My daughter was on her hands free phone setup talking to me in her car last night, on her way home from work around 6.30pm. When she found her way blocked as she rounded a corner and came head on into this, [1080] I could hear it over the phone and it was terrifying, she was lucky to have no other car behind her and she managed to turn and get the hell out of there.
She had to go home a longer way instead of the shortcut through the estate, I could hear the unease in her voice after that, it clearly shook her, and scared the hell out of me. [2010]
What the hell is going on with the youth of today. [2110]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-63465597
no mention of any arrests. It must have been terrifying for your daughter and other innocents abroad.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the residents know who the trouble makers are but are scared to say anything in case of reprisals.
Bring back the stocks and then throw rotten fish at them.
ah, c'mon-the poor darlings are rebelling to being spanked for wetting the bed
Being serious - every time something like this happens, I am appalled at how little the police achieve in bringing the malefactors to justice.
Think of the NI snatch squads - why isn't the same being practiced?
This is a regular event in some parts of England, it's obviously spreading to Scotland. I despair.
I've never heard of the NI snatch squads. :embarrassed: but I like the sound of them.
IMO, This is what happens when the Do Gooders manage to remove discipline from parents. :sad:
Nothing new about riots we have had them for hundreds of years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_riots#:~:text=1919%20England%20riots%2C%20Liverpool%2C%20Cardif,this%20year%20in%20Cardiff%2C%20Wales
My OH grew up on that estate. It was becoming pretty feral even in the 60s.
Do we have a newcomer here ?
Long time member. Rarely posts.
'Rioters '.. just a fun day out for them.
They have nothing themselves and respect nothing belonging to others..
Raven. I am pleased that your daughter got out of there without any problems.. Poor love. She must have been scared ..
Quote from: peterv6153 on November 01, 2022, 01:06:02 PMNothing new about riots we have had them for hundreds of years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_riots#:~:text=1919%20England%20riots%2C%20Liverpool%2C%20Cardif,this%20year%20in%20Cardiff%2C%20Wales
Not in this neck of the woods. You may be used to it, but we are not. :sad:
Not riots as such but in the past there have been large scale drunken fights in the town. Smaller scale ones are regular enough to keep anybody with any sense out of town on Friday and Saturday nights.
The British these days are not really known for large scale rioting but often racial incidents drum up enough protesters for plain old criminality to take over. I suspect we will see more civil unrest the way things are going.
Aye, you could be right about that Klondike.
Quote from: Raven on November 01, 2022, 08:12:56 PMNot in this neck of the woods. You may be used to it, but we are not. :sad:
Back in the days of gangs the Kirkton Huns were feared!
Never heard of them GM, but Dundee was not a place I ever went to. I was actually quite upset when the daughter told me she was giving up her own home and going to live with him there.
Lots of Dundee is fine, just some of the schemes are not so great. Most of the nieces and nephews have moved to Broughty Ferry or Monifieth. Sister in law lives up the Law. Fabulous views!
Yes GM I like The Ferry, Regan walks the beach there with the dog on a Sunday. :check:
My mum used to have a couple of shops in Dundee that she loved, she bought an awful lot of us kids stuff there, one was called C&A but I forget the other ones name, it was very close by though. She used to take me with her and I loved going on the steam train there and back, the highlight of the trip for me was getting the ferry across the water to Tayport where we had lunch in a wee cafe and then the ferry back.
Looks like they are not going to get away with it, :yahoo: arrests have been made and more to follow. Personally I hope they really punish the nasty scunners and teach them a good hard lesson. :nooo:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-63470995
louts! Hope they get the book thrown at them
Three people charged. Three people charged? Was this a riot or a shouting match on the street? In days of yore there would have been cracked skulls and a few dozen cooling their heels in the cells overnight.
Still in this day and age getting any charged must be a big improvement on normal police successes.