Tags for Forum Posts: green lanes, london troubles, observer
Thanks Gillian. I talked to Bora on the Sunday morning. He was sat in his shop admidst the mess and he had the glaziers in already. I guess it's thanks to the local Turkish community that we weren't facing more damage. Only two shops on Green Lanes itself.
Here's Bora's shop on the Sunday:
I hate to say this but I feel this confidence is misplaced. These chaps were not there to protect the area generally but to stop looters damaging or stealing from Turkish and Kurdish shops and restaurants on Green Lanes. In that they were generally effective. However the presence of such shopkeepers cannot be said to make Harringay as a whole safer.
The reason there are no gangs of kids on Green Lanes is fairly evident. There are very few teenagers or young men living in Harringay. Tottenham, yes, Hornsey, yes, Finsbury Park, yes. But not Harringay.
For those who are interested, there was an interview with this shopkeeper in Sunday's paper.
I don't want to be tempting fate by saying "we'll never have teenage gangs in this area" but at the same time what I am saying is we shouldn't think that we are safe from crime just because of the shopkeepers on Grand Parade. After all, doesn't the ladder have its share of burglaries and other related problems?
Green Lanes itself isn't somewhere I can particularly relate to or feel at home in in any case. The Salisbury, yes, but even that got smashed up a couple of years ago. But that was after a wedding...
Well what I would reiterate is that personally I feel safer with these guys there. I love the fact that there is a very close family-based community 20 yards from my front door where my face is recognised in the shops and restaurants, they know my little boy, talk to him and slip him treats, and where there are people around all night. If I had to run out in the middle of the night for a bottle of milk I would feel safe. Nothing to do with riots or baseball bats!
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