Purley? Say no more. Know what I mean, Sir?

80s feel eh? I hadn’t realised you are that old but I was aware the area is big on mobility scooter racing.

unfortunatly the car bashing thing is pretty common.
Had my daughters car window put in at night, parked outside mine.
Think the police are totally demotivated, shackled & undermined.

I live less than 5 minutes from BJ. Beckenham is a nice area however I avoid it on Friday and Saturday night as all the idiots from Penge / Lewisham / Downham etc come in for a night out.

Groups of young men swaggering around, narrow pavements and then spotting your rivals from another area, do the maths.

The worst bit is actually on the bridge because you have a takeaway 2 or 3 pubs and nightclubs so lots of people milling about and like I said a narrow pavement. The rest of the week is fine it is a very middle class area.

In the last 20 odd years there have been at least 3 fatal stabbings in this 20 yard area.

The locals have tried to close down the night clubs but the police are not interested they know that is where the trouble will be so can manage it. I suppose if it was spread out a bit more they might have to do a bit more work. We used to have a paddy wagon full of cops parked on the corner of the junction and that certainly stopped the trouble but I guess they are now too busy checking their pronouns.

PS
I have been away so I missed this story don't know any details or what time of day it happened.

Edited by Badger11 (30 Apr 2022 7.56am)

5.20 am

Phew, I was so nearly there then too……