Barnabus

So it wasn't a one off then! They must know that these gates are stolen if they are getting regular deliveries of them! Im glad you got it back, but it is a disgrace having to buy back your own goods, and support the business that is at least responsible for the theft! I have bought things in there in the past, but after this I will be avoiding them. I felt a little sick wondering if I had in fact been buying other people's stolen goods. Are all their garden ornaments stolen from front gardens for example? Did you tell the police where you found your gate? I know this is classed as petty theft, but after the Barbara Hepworth sculpture being stolen from Dulwich park, you would imagine that leads such as this would be useful in helping to catch such shameless thieves!

Was that recently? Maybe it's the same culprit? It's the cheek of it that annoyed us so much too!

Thanks for the advice penguin68. I think my dad is going to try to do this, though the pins are built into the wall so it will be quite tricky!

My dad didn't want to let on that it was stolen and blow his cover! Unfortunately that meant he had to pay for it. The police have been told and said that was the right thing to do. They said lewisham police will be paying them a visit.

My patents front gate was stolen last Friday. My dad put out an old radiator outside of the front wall in the morning, so that it could be collected for scrap. By the afternoon, both the radiator and the front gate had gone! He reported this to the police as we worried this could be a new trend in the area. It was a iron gate and was most likely original to the Victorian terrace. My dad was so annoyed, he was determined to get it back. He searched local reclamation yards and low and behold, found it today in Lewisham! I just wanted to share this as a warning to others.