All day on the radio they have been talking about overnight thefts of copper cables from Network Rail and BT telecommunication infrastructures.
Then I get home, open the local paper, and in the last 7 days, in my sleepy north Essex village:
- the lead has been stripped from the church
- the cricket pavilion has been raided and had the hot water cylinder stolen
- the water pipes from the football club changing rooms have been nicked
- the croquet club has been ransacked and they even took the metal f***ing hoops!
Its getting ridiculous. The village football team have chucked in the towel and told their league that they cannot fulfil their home fixtures as they can no longer offer visiting teams and officials shower facilities. So that's the end of that.
Really sad, in my view.
Then I get home, open the local paper, and in the last 7 days, in my sleepy north Essex village:
- the lead has been stripped from the church
- the cricket pavilion has been raided and had the hot water cylinder stolen
- the water pipes from the football club changing rooms have been nicked
- the croquet club has been ransacked and they even took the metal f***ing hoops!
Its getting ridiculous. The village football team have chucked in the towel and told their league that they cannot fulfil their home fixtures as they can no longer offer visiting teams and officials shower facilities. So that's the end of that.
Really sad, in my view.
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