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trabuquera said:
Got burgled at some time between 3 and 8am this morning due to not putting on extra deadbolts. :facepalm:. I have been really lucky - no major losses, no defecating on my stuff, weirdly they didn't take any of my cards or keys although they'd been through EVERYTHING on ground floor and scattered it about, just the laptop (which luckily didn't have anything irreplaceable on it) ... and then they left, leaving the front door to the street open. It's the last bit that freaks me out because I was upstairs asleep & alone thru the whole thing. FUCK.

So lock up your doors & windows at night good brixtonites. It doesn't matter how late you've stayed up or what nefarious things you've been doing ;) - burglars might still have a go.
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Sorry to hear that, and glad no major losses. But go easy on yourself, cos the psychological impact can last for a good while. I disturbed a burglar in my flat about 10 years, came face to face with him (me at top of stairs, him by my front door) before yelling, 'I've called the police, now get out'. The police operator told me NOT to go downstairs once he'd left, glad she did, cos he walked back in 2 minutes later :eek:. I felt really violated by the whole thing, in spite of nothing being taken and no physical harm to me. Even now, I check the door is locked 2 or 3 times a night (my son had forgotten to lock it).
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
Hope you're ok trabuquera. I'm not quite clear how they got in. I realise you didn't deadbolt lock, but was a Yale lock on at least or did they use a card or something to slide that open?
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Yale lock was on, but due to a knackered warped door, it's less than perfect and could in theory just be jiggled/knocked open without much noise or effort. Which is why I nearly always deadbolt the other 2 as well at night. But the door was definitely shut and not ajar - it would have been "interfered with" in some way to open it up.
 
gaijingirl said:
are all the shops still closed (and going to remain so?) do you know? Was hoping to hit the toy shop today. i imagine they'll be out for ages given what I saw down there yesterday - but you never know.
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No chance the toy shop will be open mate
 
Fingers said:
Hearing the Half Moon is that badly damaged it is going to be closed for a month. Just when they had got it looking nice again :-(
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I hope all their wooden panelling and stuff is ok. In this day and age where pub interiors are constantly being ripped out for no good reason.
 
trabuquera said:
Got burgled at some time between 3 and 8am this morning due to not putting on extra deadbolts. :facepalm:. I have been really lucky - no major losses, no defecating on my stuff, weirdly they didn't take any of my cards or keys although they'd been through EVERYTHING on ground floor and scattered it about, just the laptop (which luckily didn't have anything irreplaceable on it) ... and then they left, leaving the front door to the street open. It's the last bit that freaks me out because I was upstairs asleep & alone thru the whole thing. FUCK.

So lock up your doors & windows at night good brixtonites. It doesn't matter how late you've stayed up or what nefarious things you've been doing ;) - burglars might still have a go.
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Sorry to hear that. It's the hassle more than anything, I reckon. Although in my case that has been exacerbated by my replacement pc not working :mad:. Plod said chancers are literally walking in behind people when they open their front doors at the moment. Anyway, glad they took nowt else from you.
 
RubyToogood said:
I hope all their wooden panelling and stuff is ok. In this day and age where pub interiors are constantly being ripped out for no good reason.
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apparently so, the estimation has now come down to two weeks according to the landlord when he was in the commercial last night
 
A little feature for y'all. Anyone walked down this back alley?

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More info:
Little known Lambeth: Poplar Walk Passage near Loughborough Junction
 
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