General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

A few years ago, neighbours of mine had been quarelling and one of them picked up an empty milk bottle on his doorstep to hit the woman neighbour with. I rang the police (a Manchester no) and they put it through to Wigan. They informed me that it had already been reported and someone was on their way. They arrived forty minutes later, if the bottle had hit the woman, the other neighbour could have been facing at least manslaughter charges. The van that arrived, left without the threatening neighbour, but had to be recalled ten minutes later when he started off again. Why didn't they take him in the first place, he was drunk and disorderly anyway, apart from the threatening behaviour. I can't understand why we have to ring Manchester so that it can be put through to Wigan.