//Question Author"This has all the hallmarks of a sneaky thief"
No evidence of that whatsoever !//
standing minding my own business at an Oxford St bus stop something fell onto my shoe. No one moved a muscle - and I looked down and saw my wallet ! - yup it had jumped out of my trouser pocket
I thougth I had been do-nutted - surrounded by thieves
MM - my mothers fren found £200 in 1935 - and incredible amount of money then. She handed it in to the police station as er one did then - no problem finding one and finding it open - The loser swept in and claimed it with ident and turned to the fren' and said
" Your reward will be in Heaven!" and swept out again