Croydon school closed after crooks steal lead from roof (From Your Local Guardian)
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Croydon school closed after crooks steal lead from roof
10:02am Monday 22nd March 2010 in
Winterbourne Junior School for Boys is closed today (Monday) after the school flooded when thieves stole lead pipes from its roof.
The thieves crept onto the school roof sometime over the weekend and ripped out the pipes, sending water cascading down into the school.
The damage to the school means there is no water supply and it’s boiler is broken down.
Headteacher, Jonathan Barker, said: “Vandals broke in sometime over the weekend and ripped out some of the lead pipes off the roof, which was great to walk into on a Monday morning.
“We have called in plumbers to get it fixed but the school will remain closed until it is sorted as the boiler is now broken and we have no water.”
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GetBritainOut says...
2:15am Thu 25 Mar 10
With respect Mr Headteacher(master) these are not vandals. They are organised scumbags who
travel the country, targeting locations that have valuable metals, including cemetaries.And we all know
which part of the 'community' they belong to!