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[ronnyd]

Youngest daughter got married in Halstead[it was where son-in-law hailed from]and lived there a short while before moving about a bit depending on where he was posted[he was in the army]it seemed to me a pretty reasonable sort of place whenever I went for a visit.Son-in-law now out of army and they've settled in Braintree,can't comment on the place as I've not yet managed to get for a visit.

Take ya tin hat, bit rough night times. But that can be said of a lot of smaller towns now, sadly.

[Bigron]

I used to work as a field sevice engineer in Braintree two lifetimes ago, visiting peoples' homes.
Some of the houses I had to wipe my feet on the way OUT!

Ron.

[TheBoy]

One of wifeys teachers lives in a posh part of Sheffield. One morning the whole street awoke to find the potted plants missing from their patios. She, personally, lost two bay trees.
They’ll take owt.

No exactly theft, but Brakkers had a problem a few years ago when every few months, a load (like 100) of cars would get their tyres slashed.

The gang were eventually caught, came down from Birmingham way to do it, but only motive appeared to be pure vandalism.

[Nick W]

I used to work as a field sevice engineer in Braintree two lifetimes ago, visiting peoples' homes.
Some of the houses I had to wipe my feet on the way OUT!

Ron.

some peoples cars are like that; a seat cover is necessary to keep the mechanic clean.


Some years ago I collected a convertible with a slashed roof. Some idiot had gone down the street and slashed every roof. As this was the posh part of Faversham, that was nearly every other car. I suspect everybody else in those postcodes wondered why their next years insurance went up so much.

[aaronjb]

Youngest daughter got married in Halstead[it was where son-in-law hailed from]and lived there a short while before moving about a bit depending on where he was posted[he was in the army]it seemed to me a pretty reasonable sort of place whenever I went for a visit.Son-in-law now out of army and they've settled in Braintree,can't comment on the place as I've not yet managed to get for a visit.

Good friend of mine lives in Halstead - seems like a nice enough place whenever I go through.

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

One of the chaps at work had one full wiper, and one wiper blade pinched. Still haven't found the culprit, apparently checking the CCTV for someone with a wiper in their pocket (or just happy to see them) was too difficult...

[Rods2]

I used to work as a field sevice engineer in Braintree two lifetimes ago, visiting peoples' homes.
Some of the houses I had to wipe my feet on the way OUT!

Ron.

Look on the bright side, your pushbike doesn't have windscreen wipers so they can't be nicked. Lights and saddle are a different matter.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Youngest daughter got married in Halstead[it was where son-in-law hailed from]and lived there a short while before moving about a bit depending on where he was posted[he was in the army]it seemed to me a pretty reasonable sort of place whenever I went for a visit.Son-in-law now out of army and they've settled in Braintree,can't comment on the place as I've not yet managed to get for a visit.

Good friend of mine lives in Halstead - seems like a nice enough place whenever I go through.

Its ok much of the time, but there are some serious nutters there (including one prominent local business man who I wouldn't dare mention), and when they come out to play, usually at weekends, things can get pretty wild.