Those caught up in the violence have spoken of the night of terror ending nearly 30 years of a regular auction which raised thousands of pounds for charities such as Cancer Research UK and the baby care unit at the nearby Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital.
North East Lincolnshire Council South ward councillor Norma Lincoln said it was the worst violence she had witnessed on the estate in more than 18 years.
The venue, which she hires out to charity and community groups, will now be closed for at least a fortnight.
Comments are, umm,
interesting:
by nunnygirl93
“people need to remember there are 2 sides to every story! them kids wernt rioting! and there is a lot more to this story they wasnt attacking the cars either! and maybe if there was somewere for these kids to go they wudnt be on the streets!”
Ahhh, the familiar old refrain!
by nunnygirl93
“there was a fight between 2 lasses one of the lasses lost so she got the lady's eldest son he then hit a young girl and slung her onto a car bonnet all im saying is there is a lot more to what happened... and the lady went to hit 1 of the teens...which is how she ended up being pushed! all im saying is there is a lot more to what happened it wasnt a riot far from it and maybe if the police spent more time keeping the peace than winding the residents up it wouldnt have got that bad”
*crosses another Northern location off the 'might visit one day' list*
*crosses another Northern location off the 'might visit one day' list*
ReplyDeleteThe whole of the UK has been crossed off of our visit list and my wife has family in Manchester.
I gather that there was, in the view of nunnygirl, more to the story than was reported in the newspaper. Tragically I am unable to discern from her account what exactly that may have been. However I do suspect that nunnygirl may have been one of the pugilistic 'lasses'.
ReplyDeleteChildren always have somewhere to go, it's the place I spent a lot of time in when I was a child. It's called home.
ReplyDelete"The whole of the UK has been crossed off of our visit list and my wife has family in Manchester."
ReplyDelete*gulp*
"However I do suspect that nunnygirl may have been one of the pugilistic 'lasses'."
I suspect you may be right...
"... it's the place I spent a lot of time in when I was a child. It's called home."
The parents fopn't want them at home!