There was an incident at Easton Leisure Centre - must have been yesterday. When I went to the gym earlier, one of the entrance doors was cordoned off with yellow 'crime scene' tape and so was the front of the vending machines and the door to the soft play area inside. No idea what happened though.
Stapleton Road - the most dangerous road in Britain
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Geri said:
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bristol_citizen
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I went to Stapleton Road.
I went to Stapleton Road the other day. It was one of the most scary experiences I have been in. I wanted to go to one of the hair and beauty shops and as I drove up the street there were gangs of men shoting at me in my car. I was in two minds about if to stop, so I found a parking space right near the shop so I wouldn't have to walk far and as I got out everybody looed at me as if they had a bad attitude. Maybe I stuck out as I was the only white person there, but it was as if they were all giving me dirty looks and a woman pushed into me as she walked past. I got into the shop and I kept thinking they were going to lock me in and stab me or something. I felt that if I were in any danger the police wouldn't have come. I thought that police community officers were supposed to be involved in places like this? Or are they too scared to even be there? It looks lawless. They have a web site to help get business in the area, but I don't know if I will go back if nothing is done about these antisocial people.
I went to Stapleton Road the other day. It was one of the most scary experiences I have been in. I wanted to go to one of the hair and beauty shops and as I drove up the street there were gangs of men shoting at me in my car. I was in two minds about if to stop, so I found a parking space right near the shop so I wouldn't have to walk far and as I got out everybody looed at me as if they had a bad attitude. Maybe I stuck out as I was the only white person there, but it was as if they were all giving me dirty looks and a woman pushed into me as she walked past. I got into the shop and I kept thinking they were going to lock me in and stab me or something. I felt that if I were in any danger the police wouldn't have come. I thought that police community officers were supposed to be involved in places like this? Or are they too scared to even be there? It looks lawless. They have a web site to help get business in the area, but I don't know if I will go back if nothing is done about these antisocial people.
Mrs Magpie
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Geri
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What a load of crap.
I was shaking as I got into my car. It didn't feel safe at all. It's a shame as I would have liked to have spent ages looking around the shops as they look interesting. They need to get all the drug dealing yardies and pimps out of this country and leave the people who just want to work and live a normal life. I felt a bit sorry for some of the shop keepers. It was one place in the corner, not sure if it was a cafe where a lot of the men who shouted at me were hanging about.
Not sure if I was mad going there in the first place? I want to go back as I like the shops. Was I making a big deal out of nothing? It did feel quite dangerous.
I've never read this board before so as far as I was concerned it was a new post, as it appeared during a google search. When I got home from Stapleton Road I was wondering if anybody else had the same experience as me so looked on the internet. I didn't know if I had been crazy to go there alone as a woman.
Not sure if I was mad going there in the first place? I want to go back as I like the shops. Was I making a big deal out of nothing? It did feel quite dangerous.
I've never read this board before so as far as I was concerned it was a new post, as it appeared during a google search. When I got home from Stapleton Road I was wondering if anybody else had the same experience as me so looked on the internet. I didn't know if I had been crazy to go there alone as a woman.
I don't know what a troll is, but if you do a google search for Stapleton Road, this board comes up and I just found it. I was thinking of going back to the hair and beauty shop as I was too scared to stay in it because of all the groups of men standing around outside and I didn't know if the internet would tell me it's safe. I just felt that if I had been attacked, that no police would have come as it seemed lawless. I didn't know if I had made a big deal out of nothing and the people weren't as threatening as they seemed. As a woman alone, some places can seem threatening.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
What time of day was it ?
By the Zebra crossing. I was so worried that I didn't pay much attention to details but it's sort of near a corner to a small street on the same side as a big shop that sells wigs. I think there's a car place on the other side of the small street. I didn't know why they were shouting at me or if it was threatening or if I was making a big deal out of nothing?
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Sounds like a panic attack to me.
Are you prone to anxiety ?
Are you prone to anxiety ?
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I agree with you - but do you live in the area? - (edit- ah, just read your post above, you don't). Sometimes an area you don't know and where you feel that you stick out will make you feel that way.
But yes it's a very strong sense of danger. I remember going on an urban walk a couple of years ago somewhere in London, and the place just felt threatening - BNP land or something. Even the kids were eyeing us up, not very nice.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Not my favourite part of town but not dangerous until night time.
I think your perceptions were off.
Further into Easton it's lovely and friendly.
I think your perceptions were off.
Further into Easton it's lovely and friendly.
I live quite far away and had to go into Bristol for something. Somebody told me they bought something from Stapleton Road so I wanted the same but I didn't buy it because of the people looking at me in a strange way and I didn't know what they would do. I asked a bus driver how to get there a while ago and he said that at night drug dealers shoot each other there, so I might have been paranoid, but I thought that he might have been exaggerating so I went there anyway. I remember ages ago my friend had to drive to Bristol, so I asked him to drive through St Pauls and go past the notorious Black and White cafe to see what it was like and he had to stop at traffic lights, then these men started coming up to the car so I'm glad he could drive away and maybe feelings of this made me have the same feelings in Stapleton Road.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Is the Black and White still there ?
Not a good place to be at night.
Stapleton Road's a friendly, busy shopping area during the day. No problem at all. There's the best wet fish shop in Bristol at the end.
The prostitutes hang around Warwick road later on (round the back - towards the M32.) I get a bit nervous cycling through there at night if I need to cross the motorway. Some evenings cycling home I pass one or two on my bike near the mosque / Robertson road - presumably advertising for later ?
I have to confess I find it a bit spooky near the railway bridge, but 100 yards to the south east and you're on St. Marks road / Easton which has friendly pubs and cafes.
Not a good place to be at night.
Stapleton Road's a friendly, busy shopping area during the day. No problem at all. There's the best wet fish shop in Bristol at the end.
The prostitutes hang around Warwick road later on (round the back - towards the M32.) I get a bit nervous cycling through there at night if I need to cross the motorway. Some evenings cycling home I pass one or two on my bike near the mosque / Robertson road - presumably advertising for later ?
I have to confess I find it a bit spooky near the railway bridge, but 100 yards to the south east and you're on St. Marks road / Easton which has friendly pubs and cafes.
That's what this poster is about, the stuff about being shot at is sheer bollocks.
Troll.
Ignore.
That's what this poster is about? That's a bit rude. Do you think that they should stay in this country then? I was only going by what the bus driver told me about drug dealers shooting each other at night. It looks like a good shopping place but I wasn't sure if the gangs of men who were shouting at me were in some kind of drug dealing gang or were pimps or something. They might have been just men our enjoying themselves and nothing to do with that, but after what I had been told I wasn't sure. You try being a woman alone in a strange place and having people make you feel nervous.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
"gangs of men shouting at you" ?
Not very discrete if they were pimps or drug dealers
Not very discrete if they were pimps or drug dealers
Oh well, you must be very unlucky then, I go shopping on Stapleton Road about 2/3 times a week, both sides, without seeing any of what you describe ..... you visit once & it turns into downtown Beirut.......
Yeah, right.....
