{"id":286,"date":"2014-10-08T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street.html\/"},"modified":"2014-10-08T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T10:39:00","slug":"neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Watch in our street&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I live in a great street in Melbourne.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It is certainly not the best street in our suburb&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We&#8217;re down the hill from the posh houses&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">of the Golden mile<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and up from the railway line.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It is good.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We get the runoff from the posh peoples&#8217; watering systems<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and we&#8217;re closer to the train station in the morning.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">OK let&#8217;s be honest&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">so, we&#8217;re a long way from the posh houses,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and live on top of the railway line&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We love our street!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\/VDNiytprccI\/AAAAAAAAEU8\/KNJWbLC-WQs\/s1600\/Moving.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\/VDNiytprccI\/AAAAAAAAEU8\/KNJWbLC-WQs\/s1600\/Moving.jpg?resize=486%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"486\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We have a street Christmas party where all the neighbours are invited<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and we have a pretty good<i> Neighbourhood Watch<\/i> thing happening.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We do each others bins, mail and pets when we travel<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and the big kids babysit the little kids.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">When a house is sold we all turn out to see who is moving in.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">When the new people buy and bulldose a house<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s impromptu street party time.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We&#8217;re are all out there with interest!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-CXJ-TQfzvM4\/VDSW4brszeI\/AAAAAAAAEVM\/RseRa_66vWk\/s1600\/DP.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-CXJ-TQfzvM4\/VDSW4brszeI\/AAAAAAAAEVM\/RseRa_66vWk\/s1600\/DP.jpg?resize=640%2C398\" height=\"398\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s not that easy buying your perfect dream house in Melbourne.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">For a start it&#8217;s consistently voted one of the world&#8217;s most liveable cities.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Supply and demand has lead to an over inflated housing market.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The Global Financial Crisis did little to&nbsp;quell&nbsp;the market&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">buoyancy.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Sometimes the only way in to the fancy suburbs<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;is to buy a knockdown and build!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3uxAVlw3qSs\/VDSbcOW6TZI\/AAAAAAAAEVY\/k8i4hh5Z5dA\/s1600\/DP1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3uxAVlw3qSs\/VDSbcOW6TZI\/AAAAAAAAEVY\/k8i4hh5Z5dA\/s1600\/DP1.jpg?resize=640%2C386\" height=\"386\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We&#8217;ve gathered to mourn the loss of a house in the street,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">it&#8217;s a historic moment.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Neighbours recount stories of previous occupants.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">As the house goes down&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">we see the garden emerge behind<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">where the chickens used to escape from their chicken coup<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and where the foxes<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">straight from the railway tracks, used to run amuck.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We are joined by our street family of rainbow lorikeets.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">They fly from tree to tree&nbsp;squawking&nbsp;in dismay<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">wondering what all the commotion is about.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-uMRCfBx8YKU\/VDSe_lr_zjI\/AAAAAAAAEVk\/ZRUOvXbcQ6o\/s1600\/Birds.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-uMRCfBx8YKU\/VDSe_lr_zjI\/AAAAAAAAEVk\/ZRUOvXbcQ6o\/s1600\/Birds.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">So there we all are.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Neighbourhood Watch all lined up.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Until someone says<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&#8216;<i>Let&#8217;s hope they <b>did <\/b>remove all that&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><span style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>asbestos!&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and&nbsp;amidst&nbsp;a cloud of dust<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">we cheerily wave our goodbyes<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">to get on with our day.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1VKzbLJYhVc\/VDT9as6BTmI\/AAAAAAAAEV0\/FRgYmUXqPKY\/s1600\/DP2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1VKzbLJYhVc\/VDT9as6BTmI\/AAAAAAAAEV0\/FRgYmUXqPKY\/s1600\/DP2.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\">By the time I return<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\">She&#8217;s gone.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\">All that remains of her hundred years of history<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\">is some scrap metal<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Propped<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\">&nbsp;up against the fence<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\">The place is eerily quiet<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\">no trains, no birds, no house, no nothing&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-c60zAe3xPxc\/VDUBAmjWgZI\/AAAAAAAAEWA\/2GwTqdOgEvA\/s1600\/DP3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-c60zAe3xPxc\/VDUBAmjWgZI\/AAAAAAAAEWA\/2GwTqdOgEvA\/s1600\/DP3.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Well, all that is about to change.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We are happy a very nice family are building their dream house.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We are fortunate they have chosen to do this<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">rather than subdivide<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">like many of the blocks around here.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5ZlQeMv_eXg\/VDUDpyY2hcI\/AAAAAAAAEWM\/9h8I1wsCi_I\/s1600\/DP4.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5ZlQeMv_eXg\/VDUDpyY2hcI\/AAAAAAAAEWM\/9h8I1wsCi_I\/s1600\/DP4.jpg?resize=640%2C400\" height=\"400\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The building has started<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s going to be huge.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Neighbourhood Watch is chuffed.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Welcome to our street.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We hope you&#8217;ll be very happy here&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Oh, and whilst I&#8217;ve got you,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">do you mind doing the bins, post and dog&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">when we&#8217;re next away?!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-4T7uTQ_pztw\/VDUGWbNTvHI\/AAAAAAAAEWY\/2jrZabBJBnM\/s1600\/lww_2.png\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-4T7uTQ_pztw\/VDUGWbNTvHI\/AAAAAAAAEWY\/2jrZabBJBnM\/s1600\/lww_2.png?resize=320%2C106\" height=\"106\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Linking with<span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavendercottagegardening.com\/2014\/10\/mosaic-monday-10-where-special-happens.html\">Mosaic Monday<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rubbishbyroan.blogspot.com.au\/\">Rubbish Tuesday<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communalglobal.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/10\/watw81014.html\">Wednesday Around the World<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jennymatlock.blogspot.com.au\/search\/label\/Alphabe-Thursday\">Alphabe Thursday<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\"><b>U is for Upbeat in our Street!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Thanks Jenny &#8211; hope you&#8217;re feeling better soon!<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mytownshootout.blogspot.com.au\/\">Friday my Town Shoot Out <\/a>&#8211; in Close up<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: left;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I live in a great street in Melbourne. It is certainly not the best street in our suburb&#8230; We&#8217;re down the hill from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neighbourhood Watch in our street... - LittleWanderingWren<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neighbourhood Watch in our street... - LittleWanderingWren\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I live in a great street in Melbourne. It is certainly not the best street in our suburb&#8230; We&#8217;re down the hill from&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LittleWanderingWren\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LittleWanderingWren\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-08T10:39:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\/VDNiytprccI\/AAAAAAAAEU8\/KNJWbLC-WQs\/s1600\/Moving.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"wrensrambles@gmail.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lwwren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lwwren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"wrensrambles@gmail.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"wrensrambles@gmail.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c5058d86b479404c37e91b8313e3c58\"},\"headline\":\"Neighbourhood Watch in our street&#8230;\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-08T10:39:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":540,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/4.bp.blogspot.com\\\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\\\/VDNiytprccI\\\/AAAAAAAAEU8\\\/KNJWbLC-WQs\\\/s1600\\\/Moving.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Uncategorized\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/\",\"name\":\"Neighbourhood Watch in our street... - LittleWanderingWren\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/4.bp.blogspot.com\\\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\\\/VDNiytprccI\\\/AAAAAAAAEU8\\\/KNJWbLC-WQs\\\/s1600\\\/Moving.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-08T10:39:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c5058d86b479404c37e91b8313e3c58\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/4.bp.blogspot.com\\\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\\\/VDNiytprccI\\\/AAAAAAAAEU8\\\/KNJWbLC-WQs\\\/s1600\\\/Moving.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/4.bp.blogspot.com\\\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\\\/VDNiytprccI\\\/AAAAAAAAEU8\\\/KNJWbLC-WQs\\\/s1600\\\/Moving.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/08\\\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Neighbourhood Watch in our street&#8230;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"LittleWanderingWren\",\"description\":\"Travel Blog: A birds-eye view of the world\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c5058d86b479404c37e91b8313e3c58\",\"name\":\"wrensrambles@gmail.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dd928ad528d4925d8b2d7af63101d101b7f2da84724dada2075b94774a54ae49?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dd928ad528d4925d8b2d7af63101d101b7f2da84724dada2075b94774a54ae49?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dd928ad528d4925d8b2d7af63101d101b7f2da84724dada2075b94774a54ae49?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"wrensrambles@gmail.com\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Neighbourhood Watch in our street... - LittleWanderingWren","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Neighbourhood Watch in our street... - LittleWanderingWren","og_description":"I live in a great street in Melbourne. It is certainly not the best street in our suburb&#8230; We&#8217;re down the hill from&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/","og_site_name":"LittleWanderingWren","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LittleWanderingWren\/","article_published_time":"2014-10-08T10:39:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\/VDNiytprccI\/AAAAAAAAEU8\/KNJWbLC-WQs\/s1600\/Moving.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"wrensrambles@gmail.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@lwwren","twitter_site":"@lwwren","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"wrensrambles@gmail.com","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/"},"author":{"name":"wrensrambles@gmail.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c5058d86b479404c37e91b8313e3c58"},"headline":"Neighbourhood Watch in our street&#8230;","datePublished":"2014-10-08T10:39:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/"},"wordCount":540,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\/VDNiytprccI\/AAAAAAAAEU8\/KNJWbLC-WQs\/s1600\/Moving.jpg","articleSection":["Uncategorized"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/","url":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/","name":"Neighbourhood Watch in our street... - LittleWanderingWren","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\/VDNiytprccI\/AAAAAAAAEU8\/KNJWbLC-WQs\/s1600\/Moving.jpg","datePublished":"2014-10-08T10:39:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c5058d86b479404c37e91b8313e3c58"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\/VDNiytprccI\/AAAAAAAAEU8\/KNJWbLC-WQs\/s1600\/Moving.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rQ-1TiuBxs\/VDNiytprccI\/AAAAAAAAEU8\/KNJWbLC-WQs\/s1600\/Moving.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/08\/neighbourhood-watch-in-our-street\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Neighbourhood Watch in our street&#8230;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/","name":"LittleWanderingWren","description":"Travel Blog: A birds-eye view of the world","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5c5058d86b479404c37e91b8313e3c58","name":"wrensrambles@gmail.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd928ad528d4925d8b2d7af63101d101b7f2da84724dada2075b94774a54ae49?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd928ad528d4925d8b2d7af63101d101b7f2da84724dada2075b94774a54ae49?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd928ad528d4925d8b2d7af63101d101b7f2da84724dada2075b94774a54ae49?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"wrensrambles@gmail.com"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}