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Depressing news at Denmark Hill station this morning. Overnight, thieves removed all of the lead roofing. As a consequence, a whole section of the decorative cornice in the ticket hall has crashed to the floor. It might take months to put it right. Unfortunately with metal prices sky high, this sort of crime is on the increase - even manhole covers are being pinched. Any other reports of local metal thefts? String 'em up, it's the only language these scumbags understand.

I wondered what was going on this morning. Bastards!


People started nicking the manhole covers in South Africa about 5 years ago. You have to watch out when you walk down the grass covered pavements as you can't see where they were and you can very easily trip in one and hurt yourself quite badly. As my 77 year-old father recently found out.


The people to blame are the scrap metal merchants buying the stuff.

They should start a programme to changing manhole cover to something that's worthless for re-sale but still has the same strength.


Southwark Cathedral had a lot of its lead stolen last week, and I doubt they'll replace what went with the same material.

In the summer someone stole lead from the roof of alleyn school at abput 5am and were spotted. My house backs onto the school and I woke up that morning to noises in my garden (about 5.30am), look out and there was about 5 coppers in several of the gardens with police dogs looking for the lead and the theif. It was a very odd expeirence. Had to let a dirty booted copper and his four legged friend through my place after they had performed there search.

naboo Wrote:

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> a few weeks ago half of the roof of the phoenix

> (next door to the station) was pinched. it's

> become pretty common apparently. the real problems

> occur when it rains!


I believe there's now an electric fence protecting the roof on that side of the building, but it doesn't extend to the part that's over the ticket hall. Shame.

We had an attempted theft from our office roof and the police told us that this is a highly organised operation going on around London and in the rest of the country. Thanks to a very alert neighbour they managed to catch one of them. I'm told he'll be behind maetal bars for some time!

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