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Used to live on Parnie Street and had a good view of the phone box opposite the pet shop on the corner. Many a night sat at my kitchen window, watching what went on there, as my dinner cooked. Favourite was watching 3 women all having a right good stooshie in the box, scrapping for the receiver. Never caught why.

Used to work late when I lived there, so I'd often come home around 1am. Once caught a guy with his palms on the close entrance walls, trousers round his ankles, half squatting, curling one out. He pulled his trousers up round his knees and shuffled out the way, went "Aw ye live here mate?", being nice enough to "let me in". Next day, there was a big 90 degree angle smear of shite from where someone had unexpectedly opened the close door and brushed his shite all over the tiles.

Had my house door attempted to be opened innumerable amounts of times when I lived in that close too. The courts nearby always meant there were junkies hanging around, and they'd go up and down the stairs all day, trying all the handles, hoping a door was open. Whenever I heard footsteps coming up, I'd pause my video games, get up oot my chair and stand at the door, waiting for the tender turning of the handle. Locked as it was, they weren't getting in, but I'd give my best and loudest BOO when it happened. They'd belt out the close like they were playing chap door runaway, and I'd watch them run in the direction of the Fish Plaice from my kitchen window. Never felt like it meant anything to report it to the polis, because they'd always be back it by tomorrow, and were long gone in the day before anyone cops showed up to ask about it. Only time anything actually happened to improve the area was when the drug dealer I lived above got chucked oot by the housing association (aye, its mostly council houses on Parnie Street!), after a load of us in the close got sick of him having junkies round at all hours. Reported it to the HA and he was out on his ear in a couple of weeks once they'd "investigated" it.