Priorities

I don't "need" another computer and I don't need software until I go freelance - what I really need right now is money to fix my house ;(

Almost very window has been smashed and my parents are tired of replacing them - we can't afford to anymore - we've been boarding them up and it looks a wreck

I live in a nice neighborhood - some people from Stoke even think it's posh! O_O

We're on the main road of the village and there used to be so many shops but now we're one of the only ones left. There used to be a grocers, a sweetshop, a bakery, an off-licence and even an ice-cream shop! Those are all gone now - they started to close one by one when the ASDA supermarket opened in 1990. The first one to go was the ice-cream shop ;-;

It's a pretty long road and the shops were spread out pretty evenly, but most of the shops are at the far end now and we're at the other end. There's a little sandwich shop and a tv repair shop that keeps us company.

The off-licence closed after they had a smash-and-grab and a load of their expensive bottles we're stolen. They used to have a really big window but it's been boarded up.

It's a quiet village so why was this happening?

Wilmot Drive - look it up. I even remember reading in the Sun a few years ago about it because it's so notorious. It's over a mile away from where I live and it's a horrible place - I've done deliveries there and you don't want to get caught there alone after dark =X

There was a large incident at the village youth centre a few months ago - i think i mentioned this before at the bbs. They had been causing trouble for several weeks - including our shop. They even smashed the window of the nice home-furnishing shop that always had a pretty window display - they used to have pretty cushions and curtains and stuff.

Anyway, the gang of youths decided to fight against the police and police dogs... are they complete idiots? A number of them were arrested and it turned out they all came from around Wilmot Drive. They come to cause trouble in our village because they have policemen patrolling their streets!

We need police patrols too! When we call the police they turn up hours later or don't even come out at all! One time we called the police and after about an hour they called us back and asked if there was still any trouble!! They didn't want to come down if the trouble makers had already gone! W.T.F!

There needs to be tougher laws on anti-social behaviour! Lock them all up!

We haven't had much trouble in the past two months - maybe the police have got it under control now? Could we replace the windows now without fear of getting them smashed in the same week?

It will cost from £1000 to over £3000 to get all the windows replaced...