[TheForge] the theft of metal public

[terry l. ridder]

Hello Graham;

A church in Cumbria has had the lead roof stolen 4 times.
the latest time they were still making repairs from the 3rd time.
The church has now installed several alarm systems.

One church had the entire copper rain spouts stolen.
thousands of GBP of damage and copper.

I am surprised that they do not attempt to steal the church bells.

Not many churches in the USA still have bells. replaced by electronic
bells. I love to sit outside a pub and listen to the church bells.

On Fri, 17 Apr 2015, Graham Whaley wrote:

> Yep, they are clamping down in the UK with more rigorous 'check ins'
> at the merchants these days as well.
> The hot favorites over the last few years seem to have been lead
> flashing from roofs (I've even seen it taken off of small domestic
> road frontage properties!), and copper wires from the railways
> (causing much disruption). Must come as a surprise when they realise
> they have pulled up some fiber optics :-)
>
> Graham
>

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terry l. ridder ><>