit of the action on Sat fwiw, a grouping swiftly broken up by a horce charge. The amount of gossip afterwards was a little much - some people were apparently claiming a shooting in the Hootahob. Which was news to everyone drinking there and the staff.
It's sad that it's come to this, but the Country Show's become the equivalent of the park day when all the local schools gather to have a fight with each other. And in an atmosphere of heightened tension and kids trying to show off, it can be a chupsty area best avoided.
I saw a bit of the action on Sat fwiw, a grouping swiftly broken up by a horce charge. The amount of gossip afterwards was a little much - some people were apparently claiming a shooting in the Hootahob. Which was news to everyone drinking there and the staff.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Yep, absolutely.
In my small town it was almost tradtional for the local hard cases to have a few beers on the Saturday night of the Fair and look for a bit of action - usually with the people working on the Fair itself.
Lots of running around and whatnot.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Well I asked the copper, at about 6pm on the Saturday, who was standing by a large cordoned off area right by the main arena why it was cordoned off and he told me someone had been stabbed and it was now a crime scene. Maybe they initially thought someone had been stabbed and they hadn't, but you can see where the rumour came from!
(no idea where the Hobgoblin rumour came from though - apart from Playghirl's post on here).
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
Our next-door-neighbour's 19-year-old son got jumped at the street party yesterday by a gang from one of the estates. He was yards from his house at the time, and luckily there were loads of his friends and family nearby who managed to intervene before he got seriously battered. He's not a "bad boy", btw, as another neighbour remarked.
Over-tired and over-excited, or out of control?
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Bloody hell, not good at all, Ms T.
Mind you I was referring specifically to unpleasantness near the fairground at the end of the show rather than anything happening anywhere else. I'm struggling to remember a year when there wasn't trouble by the fair.
Mind you I was referring specifically to unpleasantness near the fairground at the end of the show rather than anything happening anywhere else. I'm struggling to remember a year when there wasn't trouble by the fair.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
On the positive side, the police arrived in a flash.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
So The Standard are lying again. I read today in The Standard that the Romans invented the knife
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I heard about it as well from someone who doesn't post on here, although she said "shots were fired" rather than "someone was shot"
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I do think people should keep things in perspective though. We probably live more safely in the UK now, whether in the inner-city or remote hamlet than in any other time in history.
Yeah, I agree. When people say how much less knife crime there was 50 years ago, I suggest they go and read Brighton Rock.
But there was less violent crime 50 years ago on most fronts - domestic violence perhaps the notable exception. Brighton Rock is a good novel (and film) but it doesn't amount to statistical data.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
I think society is certainly safer from the old causes of crime - namely poverty, but yoof crime isn't as poverty-centric and I'm not convinced people in that section of society are less exposed to crime. Especially in cities.
19sixtysix
Bring me sunshine
Err. Glasgow had a wee problem a while back with Razor gangs. There's noubt new at all.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk
I believe it went on in the 50's as well.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Well done. Let's see if 19sixtysix catches up too.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Blimey! Do keep up! Of course I was taking the piss. I didn't think I could get it dripping with any more sarcasm than it was already.
