Saturday 13 October. I had a really good day, to start with. A group of us visited the National Railway Museum, rode the Yorkshire Wheel, and ate tea at the Happy Valley café in Goodramgate. We decided to to take a taxi home as we were all quite shattered, but as we got to the front of the queue at the rank in St Saviourgate, a drunken youth punched an elderly gentleman to the ground in front of us, and then kicked him in the face. I immediately ‘phoned for the emergency services, but it was the ambulance that came first and it was only 15 minutes later that the police finally arrived. Luckily the attacker was so drunk that he didn’t have the wit to run away and various people managed to keep him occupied until the police got there, cuffed him, and carted him away. The police are wanting to take a statement from me but haven’t been in touch so far (as at Monday.) Of course, we lost our place in the taxi queue and rather than hang around any longer, we walked home. Should have done that in the first place! I hope the elderly chap (I think his name was Dave) recovers OK.
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