[Vlad_Dracul]

Just pinched some rest time to tell of an experience i had the other day.

I was at work and doing a job in a street over in the Didsbury area,not far from Chrities hospital. For those who know it it is one of the leavier suburbs of Manchester. Anyway,i was on foot walking down a fiarly busy (traffic wise) road,it was just before lunch,a fairly bright day. I became aware of some noise behind me and glancing over my left shoulder i saw coming up,maybe 40 feet behind me on the other side of the road, two tatty looking youths,both on bmx type bikes. I'm guessing they were about 14 and should really have been at school (or borstal if we still had' em). Anyway i was wary of them as there were very few pedestrians and i prepared to defend. They rode on past me and a few feet further on,one says to the other "lets get him, he's got his phone out". They then pulled scarves up to cover their mouths and one of them seemed to be reaching into his jacket for something. Looking ahead, i saw a young guy,smartly dressed,probably a student on his way to uni,with a phone clamped to his ear and oblivious to his surroundings.

I held back and watched, determind to intervene if they attacked.

Fortunately something put them off,they bottled it or changed their mind but they rode on.

But the fact that an attack didnt occur is not the main issue. Fact is,there are feral trash roaming the streets who have it in their minds to commit such acts and probably do when the opportunity presents. As i say,they should have been in school or somewhere more secure. Life in Britain eh? Students in Manchester are easy pickings for yobs.