Hahah
It was still a bit mean of me, but she'd instilled me with such fear.
She used to say "Don't touch James. He's infectious" and I'd say "You mean Bumpy? He only plays with the naughty kids anyway." And she'd say "They're naughty for calling him that. Don't call him that. And don't play with him."
His parents used to leave him in the street then go out to shoplift.
The men from the mobile shop used to let him sit in there and get warm.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 12:30, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Classic Liverpool

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 12:31, Reply)

aww it's like you lived during the blitz or something
but I guess it's just Liverpool.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 12:33, Reply)

To be fair, even the miscreants on our estate saw the Bumpy situation as extreme
and they called Social Services all the time. Nothing seemed to happen.
Then they won 50 grand on the bingo and moved to Blackpool.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 12:35, Reply)

And I'd have LOVED the Blitz.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 12:36, Reply)

I don't think it's EXACTLY like Goodnight Sweetheart

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 12:50, Reply)

:(

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 13:19, Reply)

But then ...
if one kid gets chicken pox, all the parents want their child to play with them. Swings and roundabouts.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 12:34, Reply)