I had a walk around my old neighbourhood in Palmers Green yesterday evening

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Down my auntie's road. Damned if I can remember the name of it. Sandringham Road?

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Up near the cemetery, Unigate Dairy way? I lived the other side of the Brigstock Road, but my sisters went to Ecclesbourne infants.

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Originally Posted by Burney

It's odd, because in terms of casual violence at least, those were actually much more violent times. However, we're much more sensitised to the threat of violence these days and thus perceive it everywhere in a way we didn't then.

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St Georges in the East, near wapping, back in the mid 1800's ?

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I got mugged in broad daylight in Thornton Heath in 1978.

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Mugged! Who on earth dared to mug a great ugly brute like you c?

I know a fella who was so hard, when two scums tried to mug him he told them "Yeah.. I got a fair bit of cash in my wallet. If you can get it you can have it". I trust you did similar c?

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Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman

Mugged! Who on earth dared to mug a great ugly brute like you c?

I know a fella who was so hard, when two scums tried to mug him he told them "Yeah.. I got a fair bit of cash in my wallet. If you can get it you can have it". I trust you did similar c?

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Ha. I was 13, and there were several large fellows involved. To my credit, I didn't cry.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Ha. I was 13, and there were several large fellows involved. To my credit, I didn't cry.

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"Several large fellows" ya lyin' cont. One scruffy chav and his sister and you gave it up without a fight like a trembly lipped little toff.

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Originally Posted by 7sisters

St Georges in the East, near wapping, back in the mid 1800's ?

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Hawksmoor :bow: