Henry Nowak

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Pretty much I don't know how old you are, but there was a period in the 80s when 'Taxing' was a thing. Basically, if you had a bit of decent clobber on, there was a chance someone would steal it from you, with the threat of violence, and it was Docks boys generally. I got done twice, once by the old ice rink and at the top of wyndham arcade. The only saving grace for me was that when i was 15, i was the size of a ten year old, so the bastards that robbed me wouldn't get it over their head!

I remember taxing. I was from the more affluent Canton so it wasn't a thing we had to suffer

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I remember taxing. I was from the more affluent Canton so it wasn't a thing we had to suffer

Thinly veiled "My mother bought all my clothes in Peacocks"

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Thinly veiled "My mother bought all my clothes in Peacocks"

You're on a roll

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You're on a roll

I've always been a chopsy twat

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I disagree with you. Anecdotal of course, but i grew up in Ely, Pentwyn and Llanedeyrn, all rough council estates. I can remember plenty of occasions where i was set upon by gangs of kids from other estates, made to fight other kids, couldn't go to certain areas because i attended the catholic school, couldn't go to the Maelfa shopping centre arcade because i would get beaten up, couldn't use the chip shop or the pool club (Boxers Billy Waith) because of gangs of kids who would steal your money. I had two Adidas tops taken from me in town in broad daylight. Ended up fighting on bank holiday at Barry Island, and as you will know better than most, had to run the gauntlet just to watch a football match. Open violence was much more prevalent and accepted during the 70s and 80s. Look at popular culture from that time, it was all about misogyny and violence.

I believe that it's much safer on the streets these days. We do have extreme situations of violence, but to me, they don't seem as random as they were thirty years ago. i don't feel threatened at all in our city, not like i did in the eighties and part of the nineties. Even going into the city centre for a night out back then was dangerous at times. I'm not attempting to soften things, and if you do believe it's worse now, then why do you thing it's worse, because this shit doesn't happen by itself.

There's a narrative now that wants to inflate violent attacks with Brown people by some (i'm not accusing you of that) There could be ten violent incidents by a white man and one by a brown man, maybe not born in this country. You know the one that we'll all be hearing about more than the others, and i believe that it's pushed for a reason. People look back with nostalgia, some things were good, but plenty of it was ****ing awful as well.

Excellent post, that's how you shut that nonsense down

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Thinly veiled "My mother bought all my clothes in Peacocks"

I'm beginning to like those docks lads

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Riot in progress in Belfast, and might break out in Glasgow too.

Bring the hammer down on these sectarian ****s and throw away the key. The riots over Southport were bad enough, this time, throw away the kid's gloves and get these vermin behind bars for a very long time.

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I disagree with you. Anecdotal of course, but i grew up in Ely, Pentwyn and Llanedeyrn, all rough council estates. I can remember plenty of occasions where i was set upon by gangs of kids from other estates, made to fight other kids, couldn't go to certain areas because i attended the catholic school, couldn't go to the Maelfa shopping centre arcade because i would get beaten up, couldn't use the chip shop or the pool club (Boxers Billy Waith) because of gangs of kids who would steal your money. I had two Adidas tops taken from me in town in broad daylight. Ended up fighting on bank holiday at Barry Island, and as you will know better than most, had to run the gauntlet just to watch a football match. Open violence was much more prevalent and accepted during the 70s and 80s. Look at popular culture from that time, it was all about misogyny and violence.

I believe that it's much safer on the streets these days. We do have extreme situations of violence, but to me, they don't seem as random as they were thirty years ago. i don't feel threatened at all in our city, not like i did in the eighties and part of the nineties. Even going into the city centre for a night out back then was dangerous at times. I'm not attempting to soften things, and if you do believe it's worse now, then why do you thing it's worse, because this shit doesn't happen by itself.

There's a narrative now that wants to inflate violent attacks with Brown people by some (i'm not accusing you of that) There could be ten violent incidents by a white man and one by a brown man, maybe not born in this country. You know the one that we'll all be hearing about more than the others, and i believe that it's pushed for a reason. People look back with nostalgia, some things were good, but plenty of it was ****ing awful as well.

I grew up in Ely, but never got to wear anything anyone else would want to tax!
I remember walking down Wilson Rd when i was a kid, and my mate shouted across the road “ you’ve lost a shoe”
I shouted back “ No. I’ve found one !!”

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Riot in progress in Belfast, and might break out in Glasgow too.

Bring the hammer down on these sectarian ****s and throw away the key. The riots over Southport were bad enough, this time, throw away the kid's gloves and get these vermin behind bars for a very long time.

The irony that the local communities in Belfast (of all the places) are raging due to a knife attack isn't lost on me.

I'll have to admit to being amused by the lad lamping the knife attacker around the ear with a hurling stick.

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I disagree with you. Anecdotal of course, but i grew up in Ely, Pentwyn and Llanedeyrn, all rough council estates. I can remember plenty of occasions where i was set upon by gangs of kids from other estates, made to fight other kids, couldn't go to certain areas because i attended the catholic school, couldn't go to the Maelfa shopping centre arcade because i would get beaten up, couldn't use the chip shop or the pool club (Boxers Billy Waith) because of gangs of kids who would steal your money. I had two Adidas tops taken from me in town in broad daylight. Ended up fighting on bank holiday at Barry Island, and as you will know better than most, had to run the gauntlet just to watch a football match. Open violence was much more prevalent and accepted during the 70s and 80s. Look at popular culture from that time, it was all about misogyny and violence.

I believe that it's much safer on the streets these days. We do have extreme situations of violence, but to me, they don't seem as random as they were thirty years ago. i don't feel threatened at all in our city, not like i did in the eighties and part of the nineties. Even going into the city centre for a night out back then was dangerous at times. I'm not attempting to soften things, and if you do believe it's worse now, then why do you thing it's worse, because this shit doesn't happen by itself.

There's a narrative now that wants to inflate violent attacks with Brown people by some (i'm not accusing you of that) There could be ten violent incidents by a white man and one by a brown man, maybe not born in this country. You know the one that we'll all be hearing about more than the others, and i believe that it's pushed for a reason. People look back with nostalgia, some things were good, but plenty of it was ****ing awful as well.

Homeless in Bristol, Cathays, Roath, Ely, Rumney, Splott I don't have a very privileged upbringing myself, lots of scrapping on the streets, coming home from school St Illtyds V Rumney high or Caer Castell as it was then, Rumney V Llanrumney, football violence IMO was far worse back then, being double dipped in a tin bath hoping i didn't get the 2nd bath, them days were shit and of course and we didn't have the internet back then to report the crime as we do now i don't look back on nostalgia thinking it was great, with 6 grandchildren between 17 and 23 (3 of them girls) i have different skin in the game now and I'll never ever ever feel guilty for worrying about them as they they go about trying to build lives for themselves in the climate of violence which we know exists, and largely, only because of Elon Musk. You'd probably like one of my Granddaughters, she was reprimanded a few weeks ago and told to remove her fcuk Nigel Farage banner from the window of her uni accommodation. You said you do not use X, I can assure you its a cesspool of shit but for however shit it is, the press, police and BBC could not label Henry Nowak a racist which they wanted to do so, the incident in Belfast was in the public domain before the narrative could be framed, we robbed shops like fcuk when we were young, but however how much we robbed them, meat, chocolate etc. wasn't locked up to prevent it, shopkeepers were empowered to do something about it, shop assistants are being told to ignore it and do not challenge anyone, them days were not great they were hard and tough for many, luckily for Mozz he didn't have to wear hand me downs as he went to a different school and the uniform was different!! Nothing or no one will ever convince me a young girl going into town on the weekend for a night on the piss had similar probability of harassment in the 60's, 70's, 80's as they do in the current decade. Not even the Guardian or BBC stats so we'll have to disagree on this one.

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Rioting underway in Belfast tonight. Not sure what setting fire to buses and cars is going to achieve, other than a big ball ache for local residents in the morning,

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https://x.com/lil_doza/status/2064425363472613734

Footage of 2 coloured guys being attacked in Glasgow. Like I said, if you're forcing me to make a choice, I'd rather the knobheads attacking people be deported than the ones in actual danger.

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https://x.com/lil_doza/status/2064425363472613734

Footage of 2 coloured guys being attacked in Glasgow. Like I said, if you're forcing me to make a choice, I'd rather the knobheads attacking people be deported than the ones in actual danger.

Glaswegian Neds protesting against knife crime.

You can't make this shiit up!

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I grew up in Ely, but never got to wear anything anyone else would want to tax!
I remember walking down Wilson Rd when i was a kid, and my mate shouted across the road “ you’ve lost a shoe”
I shouted back “ No. I’ve found one !!”

Marcross rd Bill. Considered the 'Posh end' according to my late mother.