Model Railway Club Reeling As Vandals Destroy Years Of Work

[Sqad]

I just don't understand life today in the UK.

[youngmafbog]

Total result of liberal thinking.

The birch wold sort it out but no doubt the person will be treated better than the victime by some right on judge.

We reap what we sow

[Peter Pedant]

yeah we had no mods and rockers and bike boys
in the sixties

no - none - showing the birch really did WORK !

[AB Editor]

Title fixed.

[Sqad]

Ah! Much more professional ED............;-)

[naomi24]

Shameful. Very sad.

[spathiphyllum]

There really are more important things in the world.. But that is besides the point. It takes a right low life bottom feeder to commit this kind of mindless vandalism. Glad some money has been raised, maybe we can stop the tears now.

Poor chaps.

[ummmm]

Mindless.

Vandalism is new though.

[ummmm]

*isn't new

[Sqad]

ummmm...this isn't just vandalism....this is spiteful arrogance and lack of respect for peoples lifetime of personal interests.

Yes, you are correct, vandalism isn't new, but in my lifetime i have never seen such targeted spite and mindlessness. Mods and Rockers of the 60's and 70's at least confined the violence to each other.......but this.....this....Model train exhibition........this is new and can't be swept under the carpet.

[ummmm]

I totally agree. It's a cruel and wicked thing to do.

[spathiphyllum]

People know how rare, expensive and time consuming model trains are. I said this was mindless.. But i'm starting to think it was actually just senseless malice.

[1ozzy]

Numb nuts with nothing better to do!

[ummmm]

Spath - people don't know. I wouldn't have a clue.

[hereIam]

Thick, mindless scum dragged up not brought up by their equally thick parents. Some yobs near to where I live have recently destroyed some flood defences protecting not only a care home, but a large housing estate. They don't care, they simply don't care. Good on Rod Stewart for donating some money to help replace the model railway.

[hellywelly4]

I could have cried myself when I saw this. Those men (and I think they are mostly men) will be devastated by the destruction of things they have so lovingly created. I think the culprits should definitely be named and shamed.

[jim360]

It's been reported that the kids responsible have been identified and they were drunk, and now horrified at what they've done. Not least because their parents -- to whom I think hereIam might owe at least some sort of apology -- have had them grounded, forced them to write apology letters, and will insist that they take part in fundraising to cover the necessary repair.

Hopefully this is the last time those yobs do something like this. It's too late now to repair the damage, only compensate for it, but perhaps they will have learned the very hard way how utterly stupid and reckless they have been.

[vetuste_ennemi]

//It's been reported that the kids responsible have been identified and they were drunk, and now horrified at what they've done. Not least because their parents -- to whom I think hereIam might owe at least some sort of apology -- have had them grounded, forced them to write apology letters, and will insist that they take part in fundraising to cover the necessary repair.//

Thus endeth the lesson.

Education's a marvellous thing, iosn't it?

[sanmac]

It's only natural that they are horrified as (to) what they've done: They have been caught haven't they.

[jim360]

Indeed. But it's not unheard-of for contrition to be genuine.

[vetuste_ennemi]

I'm interested in the trashing of the culture and what what might be done to resist it.