Christmas Night

A bit of a surprise and a bit of tradition. Surprise in that the entrepreneurial management of Mango's had rented their club out to a Yuletide gathering of chavs; tradition in that the noise around 04:00 am was more than enough to wake anyone up - car horns, shouting, all the traditional trimmings. There was at least one incident sufficiently serious for the police to require their siren in order to clear a path through Pennington Street. You wouldn't have thought that would have been strictly necessary at 04:00 am on Christmas Night, but there you go. Merry Christmas.

The Thin Blue Line

A number of Community Police Officers were present outside Waitrose on Sunday 22 December. Naturally, I don't want to hear your car stereo at 04:00 am took the opportunity to remind them of the anti-social behaviour in Pennington Street as a result of Mango's. They made some notes and informed me that they 'know all about Mango's' and that 'there is an ongoing investigation, that's all I can say'.

More shocking footage - Pennington Street 04:00 am

More shocking footage supplied by Pennington Street residents, regularly disturbed by the sort of anti-social behaviour on display in the video. At some points in the film the bass from the car sound systems was so strong as to swamp the recording equipment. The scenes of the cars zooming up and down the street, horns blaring, underline the fact that for residents the only solution to the problems caused by patrons of Mango's is permanent closure of the club. Imagine all of this going on right outside your bedroom window at four o'clock in the morning... Particularly shocking is the impertinent 'allright bruv?' from one of the Mango's patrons towards the end of the film. Funnily enough, no, we're not allright, bruv...