Bramblewick Neighbourhood Surveillance
Hello, hello, hello…What’s going on here then?! My name's Carl (with a C) and I've recently moved to the village of Bramblewick. Shocked we had no Neighbourhood Watch, I immediately set up the BNS to stay abreast of any mishaps, miscreants, and mayhem.
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Bramblewick Neighbourhood Surveillance: Log 101 (opens the original)
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Mon 21 Sep, 14:11My Grandmother-in-law, June, thinks none of you like me.She reckons, during the entirety of her first week of living with us in Bramblewick, she did not see one of my fellow villagers show any signs of being my friend.I laughed in her prune-like face for approximately 73 minutes until I decided to prove her wrong with this here Bramblewick Neighbourhood Surveillance Substack.So, without further ado, please
Bramblewick Neighbourhood Surveillance: Log 100 (opens the original)
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Mon 14 Sep, 12:32The eagle-eyed among you (who could be bothered to read last week’s update of course) will remember that my grandmother-in-law (my wife’s gran, for the thick neighbours out there) is staying with us for an indefinite period. Look at her little face!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JTpS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive
Bramblewick Neighbourhood Surveillance: Log 99 (opens the original)
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Mon 07 Sep, 10:23Many of you seem to think that my decision - having noticed that the Saddest Man in the World at Number 1 was smiling a lot last week - to remind him that his wife had left him for a younger man, that his hair is shite, and his funeral is going to be a very empty one was “not very neighbourly of me”.To even suggest I am a bad neighbour makes me want to punch every single one of you in
Bramblewick Neighbourhood Surveillance: Log 98 (opens the original)
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Mon 31 Aug, 18:45Has anyone else noticed that The Saddest Man in the World at Number 1 has been smiling a lot lately?I saw him smiling as he left Big Billy’s Butchers two weekends ago. He was smiling while ordering a coffee at the Milk Jugs Cafe last Wednesday. And yesterday evening I saw him through his living room window smiling on the phone.Don’t you worry. I’m going to investigate.Tues 01 Sep, 13:11“Morning,” I said to The Saddest Man in the World at N
Bramblewick Neighbourhood Surveillance: Log 97 (opens the original)
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Mon 24 Aug, 10:21“Wow,” said someone on Substack (who definitely exists so don’t bother going searching for them or what I’m telling you they said to me). “Not all heroes wear capes, but your ‘How To Be A Good Neighbour’ series is the stuff of legend, Carl. I can feel myself becoming a gooder neighbour by the minute.”While that totally real person is right - not all heroes wear capes - I’ll absolutely be wearing my racing car green, Bramblewick Neighbourhood Surveillance velvet cape as I sp
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