Do you lock your doors in daytime ?

Always. In a previous house I had a few dodgy callers as was slightly isolated so never even answer the door unless I know who it is, rather speak through window then open the door to a stranger !

Ps why are people so very stupid? You'd think it wasn't common knowledge that most invasions happen whilst we're actually in the home?!?!

Dead bloody right we do!!! DH is ex cop and I'm not trusting anyone I don't already know and am well aware of how stark staring cheeky bad'uns are when it comes to invading others' space !! It's so dangerous to not secure the hkme- at any time night or day. DH could tell such horrors as to turn your stomach!!

Always have doors locked we live in a nice enough area. But two minutes across the road and five minutes around the corner is a country park. It stretches for miles so I most certainly don't have an open house.

M0nica Thanks for that. I'll be sure to make a mental note of it

Probably because Nottingham is the one place they do not ply their trade.

I have had them knocking on my door in Oxfordshire and been sworn at when I give my invariable reply, that I do not buy anything from people knocking on my door.

Thank you for your replies. I only ask as I live in Nottingham and have never heard of them!

It’s like Fort Knox at our house, everything is locked. ?????

I'm a true crime/podast buff and yes I always lock my front door. I live in a decent neighbourhood but various neighbours on other estates (same nice areas) have had random people trying to open their doors and one even had a drunken chap wander in to her kitchen. Much better safe than sorry.

tickingbird

^What/who are the Nottingham knockers?^

Second time I’ve asked. I’d appreciate an answer please.

Sorry, I tried to do a link but it failed.

Thank you M0nica

They came round here a couple of months ago, knocked on our door and are in the area again.

Nottingham Knockers are those young men with bags over their backs that go door to door telling a sob storis and selling cheaap and chatty dish clothes and the like. They are also assessing your home to see if it is worth breaking in to.
Read the link given below for a very clear description of who they are what they do and how they got their name.

www.oprepeat.co.uk/nottingham-knockers/

I've lived in Nottingham all my life and have never heard of them

What/who are the Nottingham knockers?

Second time I’ve asked. I’d appreciate an answer please.

*SachaMac Sat 01-Oct-22 09:33:36
I had the Nottingham Knockers a few weeks ago* I'm in North Nottingham, we haven't had anyone round here...

P.S. I’m so sorry about the loss of your sister - that pain never goes away, I know, and I’m sorry your daughter suffered disability and your niece suffers mental disability. These things are dreadful, and many like you and I are affected by such things, but as Sparklefizz says, there isn’t a scale by which we rate who suffers the most, as I’m sure you will agree. Trauma affects us all in very different ways.

Yes, Monica, I know only too well that loved ones die before their time, and homes get flooded. I will still say that burglary can affect some people very deeply indeed.

M0nica Of course there is always someone worse off. My parents lived through the London Blitz, were bombed twice and sought shelter in the Underground every night for 3 months... but that doesn't negate the experiences of others. There isn't a scale by which we rate who suffers the most.

I am sorry for what you have been through, but glad that you haven't been too bothered about your breakins. Others don't recover so well.

Mapleleaf. I agree burglary is a despicable crime, and to have your house trashed must be terrible, but that is not what happens in most break-ins. In our three break-ins nothing was trashed, just drawers rifled and windows broken where the burglar made entry

In our first break-in I lost every bit of jewellry a much loved grandmother gave me. Monetary value low, sentimental value very high. Of course I was upset, but as life goes, far worse things happen in most people's lives, family members die out of time, homes get flooded, people get left disabled.

My sister died in a road accident and my daughter was disabled, luckily not seriously, in another, but enough to affect how she lives her life. In neither case were they at fault. My niece is mentally disabled. compared with the real disasters in life, stuff is just stuff.

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I can highly recommend German shepherds.

Joseanne, mine would be exactly the same, I'm sure. She wet herself once when my tall friend came to visit

JaneJudge

My dog puts on a good act but would be petrified if someone got in the house

We actually had burglars once and the dog (who was home alone that night) wet the carpet and let them scarper with video recorders and tvs.

I respect your views, too, Monica and I’m pleased to hear you say that the break ins to your home did not leave you feeling violated or fearful, that’s good. (Though I’m very sorry that you suffered them).

However, we are not all the same, and there will be people who do feel violated and fearful after the unpleasant experience of a break in, especially if a huge mess was left behind, and the thought that someone, uninvited, has been rifling through your things, so for that reason I still hold that burglary is a despicable crime.

Of course, it bears no relation to those horrific crimes you cite, they truly are horrible and don’t compare in the same way at all.

I agree that stuff is just stuff, and can be replaced, but the sentimental attachment some “stuff” holds to people cannot be replaced, (I’m not talking about tv’s ,laptops, etc, but personal items for example old jewellery that might have belonged to great gran) and those people must feel its loss very deeply indeed. Such things can’t easily be replaced, and even if they were replaced, it would not be the same because the new item was not the one passed down from great gran.

My dog puts on a good act but would be petrified if someone got in the house

Alioop

My doors are always locked. My friends have always drummed it into me as I live on my own. I live in a lovely area, but you just never know who's hanging about. My dog is useless at guarding the house, if she could she'd invite them in for a cuppa.

I think our dog would do the same, certainly would show them where the biscuit tin is kept.
Doors kept locked if we are in or go out, you cannot be too careful, and am more worried about being hurt than of items being stolen.