Good to see that the true spirit of Britishness is evident in this case. I don’t agree with much of what Cllr. Eileen Sandford has said in these pages in the past, but my congratulations to her for this effort. No-one who daubs this kind of filth on people’s houses derserves to call themselves British. My parents’ generation fought a war against Naziism.

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Many, many years ago, the day following the official
opening of the then, new Shirehall at the Column, graffiti
was sprayed very conspicuously over the front wall of the
building and clearly visible from Abbey Foregate. As many
even now will recall, the town was outraged.
Chief Superintendent A. N. called the local beat Constable
into his office and in his usual way virtually blamed the
officer for doing it himself or allowing it to be done.
He said in effect, “you have a week to find out who did
it or be ready for a change back to shift work in the town,
no ifs, buts or excuses, get to work”.
The Constable (I know him extremely well) went home, got
changed into civvies and started work. Two days later he was
following a group of local idiots along Bishop Street.
They were laughing, joking and boasting of their handi-
work in spraying the Shirehall, they only knew the chap in
civvies at the back of them was a copper when he arrested them.
Moral of the story, this horrible offence of spraying
swastikas on a Polish families house must not be allowed to go
undetected and must be severely punished. We no longer have
Police Officers like we used to do but the local officer
(if there is one)must realise that his credibility as a
copper is at stake. The offenders can be caught given some
gumption and will to succeed. If the offender/s are not
caught, both the Police Senior Officers and the officers
directly responsible should be looked upon as failures.
THEY CAN BE CAUGHT.

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