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The violence and weapons used are getting worse. It seems the days of a skilled robber breaking into your home barely making a sound are gone. These days they seemingly steam in, in gangs, sometimes by smashing a patio door in and brandishing and using weapons like machetes.
It’s one of the reasons I’ve recently moved into a second floor flat; for the extra security. However, I met my neighbour just after moving in who told me not to leave anything like a bike on the balcony because robbers climbed up and stole hers last year, so even 40ft up you’re still not safe!
When my Mother was growing up in Moss Side in the late 1950s and 60s, she said people didn’t always remember to lock their doors at night as neighbours were always in-and-out of each other’s houses through the day and sometimes you’d just forget. The threat of being robbed didn’t really enter peoples’ minds.
She said by the time she left in 1974 there were prostitutes on her street at night and some very dodgy characters around all the time. People would be locking their doors during the day.
What a shame our society took that turn.
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