Stolen Lead
Posted in Idling on 11/30/2007 10:45 pm by foolhandyThere have been a few lead thefts in the North West Essex area recently and last night (Thursday) some lovely people broke into St. Andrew’s Primary School in Great Yeldham, where I work, and stole most of the lead from the roofs. They have made such a butchered job of it that they’ve ripped much of the brickwork away. We have covered up the computers inside and contractors came out to patch up what they could of the roof. They’re back at it again tomorrow but we just have to hope it doesn’t rain too much until it’s made reasonably waterproof. The CCTV footage doesn’t shed much light on it as the thieves are obviously quite adept at getting away with it.
The head is going to take pictures of the damage tomorrow and put them on the website (www.greatyeldhamschool.co.uk) in the home that someone who knows something sees them and is prompted to inform the police. If anyone stumbles across this post and has any info please go to the Neighbourhood Police Website and send them an e-mail.
12/29/2007 at 7:26 pm
Ugh. That’s really rather sickening.