Tuesday, November 20, 2012

There's Been a Break in at Mr. Books....



This is the scene which awaited me when I arrived at the shop on Sunday morning. The police phoned in the middle of the night to say that "there's been some damage." A drunken man had broken the door window in and then trashed the place a bit and later had phoned the Police from my shop to turn himself in where he as then arrested. Here's the bit you may not believe. He told the Police at 4 am that he had broken into Mr. Books and was sat reading a copy of Fly Fishing by JR Hartley. I wish I was joking but it's absolutely true and the weird thing is that he actually was looking at that very book which I found next to the phone. Fact really can be stranger than fiction sometimes. It would be funny if it hadn't caused me two days of agro with police statements, insurance claims, clearing up the mess and organising glazers etc. The shop's bear, Tonbridge Ted, is still in shock and refusing to talk having silently witnessed the whole thing!... 

8 comments:

Paul Bailey said...

Hope Tonbridge Ted gets over his shock soon! All sounds a bit "fishy" to me, if you'll pardon the pun!

Everything was looking spic and span again when I walked past last night.

sebfox said...

How weird. I didn't realise that book actually existed. I thought it was just something made up by British Telecom back in the nineties..

Tonbridge blogger said...

My wife is convinced that it was an inside job and that Tonbridge Ted was in on it. Forensics have just been in checking for paw prints!

Matt Harvey said...

Really sorry to heat that Mr Books, so happy to see everything looking as good as ever again.

Paul Bailey said...

When the culprit finally has his day in court, will they throw the book at him??

Paul Bailey said...

Not wishing to sound alarmist here, but did the intruder gain inside knowledge of your shop layout by using your new Google Virtual Tour app? Was his name J.R. Hartley, perchance?

Ok, silly attempt at humour over. Glad the damage wasn't any more serious; no-one was hurt and nothing of real value was taken or destroyed.

Outraged said...

How outrageous this has happend to one of the few good shops in town. Hopefully the moron will get a decent helping of unpaid community service, along with a fine and compensation charge. Best wishes Mr Books.

Tonbridge blogger said...

It's a good job Tonbridge Ted can't read you know. He's a very sensitive bear you know. You lot are really unbearlieveable!!