As many people will have no doubt heard, following riots in Tottenham, Enfield was targeted for looting and chaos on Sunday 7th August.
Obviously as rumours started to circle in the afternoon,our first priority was to make sure that all staff were safe, and our sunday opening hours meant that no-one was instore by the time that there were any signs of trouble.
But as the evening progressed, wilder rumours spread via twitter and very few hard facts were available, the 24 hour news channels only touched a little on the extent of what was going on, so it became a long drawn out waiting game to see what state our showroom would be in in the morning, if it was still standing at all.
The cold light of day, disproved the overblown tales of Nandos and Krispy Kremes going up in flames, and we were fortunate enough to only have had one window along our shop frontage broken.
Other shops were not quite so lucky, with looting affecting HMV and G Mantella, and a local chemist that had been working late was forced to barricade themselves in to try and keep out looters.
The main road through The Town remained closed off and a air of curiousity had changed to an impending sense of fear, with practically every shop closed by 4pm, as reports that shops and offices had been advised to evacuate in case of more trouble.
Thankfully no further trouble was apparent and after a peaceful march held by proud and concerned Enfield residents took to the streets on wednesday evening, Enfield feels like a much safer place once again.
Throughout Enfield Town, many shops now sport rather apt signs encouraging our residents to 'keep smiling' through all that has happened recently, these stickers can be bought from Fast Signs on Coleman Parade, and T-shirts bearing the same design can be purchased from our next door neighbour, Kapture-Me, with profits going to Riot charities, so dig deep, support our boys.
and most importantly, keep smiling.
Thankfully no further trouble was apparent and after a peaceful march held by proud and concerned Enfield residents took to the streets on wednesday evening, Enfield feels like a much safer place once again.
Throughout Enfield Town, many shops now sport rather apt signs encouraging our residents to 'keep smiling' through all that has happened recently, these stickers can be bought from Fast Signs on Coleman Parade, and T-shirts bearing the same design can be purchased from our next door neighbour, Kapture-Me, with profits going to Riot charities, so dig deep, support our boys.
and most importantly, keep smiling.
- Glen
