It’s a sign of the times when you have to persuade all your neighbours to create a neighbourhood watch scheme just to feel safe in your own home.<\/p>\n
For those of you outside the UK, i’ll explain what a neighbourhood watch scheme is:<\/p>\n
It’s where you gather as many nearby residents as possible, and hold meetings to discuss tacking crime and antisocial behaviour that’s taking place in and around your streets.<\/p>\n
Usual topics include:<\/p>\n
1)\u00a0<\/strong>Burglary, break-ins, and thieving little cunts that go around stealing speakers and opening other peoples mail.<\/p>\n 2)\u00a0<\/strong>Antisocial behaviour. This includes the playing of loud music, foul and abusive language, urinating in places other than toilets, and dumping rubbish on the floor instead of bins.<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0<\/strong>Violence and threats to harm\/kill. Often caused by excessive alcohol intake and\/or drug abuse, this is one of the hot topics at these meetings. Do you have a neighbour who gets violent when drunk or under substance abuse? Ever had somebody threaten to smash your head in, or kill you?<\/p>\n So, with these problems now beginning to affect the idylic, peaceful, and tranquil Barrow-in-Furness, it was time for some of the leading, well respected members of the community to call a meeting to discuss how to tackle and eradicate these issues asap.<\/p>\n And who better to host the meeting, than Barrow’s 2015 ‘Neighbour of the Year’ winner, Mr Christopher While.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t