Thieves steal Derby's Christmas lights

[Inseriousity.]

I'm trying to remember the name of the book where they dispelled the myth of 'back in the day'. In Victorian England, they used to wrap some collar with spikes in it around the necks of their victims leaving them for dead and taking their valuables... I'd rather get beaten!!

Back on topic though, horrible that they've stole christmas lights but should be fairly easy to spot. Just look for someone with 'Merry Christmas from Derby' in their front room and youve caught them!

[-:Undertaker:-]

I'm trying to remember the name of the book where they dispelled the myth of 'back in the day'. In Victorian England, they used to wrap some collar with spikes in it around the necks of their victims leaving them for dead and taking their valuables... I'd rather get beaten!!

I'm not saying the past was absolutely perfect. My point is simply that we should attempt to bring the good bits back, and i'm encountering such rabid opposition and yet I don't see why? don't people want to live in a nice place and improve their surroundings/behaviour?

[Chippiewill]

Because:

a) There are good things about today
b) This is not the past
c) A lot of the good things were contingent on bad things

Yes, I'd love all those good things, do I think they're achievable? Doubtful.

[sophiethenerd]

D:

That really sucks. I know how cash strapped the council is atm and they do not need this.

[Accipiter]

Our country needs force, become a Jedi young England, we know how much we loved swords.

[GommeInc]

From what I remember we were at our moral peak in the 40s/50s/early 60s. It dropped soon after. Wish I could remember the study as it was quite interesting. Basically the war saw us at our more vigilent and friendliest. Children could roam the streets willy-nilly and acted what is to be considered good. It dropped around the time industries suffered and the destruction after the war turned us into to depressed psychopaths. Basically, jobs made us happy and the War made us sad. Blame the Germans.

[Jazz]

How immature.. I think that these kind of people just need to think about others before themselves.

[Ford]

I blamegypsies.

[beth]

well, that's derby for you.

[Zuth]

For saying I live next to derby, Markeaton Park isn't exactly the safest place to store them, anyway, it's still a sick crime.