Ambulance Attack

[nailit]

Story from my local rag
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/completely-unacceptable-ambulance-attacked-paramedics-2894427

Im more one for trying to help/rehabilitate people than punishing them where possible (which is mainly why I keep out of news...) *BUT*
attacking either medics or their vehicles deserves an immediate jail sentence in my book.
That could have been his mother in the back of that vehicle.
Plonker!

[marval]

That is a dreadful thing to do, there is no excuse for such behaviour.

I hope they are given an appropriate punishment.

[Peter Pedant]

in Salford - they managed to shoot at a fire engine a few years ago ....
so they threatened to just sit in the fire stations and play cards .... [no I am not referring to Ariana Grande] - Regents rd - they had to close one of the petrol stations as too many local kids were jumping into the cars and driving .....

Altho in the 30s - in the good old days of home deliveries (of babies that is!) - when the midwife / medical student was called to parts of the east end .... someone wd meet them up the street and escort them to the place .....
So smacking around the emergency services has a long long history

[webbo3]

refuse him and his family any NHS treatment for about 6 months taking an ambulance off the road because of the damage is effectively doing that to other people.

[Peter Pedant]

and near the waterloo pub - salford again I'm afraid
someone attacked a doctor wivviz case,
and he said - do you really think I am stupid enough to carry morphine around?

yup they did

[ToraToraTora]

more symptoms of TRON Britain I'm afraid, these savages know nowt will happen.

[ToraToraTora]

"Im more one for trying to help/rehabilitate people than punishing them where possible" - we tried that they just laugh in our faces, we need some proper jails.

[nailit]

//we tried that they just laugh in our faces, we need some proper jails//
Like in the 1800's when we used to hang kids for stealing a loaf??
Got to be a balance.
This is just why I keep out of news...the hang 'em high brigade!

But I'll concede on this point, attacking an ambulance is bang out of order!

[ToraToraTora]

something in between nailit.

[Sqad]

PP...I can't speak for the 30's, but in the East End of London medical students/midwives/ ambulances were treated with respect.....and not stoned or attacked.

Despite the Krays, one felt perfectly safe in the East End.

[tamborine]

put him in the stocks so public can pelt him till he bays for mercy

[Tilly2]

We don't need stocks. We have Facebook and Twitter now.

[nailit]

//Despite the Krays, one felt perfectly safe in the East End.//
Don't think I would have done with the Krays on the loose!
Pair of psychos...
But they loved their mum so that's alright then ;-)

[ToraToraTora]

marvel: "I hope they are given an appropriate punishment. " - are you familiar with modern Britain? PMSL you have to do it 100 times to get any actual punishment.

[Sqad]

nailit.......there was honour among thieves with the Krays....they only carved and sliced up competitive crooks, never the innocent, as what happens today.

There was a cafe in Philpot Street called Maria's and she would give medical students a plate of spaghetti for a shilling, so you can see how popular it was. On one occasion, whilst a group of us were indulging in lunch, the door was flung open and two gorillas came in, grabbed a guy sitting at the next table and gave him a good working over. nobody moved and the poor sod was left bleeding on the floor.
Maria explained that it was no big deal as the guy was a member of the opposing gang to the Krays.
We finished our spaghetti, paid our shilling and left.

[237SJ]

Thing is Sqad, Maria was probably paying protection money to the Krays and if she hadn't they would have trashed her place. I`m not sure that was a good thing.

[Sqad]

237.....you may be right LOL......all I know that Maria was a buxom woman mid 30's who we all tried to date without success......well except me ;-)

[237SJ]

^ With my work we used to stay in the Europa Hotel in Belfast (or Forum or whatever it was called - changed it's name a few times). We used to have to go through a checkpoint and show our ID to be let in. One day, the security barrier was down and anyone could walk in. I was told that they were now paying protection money to certain people so no security needed. Most of the stuff in NI and with the Krays etc was 'in house' so to speak but there was a lot of other "business" that was going on behind the scenes, it's just that you didn't see it.

[Peter Pedant]

// But they loved their mum so that's alright then ;-)//
the Krays

Violet Kray - not Violent Violet - lived in Bunhill Row and it was so quiet - a lot of lady medical students rented around and about
not sure what happened about the men ....

[Sqad]

LOL....my point is that the East End in the 50's was safer than it it now.....in my opinion.

[237SJ]

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/life-goes-on-at-the-most-bombed-hotel-in-the-world-1.2901861