[Jackie]

I agree with you society has got worse in the past 10 years I moved to colchester in the 70s it was a great place to live schools were good you might get the odd fight but no knives were used then as they are now.I got married and moved to Greenstead Estate where we had a flat let me tell youGreenstead has the unfortunate honour of being one of the the largest council estates in Europe (stretching from Greenstead Road to Othello Close) with around 3,500 dwellings, dating from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

These properties tend to be good value for money and subsequently many are now owner occupied, but there's still a fair proportion which are used for social housing.

No point in lying: a sprawling council estate is never going to cut it as a residential highlight of an area and there are some troubles which often come with the territory.Well they weren't joking I lived there for 7 years and eventually sold up and moved as we had neighbours from hell forcing us out won't go into full details because we still visit colchester once a week as our daughter is buried in the cementary their.
But it's not only colchester its everywhere now I'm even terrified to go out after dark just going to our local shops in the winter is traumatic you've got yobs hanging around the local shops drinking swearing and you feel imdiated all the time.
I do beleive in some cases it's down to the parents and the way they've brought up their children not enough discipline and the schools have got worst the teachers are now scared of the pupils which in my day you got the cane if you were naughty now police are involved at my daughters secondary school aged 13 two were expelled because of drugs,and also some youts setting fire to the school children climbing on the roofs in break times i could go on and on.I used to be frighten off my teachers at school but thats not the case nowadays.I brought up my children to respect everyone and anything but this is not always the case in todays society.