500+ kids descend on Tedd !
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Fjord John
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Hi TO
We came up from St Kats that hot day, planned to overnight in Teddington but thought better of it when we saw the chaos there, including kids jumping off a bemused narrow boat owner’s boat. I think he also decided to move on, wise chap.
Lower Limit 1909
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If previous years are anything to go by (and the weather stays dry) then the next 3 - 4 weekends will be similar before it all quietens down again. (Previous years have seen a dispersal zone set up with large numbers of police drafted in so this may yet happen).
I'd certainly avoid making plans to overnight here Fri/Sat for a few weeks. There were a few cars damaged on adjoining roads by teenagers jumping on them as well.
I'd certainly avoid making plans to overnight here Fri/Sat for a few weeks. There were a few cars damaged on adjoining roads by teenagers jumping on them as well.
KevinV
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At least they're out from behind their phone screens, which is more than I can say for myself at the moment 
oldgit
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.........................kids were not like that in my day they were well behaved and just stuck to slashing bus seats and wrecking cinemas after watching some overweight bloke with kiss curl in "Rock around the Clock" or was it fighting each other in Margate.........time dims the memory ? and the blokes were even worse .
Stick em in the armywas is the usual cry....until it was pointed out you would then have an army of disaffected youth who were trained to hurt people.
Yes Minister.
Was approached a week or two ago by a boater asking if I intended to remained moored up in a town centre, he was worried about staying there alone as the only boat.
Have been mooring in that location many times and have heard frequent stories about problems there, have yet to meet anybody who could give a first hand account.
More recently tales about stones being thrown at passing boats.
Stick em in the army
Yes Minister.
Have been mooring in that location many times and have heard frequent stories about problems there, have yet to meet anybody who could give a first hand account.
More recently tales about stones being thrown at passing boats.
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Time Out
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Having lived here all my life (obviously been here, there and everywhere in between!) the gatherings now are nothing like years gone by. Large groups from far away were alerted by social media. Yes, the local kids are here too but many are here to fight as demonstrated by the knife attack that eve.
These are not the kids that would jump from the main bridge this is literally hundreds swimming the entire length of the lock cut and beyond including the lock itself! swimming to weir, SITTING on the weir itself! climbing on anyone's boat, or pontoon with little regard for the owner's property.
Some WILL drown or get hit if they continue in these numbers. The dispersal area only lasts so long.
You just cannot relax knowing that each and every person in that water could go under at any time.
I have no issue with swimming in the river if that's your thing but it needs to be done in the right place and in the right way.
These are not the kids that would jump from the main bridge this is literally hundreds swimming the entire length of the lock cut and beyond including the lock itself! swimming to weir, SITTING on the weir itself! climbing on anyone's boat, or pontoon with little regard for the owner's property.
Some WILL drown or get hit if they continue in these numbers. The dispersal area only lasts so long.
You just cannot relax knowing that each and every person in that water could go under at any time.
I have no issue with swimming in the river if that's your thing but it needs to be done in the right place and in the right way.
Minerva
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Damn those pesky kids, out enjoying the good weather and themselves! What right do they have to enjoy the local environment?!
Time Out
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They have every right, sadly they are not doing anything you describe!
oldgit
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Kids!
I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!
Kids!
Who can understand anything they say?
Kids!
They are so ridiculous and immature!
I don't see why anybody wants 'em!
Just you wait and see
Kids!
Kids! They are just impossible to control!
(Soon you'll be old enough to be)
Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an' roll!
(Another teenage delinquent)
Why can't they be like you were,
Perfect in every way?
What's the matter with kids to--
Kids!
What the devil's wrong with these kids today?
Kids!
Who could guess the they would turn out that way!
Why can't they be like we were,
Perfect in every way?
What's the matter with kids?
What's the matter with kids?
What's the matter with kids today?
All they have to do is to buy a gin palace and find £5000 a year to moor it ?
SandyP
Active member
Perhaps if you (pretended to) empty your elsan into the river just upstream?
Yeah, exams are ending, lots of stress to release
Yeah, exams are ending, lots of stress to release
Time Out
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oldgit
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was just thinking........................why not get them all interested in rowing !
Time Out
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Never going to happen, they are just interested in boozing by the river, these are inner city kids with zero interest in anything other than being a pain in the back side. yes there are local kids too but Teddington does not have THAT many teenagers living here
Parabordi
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Oh gawd dont we have enough already!
Lower Limit 1909
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Not unexpectedly a section 35 anti-social behaviour crime and policing order has been put in place covering the entire river from Richmond to Hampton Court.
"A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said:
"Police in Richmond are warning parents to stay aware of where children are going and what they are doing after a spate of anti-social behaviour and serious crime in the borough last week.
Last Friday school-children gathered at Teddington Lock after an event arranged on social media. While most of those who attended were not from Richmond, several offences including a sexual touching offence, a number of assaults and dangerous behaviour such as jumping from Teddington Lock bridge occurred."
"A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said:
"Police in Richmond are warning parents to stay aware of where children are going and what they are doing after a spate of anti-social behaviour and serious crime in the borough last week.
Last Friday school-children gathered at Teddington Lock after an event arranged on social media. While most of those who attended were not from Richmond, several offences including a sexual touching offence, a number of assaults and dangerous behaviour such as jumping from Teddington Lock bridge occurred."
Ian E
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Are there any other overnight non-tidal moorings near Teddington? I’m planning a trip to St Kats and would be great to hear if there are other moorings available.
Time Out
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Not really unless you go to Kingston, you are better off calling Howard at Teddington Harbour which is in the Tedd Weir stream, floating pontoon (locked) and direct access to the high street as well as saving time as you are below the lock.
0208 977 9978
Outinthedinghy
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Stevens Ait might be some room. No bank access unless you have a dinghy.
Quite a small amount of space but worth checking.
Hampton Caught is not all that far from Teddington.
Quite a small amount of space but worth checking.
Hampton Caught is not all that far from Teddington.
