Well, there goes the neighbourhood!!! In 8 years have not seen one dumped and burnt out car in Stannington, and the first one appeared last night on Liberty Hill, dumped and torched on the pavement by the letterbox and bus stop sometime last night. A total wreck. Joyriders? Drug dealers?

Hope this does not become a habit......

Originally posted by goldenfleece
Joyriders? Drug dealers?

:o In Stannington ? Quick tell Rich! he'll get em'!

1 burnt out car in 8 years isn't bad.. After 13 years in Parson Cross I lost count mate :(

Originally posted by Deejay
:o In Stannington ? Quick tell Rich! he'll get em'!

1 burnt out car in 8 years isn't bad.. After 13 years in Parson Cross I lost count mate :(

Its somewhat unusual round here though. Model unrecognizable after being burnt out totally to a bare frame. Nothing worse on a road than a burnt out still smouldering stolen car 200 yards from your house. .....by the looks of it, it took the fire brigade long enough to get there, or maybe they just left it to burn itself out. It was still there 2 hours ago so I have no idea when they will shift it. The kids who live round there were starting to hover round it like flies and it all looked highly dangerous to me. Apparently it was still smoking at 8am this morning according to the neighbours.

Originally posted by goldenfleece
Well, there goes the neighbourhood!!! In 8 years have not seen one dumped and burnt out car in Stannington, and the first one appeared last night on Liberty Hill, dumped and torched on the pavement by the letterbox and bus stop sometime last night. A total wreck. Joyriders? Drug dealers?

Hope this does not become a habit......


Grrr my neighbourhood too!

I must observe though that just down at the bottom of Rivelin Valley (which is a stone's throw from Liberty Hill) has long been a favoured spot for torching stolen vehicles.

:(

Welcome to the world.

Now your next sport is seeing how long it takes for the council to shift it.

I thought you lived in Fulwood? :huh:

Had a walk up to Stanedge Pole yesterday. There's a burnt out car there as well, must have been a struggle to get it up there.
A Vauxall Corsa with alloys, if anyone's had one go missing. Don't know how long it's been there.

Originally posted by Cols
Had a walk up to Stanedge Pole yesterday. There's a burnt out car there as well, must have been a struggle to get it up there.
A Vauxall Corsa with alloys, if anyone's had one go missing. Don't know how long it's been there.



just as a matter of interest - where the hell is "Stanedge Pole" ?

Originally posted by Gazza
treat yourself to sat nav - you need it

*cough* Touche :hihi:

Originally posted by Deejay
*cough* Touche :hihi:

LOL nice 1

Did any of you guys bother to contact the police or street force? :confused:

I've reported cars in various states of abandonment (evidence of crime) and they are both very reactive to such info :thumbsup:

Or was that last week's target on statistics? :mad:

Originally posted by Gazza
just as a matter of interest - where the hell is "Stanedge Pole" ?

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=425000&Y=385000&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=pc&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&out.x=5&out.y=10&scale=10000

Originally posted by goldenfleece
Its somewhat unusual round here though. Model unrecognizable after being burnt out totally to a bare frame. Nothing worse on a road than a burnt out still smouldering stolen car 200 yards from your house. .....by the looks of it, it took the fire brigade long enough to get there, or maybe they just left it to burn itself out. It was still there 2 hours ago so I have no idea when they will shift it. The kids who live round there were starting to hover round it like flies and it all looked highly dangerous to me. Apparently it was still smoking at 8am this morning according to the neighbours.

It's a shame the b*stards weren't still sat in it when it caught light. Harsh? Yup.

I've lived in Heeley (just down from Arbourthorne) for about 8 years now and never seen a single burnt-out car.
So much for the areas bad reputation.

Originally posted by Deejay
:o In Stannington ? Quick tell Rich! he'll get em'!

1 burnt out car in 8 years isn't bad.. After 13 years in Parson Cross I lost count mate :(

That's cos teh 'Cross is full of chavs.

Present company excepted of course :hihi:

Saw that yesterday...might be passing that way this lunchime. Is it still there?

Originally posted by lucasdigital
Grrr my neighbourhood too!

I must observe though that just down at the bottom of Rivelin Valley (which is a stone's throw from Liberty Hill) has long been a favoured spot for torching stolen vehicles.

Yes, I used to live near the duck/fishing pond down by the firestation and we once had a car in that state pushed into the river at the bottom of the garden in the middle of the night. The police didn't believe us until they came and saw it for themselves!

Originally posted by t020
I thought you lived in Fulwood? :huh:
I live in both areas....if u see what I mean. female interest in the STannington area...need I say more

Originally posted by Carmine
Saw that yesterday...might be passing that way this lunchime. Is it still there?

as of 1448 today the old wreck is still there. The Police were lookingat it this morning but all they did was look at it and drive off. As its right in front of someones house I am sure the Council are very aware of it.

I rang Streetforce who had not been notified of it so I rang the police. It turns out it was stolen and so the insurance company are responsible for the removal not Streetforce. The police are going to get back to me when a date has been organised for removal.

Originally posted by goldenfleece
As its right in front of someones house I am sure the Council are very aware of it.
How did you figure that one out? Perhaps they haven't reported it either?