My Old Local........ a Hive of Scum and villany
During the 10 odd years i drank in this pub i witnessed all sorts of crimes from the usual dealing of class A narcotics to people getting a good hiding to someone getting striped (which still ranks up there as one of the worst things ive witnessed).

But by far the Boldest event happened one sunday afternoon when the footie was on. The Pub was heaving with people watching the game when bold as brass the 2 brothers from the "mental/criminal" family, that every pub like this seems to harbour, pulled up to the side doors in a Van and without saying anything walked in with a sack barrow unplugged the quizz machine (whilest someone was playing it) and wheeled it out of the pub, into the van and off.

5 minutes later the landlord came back into the bar and flipped out. Cue 30 blokes doing the worst "wow, i didnt even notice that/ What happened there" faces.

Fastforward an hour and the Police turn up, and althou they knew that we had all seen it and knew who it was (most of the robberys and drugs realated crime in the area was down to this family) no one in the right mind was going to grass them up as you can be sure that you would get away with a knee capping at best.

Shockingley that crime never got solved.

But kept us amused for a while.
( caffeinefreak, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 10:05, 2 replies)

I am
a naive country girl. What does being striped mean?
(jennymnemonic, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 10:06, closed)

When some nice chap....
slices open your face with a razor or knife. Leaving a sizeable scar that looks like a stripe.

(in the above incedent that unfortunate bloke needed 30 odd sitches and it left a hidious "stripe")
( caffeinefreak, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 10:13, closed)