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Wild West-style brawl in Malmesbury

2:51pm Wednesday 5th March 2008

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ARMED police officers were called to Malmesbury town centre on Saturday night to break up a brawl involving 50 youths.

The trouble started in The Guildhall wine bar in Oxford Street when staff asked a group of lads from Chippenham for proof of age.

A confrontation began and the group was set upon by other males from the Malmesbury area.

The fracas exploded out the doors of the wine bar onto the street resulting in what one eyewitness described as a scene from the Wild Wild West.

Police from Malmesbury, Wootton Bassett, and Cricklade were called to break the gang up and were supported by an armed response unit.

Landlord Colin Pike said: "We have had a problem of late with people under age sneaking in and I had a good chat with the staff and we have been extra vigilant lately.

"We had a mob of lads in from Chippenham and I asked for ID.

"Not all of them had it so I said they could stay but no alcohol and they then started nicking other people's pints.

"I then asked them to leave and that's when it all kicked off.

"They threatened one of my staff saying they'd come back and knife him."

Mr Pike also said he would like to see more police at weekends in the town centre and he has also called for CCTV to help deter trouble "I'm trying to take some positive out of this though and show people we won't put up with underage drinking.

"I'm a bit damned if I do and damned if I don't but at the end of the day it is my pub and my license on the line if I don't take it seriously."

Brian Slade, an owner of Abbey Taxi's was working when the brawl took place, and said: "It really was like something off the Wild Wild West. My drivers refused to go up that end of town while it was going on.

"There must have been a dozen police cars it spilled all the way down the town centre.

"I've lived in Malmesbury for 39 years and in that time things have gone from a well behaved group of people to total disorder.

"It is a known fact that they are serving people in pubs who are intoxicated.

"The problem always starts in the pubs and then spills out into town.

"I want to go back to the times when the police were walking around the town talking to people and they were the ears and the eyes.

"I've told my drivers to stay away from the problems and not to pick up anyone aggressive.

"Oxford Street is a total, total fiasco on a Friday and Saturday night and it's because people have no respect for the law."

Inspector Mark Levitt, at Wootton Bassett police said: "A group of youths came to Malmesbury not causing any trouble and they had gone into a public house and there was a question over their age.

"A confrontation started inside and other locals started attacking them.

"We had four arrests on the night and they have been bailed pending further enquiries.

"A number of persons are to be arrested in coming days.

"It is a very very rare occurrence in Malmesbury and we are not going to tolerate any violent behaviour."

Two ambulances were called to the scene and several people were treated for cuts and bruises but no one was seriously injured.

Police are still keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident on 0845 408 7000.

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donteventhinkit, Corsham says...
4:06pm Wed 5 Mar 08

Not being funny but the article says Saturday and the caption under the image says Friday. IA know you reporters are busy what with listing dogs going to crufts and people being tormenteed by kids using play areas but come on this is a pretty obvious mistake.

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Deacon, Malmesbury says...
5:54pm Wed 5 Mar 08

Well I was in there Saturday night and I didn't notice any of that. Although I was pretty wasted..

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walter, wilshur says...
10:25am Thu 6 Mar 08

If everyone thought it looked like the Wild West, then a few .45 lead slugs through a few teenaged bellies would have calmed it. Come back Wyatt Earpe.

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nikkita, malmesbury says...
4:44pm Thu 6 Mar 08

there wasnt even 50 people in the guild so i cant see how that is true and it was on a friday, the youths who got asked for id starting geting lairy in the pub which casused them 2 be thrown out noone confonted them in the pub

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Anomynous666, Wiltshire says...
6:36pm Thu 6 Mar 08

This article is exactly why no one should read what is written in the papers. You have several glaring mistakes and your source for the story.....

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Lindsey_504, Chippenham says...
3:11pm Fri 7 Mar 08

well my brother was involved in that and it was in no way anyone from chippenhams fault so to call them a mob is disgusting. The reporter should get some of her sodding facts straight before printing such atrocious lies!!! It was a vicious attack against those from chippenham, which actually included girls - there was only 15 of them - against 35 malmesbury. Also wouldn't believe a word that landlord said. And it was on FRIDAY night, she couldn't get that right! I am furious with this article.

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Mellie, says...
8:23am Sat 8 Mar 08

Regardless of how many people were involved or on what night this took place, the problem is that Malmesbury's police presence is a joke. This will continue to happen as long as the police station is open for a couple of hours a week in a town that is growning on the scale that Malmesbury is. The Wiltshire Constabulary need to pull their finger out, open up the station and have more police in the town on weekends.

Lets face it, you will continue to have trouble there, as long as the main troublemakers know, that any police are going to have to travel from Chippenham, Melksham or whatever.

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
12:32am Sun 9 Mar 08

I Was There FRIDAY Night When It Happened.And I Have Never Seen Anything Like It. 18 - 30+ Ganging Up On 16/17 Year Olds, Yes It Was Our Own Fault We Was In Pub UnderAge But We Dint Nick Pints Let Alone Cause Trouble. We Got Started On For No Reason, And Me An My Mate Was Only Ones Not To Get Hit. That Collin Bloke In Picture Hit My Mates Missus By Accident. A BOUNCER Throwing Punches ? Thats Nothing To Be Proud Of ! An Id ? They Dint Ask No1 !! Every1 Got Served :L Aload Of **** ? An Mob ? There Was About 15/20 Of Us There. An My Lot Of Bout 10 Went To See A Malmsbury Lad.We All Got Started On For No Reason An No Taxis Would Give Us A Lit Home Even With Money Up Front.
Disappointed To Be Honest Ruined My Night An Is Giving Bad Names To People Like Me An My Mates Who Don't Want Trouble.

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
12:35am Sun 9 Mar 08

O Ye There Was About 60-70 Malmsbury Lads Trying To Smack All Of Us. Thats Called A Mob :@:@ And I Hope The Kiddies Who Concussed My Mate Go Down. It Ent Hard Fighting In Numbers. It's Cold

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stonham26, chippenham says...
2:46pm Sun 9 Mar 08

i wouldnt believe anything the paper say because they don't have a clue what their going on about! ha the owner of the pub collin fry knows that underage people drink in his pubs and he continues to serve them because people in malmsbery tell me this, he's just trying to make it sound like he's doing his job well to the public but it's rubbish so i wouldnt believe anything the papers have said, he even hit my friend and was getting very aggressive at the time, he stood up for malmsbery the whole way. Police might want to think about closing his pub down but that wont happen because the police don't know how to do their job, the malmsbery police were an absolute joke, didn't know what they were doing bless them. And i didn't notice anything in the paper about girls being hit by malsbery boys? In which case they were :) well done gazzette and herald give yourselves a pat on the back, fantastic job (Y)

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Anomynous666, Wiltshire says...
9:11am Mon 10 Mar 08

A student journalist... Perhaps more study needed, or less emotional stories to be covered. This is exactly what this article is however, a story.

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captain sensible, wilts says...
8:20pm Mon 10 Mar 08

If you "kids" spent more time studying and learning to spell and less time "willy waving" and trying to act like grown ups then articles like this will never grace these pages. As for Mr Pike......C'mon Colin mate, we all know you serve underage kids, have regular lock-ins after hours and favor the regulars who line your pockets.

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
9:12pm Mon 10 Mar 08

Ye Cause Were Kids ? Ha If Schools An College Knew How To Teac Then Perhaps We Would Have Interest .. But As They Make It So Boring Etc Whats Appealing ? Willy Waving ? Old School Word ? :L Keep Up 2 Modern Words Times Changed Now! Do You Mean Bumming Around ? Umm Well As Far As I Can See That Was My First Night Out On Town In Months (Y) An We All Get Jumped By Not A Mob Not Youths Not Kids. There Called YOBS

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captain sensible, wilts says...
8:30pm Tue 11 Mar 08

This is the sort of response I would expect from an uneducated fool like yourself Gilsey, education is only as boring as you, the recipient, makes it. The term "willy waving" is not an old school saying (not "word" as you suggest, as the term "word" relates to a single saying. I think you meant "words" as in the plural, as willy waving is two words), The phrase relates to imature individuals like yourself who think they are hard and clever but in reality are nothing more than a stain on the landscape. You have a choice now Gilsey, reply with an immature remark and show your true colours or stay quiet and rise above what has been said. I wonder what you will decide?

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captain sensible, wilts says...
8:53pm Tue 11 Mar 08

P.S. Gilesy, you have contradicted yourself (look the big word up in the dictionary if you are having trouble understanding that one). You say in a previous post "and I hope the kiddies who concussed my mate go down". The definition of a "kid" in the oxford dictionary is a "child", so did your mate get attacked by children?? If so then perhaps we are breeding some very good stock here in Malmesbury.

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Titus, Malmesbury says...
2:07pm Wed 12 Mar 08

Gilesy, obviously our "educashun" system didn't work for you did it?

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
5:05pm Wed 12 Mar 08

Haha I Love Your Comment See Making Arguements,, Rise Above It ? Noo Im Explaining How Thugs Beat My Mates Up For Know Reason. As Malmsbury Education ? Pftt I Went To Corsham (Y) And Because I Type Fast My Spelling Doesn't Comes Out Wrong Through Keyboard Means I Had A Bad Education ? Mate Who Invited Your Opinion You Don't Know What Your On About.. Was You Even There ? Because If You Was You Would Admit Truth And Say Yes My Friends Started A Scene For No Reason. An You Would Admit 8 Of Your Friends Booted A Kid In His Face An Ribs. An Kid ? Why You Trying Go All Big On Me. If You Knew What I Mean Why Make Something ? I've Never Heard Of Willy Waving Because I Haven't Doesn't Mean I Am Not Entitled To Know .. An I Think Im Hard ? Ha If I Thought I Was Hard I Would Of Proven It Friday My Mate's Got Hit. But I Don't Need To Go Round Kicking People Of Smacking Them For No Reason. Hard Is Just Not Physical It's Alot Mental And I Have Got The Brain's I Know When To Give It Take It And Shut Up. Like You Said 'reply with an immature remark and show your true colours or stay quiet and rise above what has been said. I wonder what you will decide? '

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Anomynous666, Wiltshire says...
8:01pm Wed 12 Mar 08

Gilesy's education aside, who cares if they were underage, is that now reason for hospitalising three people? Or perhaps being from a town ten miles away is reason enough? Also, trying to put someone down, and obviously winding them up is hardly an "adult" thing to do Captain. You seem to be trying to prove you're more intelligent then Gilesy, then why don't you rise above it and stop baiting him.

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
7:42am Thu 13 Mar 08

Thankyou SomeOne Agrees (Y) Yes We Were Underage But No1 Stopped Us And No1 Threatened The Owner Or Bar Staff An No1 Nicked Pints So Why Did My Friends Have To Take A Beating From Sheerly Just Wanting A Good Night Out A Pub? We Have Been Made Such Twats Just Because We Wanted To Have Fun

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captain sensible, wilts says...
5:02pm Thu 13 Mar 08

Yes It Was Our Own Fault We Was In Pub UnderAge
Yes My Friends Started A Scene For No Reason
Yes We Were Underage
. The law is there for a reason. As you can see people, the quotes speak for themselve, not only is Gilesy admitting to breaking the law by being in a public house and procuring alcohol underage but he also admits that his friends started a scene for no reason.
We Have Been Made Such Twats
nobody has made you such twats, You did that yourself.

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
7:52pm Thu 13 Mar 08

The Other Quotes Are Right But Second One Is Directed At 'Titus' Malmsbury. I Know We Was Underage Etc But Because Of That My Friends Deserved 8 People Kicking Him On The Ground ? When He Dint Even Touch Alcohol At The Pub Just Before He Came .. Is That Right ? No We Didn't Make Ourselves Look ****'s .. We Went Their For A Good Time But My Mates Came Out Battered For What ? Because If EveryOne Told Truth There Is No Actual Reason That Justifies The Violence Given.

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Anomynous666, Wiltshire says...
8:27pm Thu 13 Mar 08

I see rising above it was a hard task and that baiting a teenager was too much of a temptation.

Gilesy, your responses are not helping your friends at all. Your account of what happened also somewhat differs from those that I have heard.

Was You Even There ? Because If You Was You Would Admit Truth And Say Yes My Friends Started A Scene For No Reason.


I believe Captain, that Gilesy is attempting a rhetorical question "If you were there you would see that the kids were beaten up and a scene was caused for no reason" and is in no way stating that the group of teenagers from Chippenham were at fault.

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
8:36pm Thu 13 Mar 08

Basically When I Said You Would Admit Truth An Say My Friends Started A Scene .. Im Basically Meaning Im That Titus Person An Im Sayin What He Should Be Saying. It Is Complicated To Explain Over A Computer An 2 Be Honest You Can Think What You Like About Me Wether Im A Dick Etc But I Knw What Happened An Im Dissapointed With The Fact We Have Bin Made The Culprits An Not The Victims. You Know I Have Alot Of Time For Police Press The Publice. But At 17 Im Starting To Think Justice Never Happens Anymore. Write Whatever Now Back To This Or Me Etc. Your All Shocking. None Of You Know What Actually Went On And No1 Will Even Admit Truth. Shame Really All I Want Is SomeOne To Say Sorry

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
8:49pm Thu 13 Mar 08

O Ye Before You Start Pickin Up On My Spellin An Tryin 2 Run Me Down. It's Public.

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Titus, Malmesbury says...
10:34pm Thu 13 Mar 08

Gilesy,
You're not making yourself very clear.
What on earth does this mean?
"Basically When I Said You Would Admit Truth An Say My Friends Started A Scene .. Im Basically Meaning Im That Titus Person An Im Sayin What He Should Be Saying."
It's just a load of unintelligible garbage.
I agree with Anonymous666 that you're not doing your mates any favours by admitting you were underage and your mates started a scene for no reason. But is that what you meant?
I think you should go back to school and actually learn how to make yourself understood. I honestly believe it would help your case.
Oh yes, in reply to your question "Mate Who Invited Your Opinion"
The Gazette and Herald did. I also type fast.

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moonraker1, chippenham says...
8:03am Fri 14 Mar 08

Hang Um

Hang Um High


www.ourchippenham.co
.uk

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captain sensible, wilts says...
8:44am Fri 14 Mar 08

OK Gilsey, perhaps I have been a bit harsh on you but it was for a reason mate. Firstly I apollogise for baiting you, secondly I apollogise for the way in which the law has let you down and by the term "law" I dont refer to the police but the way in which Mr Pike did not adhere to his Licence and enforce a sensible approach to this problem and let underage youths drink in his establishment. I have frequented the Guild Hall on many occasion and have seen first hand the mindless violence that does happen once alcohol is abused, I also am aware that the Guild Hall has "bouncers" that are not SIA (security industry association) licensed.
Gilsey, if its an apollogy you are after, then on behalf of society I am sorry. Does that change anything?

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
11:56am Fri 14 Mar 08

Titus,
You Wasn't There And You Don't Know What Your On About (Y) Also I Never Asked Whether You Typed Fast I Said I Can't Help If I Do .. Seriously If Your A Man Think About Yourself. I Admit I've Still Got Growing Up2 Do But Im 16/17 Thats Maturity. But Guessing You Seem Like A Man And Well Pretty Dissapointed With You How Your Trying To Complicate It. I Cannot Explain Completely What I Mean Because Im On The End Of A Computer So It Isn't Garbage It Is Just You Don't Understand As It's Got No Emotion Or Expression Behind The Sentence. I Don't Need To Go Back To School Just Because You Can't Understand What I Mean. I Can't Help That.

Captain Sensible, I Appreciate Your Apology Alot. Although I Don't Think It Is Your Position To Say Sorry For EveryOne. I Just Don't Understand What It Is No Days ? Why EveryOne Thinks Fighting Is Cool .. Men Starting Fights On 17 Year Olds Is Big .. Or Punching Girls Is Funny .. I Know You Can't Do Nothing But I Am The One Who Is Going To Be In This World Bringing Money In Etc Having Children And Making This World Etc. And Well I Think It Is Shocking How We Have Been Made The Bad Ones. An By We I Mean My Friends More Than Me. No1 Even Came Near Me Infact I Know It Wasnt Big But I Confronted One Earlier In The Night To Ask If He Had A Problem And Well No1 Came Near Me Just My Friends. But My Friends Took A Beating In The Main Street And No1 Even Said Anything Except Us ? Why ? Intimidation ? Or Because There Your Mates Or Your People From Malmsbury Etc. But One Day It Will Happen To You Or Your Friends Or Your Children Etc And You Will Be In My Position And Wonder Where Is Justice ? Why Hasnt The Law Done Anything . Why Is The Law Even Set ? Because All I Have Seen Is Them Broken. An When Broken What Happens ? Nothing. All These Malmsbury Lads/Men Who Have Done This. It Is Nothing To Be Proud Of, Infact Dissapointed Is The Word. Because What Goes Around,Comes Back Around. Twice As HARD.

Captain Much Appreciated :)

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
11:57am Fri 14 Mar 08

Titus,
You Wasn't There And You Don't Know What Your On About (Y) Also I Never Asked Whether You Typed Fast I Said I Can't Help If I Do .. Seriously If Your A Man Think About Yourself. I Admit I've Still Got Growing Up2 Do But Im 16/17 Thats Maturity. But Guessing You Seem Like A Man And Well Pretty Dissapointed With You How Your Trying To Complicate It. I Cannot Explain Completely What I Mean Because Im On The End Of A Computer So It Isn't Garbage It Is Just You Don't Understand As It's Got No Emotion Or Expression Behind The Sentence. I Don't Need To Go Back To School Just Because You Can't Understand What I Mean. I Can't Help That.

Captain Sensible, I Appreciate Your Apology Alot. Although I Don't Think It Is Your Position To Say Sorry For EveryOne. I Just Don't Understand What It Is No Days ? Why EveryOne Thinks Fighting Is Cool .. Men Starting Fights On 17 Year Olds Is Big .. Or Punching Girls Is Funny .. I Know You Can't Do Nothing But I Am The One Who Is Going To Be In This World Bringing Money In Etc Having Children And Making This World Etc. And Well I Think It Is Shocking How We Have Been Made The Bad Ones. An By We I Mean My Friends More Than Me. No1 Even Came Near Me Infact I Know It Wasnt Big But I Confronted One Earlier In The Night To Ask If He Had A Problem And Well No1 Came Near Me Just My Friends. But My Friends Took A Beating In The Main Street And No1 Even Said Anything Except Us ? Why ? Intimidation ? Or Because There Your Mates Or Your People From Malmsbury Etc. But One Day It Will Happen To You Or Your Friends Or Your Children Etc And You Will Be In My Position And Wonder Where Is Justice ? Why Hasnt The Law Done Anything . Why Is The Law Even Set ? Because All I Have Seen Is Them Broken. An When Broken What Happens ? Nothing. All These Malmsbury Lads/Men Who Have Done This. It Is Nothing To Be Proud Of, Infact Dissapointed Is The Word. Because What Goes Around,Comes Back Around. Twice As HARD.

Captain Much Appreciated :)

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
11:58am Fri 14 Mar 08

Titus,
You Wasn't There And You Don't Know What Your On About (Y) Also I Never Asked Whether You Typed Fast I Said I Can't Help If I Do .. Seriously If Your A Man Think About Yourself. I Admit I've Still Got Growing Up2 Do But Im 16/17 Thats Maturity. But Guessing You Seem Like A Man And Well Pretty Dissapointed With You How Your Trying To Complicate It. I Cannot Explain Completely What I Mean Because Im On The End Of A Computer So It Isn't Garbage It Is Just You Don't Understand As It's Got No Emotion Or Expression Behind The Sentence. I Don't Need To Go Back To School Just Because You Can't Understand What I Mean. I Can't Help That.

Captain Sensible, I Appreciate Your Apology Alot. Although I Don't Think It Is Your Position To Say Sorry For EveryOne. I Just Don't Understand What It Is No Days ? Why EveryOne Thinks Fighting Is Cool .. Men Starting Fights On 17 Year Olds Is Big .. Or Punching Girls Is Funny .. I Know You Can't Do Nothing But I Am The One Who Is Going To Be In This World Bringing Money In Etc Having Children And Making This World Etc. And Well I Think It Is Shocking How We Have Been Made The Bad Ones. An By We I Mean My Friends More Than Me. No1 Even Came Near Me Infact I Know It Wasnt Big But I Confronted One Earlier In The Night To Ask If He Had A Problem And Well No1 Came Near Me Just My Friends. But My Friends Took A Beating In The Main Street And No1 Even Said Anything Except Us ? Why ? Intimidation ? Or Because There Your Mates Or Your People From Malmsbury Etc. But One Day It Will Happen To You Or Your Friends Or Your Children Etc And You Will Be In My Position And Wonder Where Is Justice ? Why Hasnt The Law Done Anything . Why Is The Law Even Set ? Because All I Have Seen Is Them Broken. An When Broken What Happens ? Nothing. All These Malmsbury Lads/Men Who Have Done This. It Is Nothing To Be Proud Of, Infact Dissapointed Is The Word. Because What Goes Around,Comes Back Around. Twice As HARD.

Captain Much Appreciated :)

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
12:00pm Fri 14 Mar 08

O Ye Titus I Dint Mean Maturity I Means Thats Maturing :L

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unknown08, says...
5:19pm Sat 15 Mar 08

This is pathetic.....this is not some kind of insult page it is the gazette and herald website and leaving a comment on here is to give views not insults!
Gilesy is right, these innocent people come into malmesbury to have a good time and socialize like every other young person and they are then asked to leave town by "yobs", in doing so they get chased and beaten up for no reason!
It takes a man to start a fight but a real man to walk away from it all!

Everything in this report for the newspaper is false and only the innocent people will know this, they did not steal drinks, they did not cause trouble and so what if they were underage drinking? the guild is full of underage drinkers and without these underage drinkers that pub would not be bringing in the money it does. As for Colin Pike, he does not deserve a license, he abuses the privaliges he has by telling a load of white lies to the newspaper. He was not at all interested in sorting out the trouble that night and his only worry was that he was going to get into trouble.

Hopefully these Malmesbury "yobs" have learned their lesson. It is so sad that these other teenagers will not be able to return to Malmesbury again on a Friday evening because of this, they were innocent and many of these people had been coming to Malmesbury weeks before this happened.

Its okay for the Malmesbury yobs to go into Chippenham, go to that college ect but it is not okay for them to come into Malmesbury? Does not seem right....people can go where they wish to and no one belongs to a certain town, its just pathetic!

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unknown08, says...
5:20pm Sat 15 Mar 08

This is pathetic.....this is not some kind of insult page it is the gazette and herald website and leaving a comment on here is to give views not insults!
Gilesy is right, these innocent people come into malmesbury to have a good time and socialize like every other young person and they are then asked to leave town by "yobs", in doing so they get chased and beaten up for no reason!
It takes a man to start a fight but a real man to walk away from it all!

Everything in this report for the newspaper is false and only the innocent people will know this, they did not steal drinks, they did not cause trouble and so what if they were underage drinking? the guild is full of underage drinkers and without these underage drinkers that pub would not be bringing in the money it does. As for Colin Pike, he does not deserve a license, he abuses the privaliges he has by telling a load of white lies to the newspaper. He was not at all interested in sorting out the trouble that night and his only worry was that he was going to get into trouble.

Hopefully these Malmesbury "yobs" have learned their lesson. It is so sad that these other teenagers will not be able to return to Malmesbury again on a Friday evening because of this, they were innocent and many of these people had been coming to Malmesbury weeks before this happened.

Its okay for the Malmesbury yobs to go into Chippenham, go to that college ect but it is not okay for them to come into Malmesbury? Does not seem right....people can go where they wish to and no one belongs to a certain town, its just pathetic!

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unknown08, says...
5:21pm Sat 15 Mar 08

This is pathetic.....this is not some kind of insult page it is the gazette and herald website and leaving a comment on here is to give views not insults!
Gilesy is right, these innocent people come into malmesbury to have a good time and socialize like every other young person and they are then asked to leave town by "yobs", in doing so they get chased and beaten up for no reason!
It takes a man to start a fight but a real man to walk away from it all!

Everything in this report for the newspaper is false and only the innocent people will know this, they did not steal drinks, they did not cause trouble and so what if they were underage drinking? the guild is full of underage drinkers and without these underage drinkers that pub would not be bringing in the money it does. As for Colin Pike, he does not deserve a license, he abuses the privaliges he has by telling a load of white lies to the newspaper. He was not at all interested in sorting out the trouble that night and his only worry was that he was going to get into trouble.

Hopefully these Malmesbury "yobs" have learned their lesson. It is so sad that these other teenagers will not be able to return to Malmesbury again on a Friday evening because of this, they were innocent and many of these people had been coming to Malmesbury weeks before this happened.

Its okay for the Malmesbury yobs to go into Chippenham, go to that college ect but it is not okay for them to come into Malmesbury? Does not seem right....people can go where they wish to and no one belongs to a certain town, its just pathetic!

Report this post »

unknown08, says...
5:22pm Sat 15 Mar 08

This is pathetic.....this is not some kind of insult page it is the gazette and herald website and leaving a comment on here is to give views not insults!
Gilesy is right, these innocent people come into malmesbury to have a good time and socialize like every other young person and they are then asked to leave town by "yobs", in doing so they get chased and beaten up for no reason!
It takes a man to start a fight but a real man to walk away from it all!

Everything in this report for the newspaper is false and only the innocent people will know this, they did not steal drinks, they did not cause trouble and so what if they were underage drinking? the guild is full of underage drinkers and without these underage drinkers that pub would not be bringing in the money it does. As for Colin Pike, he does not deserve a license, he abuses the privaliges he has by telling a load of white lies to the newspaper. He was not at all interested in sorting out the trouble that night and his only worry was that he was going to get into trouble.

Hopefully these Malmesbury "yobs" have learned their lesson. It is so sad that these other teenagers will not be able to return to Malmesbury again on a Friday evening because of this, they were innocent and many of these people had been coming to Malmesbury weeks before this happened.

Its okay for the Malmesbury yobs to go into Chippenham, go to that college ect but it is not okay for them to come into Malmesbury? Does not seem right....people can go where they wish to and no one belongs to a certain town, its just pathetic!

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*Gilesy*, Corsham says...
8:02pm Sat 15 Mar 08

ThankYou For Understand How I Feel. Nice Knowing One Person Agree's With Me :) Much Appreciated.

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Anomynous666, Wiltshire says...
8:33pm Wed 18 Jun 08

Colin Pike has had his license taken away today and is due in court shortly. The Gazette should do a complete re-run of this story, written by a professional journalist and with statements from both sides. I would like to point out that none of the "Chippenham yobs" have been charged with anything whereas the same cannot be said of the patrons of the Guildhall. Point proven and poor journalism proven.

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Landlord Colin Pike & bar manager Mic Lawford out side the Guildhall pub after a brawl on Saturday night. Landlord Colin Pike & bar manager Mic Lawford out side the Guildhall pub after a brawl on Saturday night.

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