General Chat

girl this morning.I went to a church to look up graves for another member on here.I had to go through trees and bushes to get to the church.In amongst all this was a childrens playground.On my way there i noticed a small girl all by herself on a swing.Coming back she was still there.No jumper or coat but 2 pairs of trainers.She called out to me and asked if there was a telephone box nearby.Told her there was not and she told me she was waiting for her male cousin to pick her up.That was a hour ago.I gave her my mobile to ring her mum.Cant be sure but i think her mum said she could not pick her up.The little girl told me that if she found the high road her mum was going to pick her up.Showed her where the high road was.Very very worried about this little girl.She had stayed with her friend which was the other side of town from where she lived.The mother must of dropped her off last night?I was going to put her in my car and take her home to her house but was too frightened that i could have been done for kidnap.I did tell the little girl to get out of the park as i thought she was vulnerable.Where are these parents that do this.These are the parents that think that nothing is going to happen.One very very lovely little girl. Annie

Grannie isn't it awful that you couldn't take her home, what awful times we live in, once l found a young girl crying she had lost her mum before l went up to her l found another lady and asked her to join me while l approach the girl, she was happy to do this and yes we found the mum and she was so grateful but l felt so sad that l had to do that.

Ho Ann thats awful the poor girl . Cant believe the mentality of some parents, its a good job you were there to help, do these uncaring parents never listen to the news and realise what can happen to young children out alone in lonely places,either they are just plain thick or just dont care. makes you want to shake some sense into these people.

It is a shame that you didn't dare take the child home, Annie, but that's a sign of the times. On the other hand when my youngest was 4 we were on holiday and took the children to a park to stretch their legs and go to the toilet. I thought my boy had gone to the loo with his dad and dad thought he was with me. We were frantically searching the area when a lady walked up to us holding our son's hand and told us she found him sitting on the steps of the pub down the road crying. When she asked him where his parents were he told her that we were in the pub having a drink and when she asked if we had been there long he said all day. It was only because someone had told her that some people were looking for a little boy in the park that she came and found us.
Sue

You have the mother's phone number on your phone. You could call the appropriate authorities and tell them your concerns for the girl.

Rose

I agree with Rose, Annie, I think this should be investigated. Next time she is so casually left alone she might not be so lucky and could meet someone who would harm her, wouldn't it be awful if you read or heard about it later and you hadn't done anything about it. You could first of all ring the number yourself, using 141 in front so she doesn't have your contact number and ask the mother what happened, and if she doesn't seem bothered or there isn't a sensible reason, contact Social Services, she won't know who you are and probably won't have that first call saved with your number on. Even if she does, she won't be able to trace you.

Lizx

That is really aweful but has been already said is a sign of the times, and I wonder if you did report it would anything be done because these days nobody seems to care, or dont have the men power.
lynn

What a sad time of the times that we are unable, without thinking of comebacks, to help a small child.

About 4 years ago myself and daughter (then 10) were in Liverpool city centre and came across a small girl, about 5 years of age, crying because she had lost her mum. I asked her where she had last seen her mum and she said "around the corner". Fortunatley we found the said mother a couple of minutes later who then started to yell at child for wandering off. Not a word of thanks.

Have to admit that if I had not had my daughter with me I would have been wary about approaching this lttle girl..

How sad is that....... we should not have to think twice..... but

It was the best thing not to pop her in your car and take her home yourself but if it were me I couldnt have left her there,,i would have called the police,,

I called the police a couple of weeks ago when I spotted a vulnerable elderly lady who was completely lost and would definitely have phoned them if I had found that little girl.

The policeman who came was so kind and quickly found out where the lady lived and took her home.....................the little girl would have been totally safe with the police, so maybe it would have been the best thing to do.

I would have called the police. Why didn't her friends family take her to the meeting point. If you have a child staying with you I would have thought it was your responsibility to hand them safely back to their family.
Poor girl what a family to have.

Pat

When I lived in Romford, I had a little boy knock on my door, and when I answered it, his little face cumbled, and he said he was looking for his auntie and thought she lived at our house. He was only about six.

This was way back in 1970's and even then, you had to be careful of handling children.

We had a Policeman living near us, and I took him there, and he got in touch with the Station, and I left the boy in their hands.

Mo

As Mo said - even in the '70's you had to be careful.
When I lived in the Shetland Isles, me and boyfriend were in Lerwick. We went to the harbour and found a little boy crying his heart out - he'd lost his mum. What was strange was that there were loads of fishermen just stood there looking at him!
I went up to one I knew and asked if he knew who the boy was - everyone else seemed to know everyone else up there - he said 'No' - the boy was an 'incomer' - and that was the problem, the boy didn't understand the fishermen's accents and they didn't want to scare him!! I asked the boy his name - but he wouldn't stop crying.

I then declared - so all could hear - to 'cover' myself and prove I wasn't going to abduct him - that I was going to walk down the high street with the boy to try to find his mother, and would be back in half an hour or less.

We didn't find his mother, so I went back to the harbour - to find her waiting for him! The fishermen noticed this frantic woman, told her what had happened - and that we'd soon be back!

It was fortunate I had told the men what I was going to do - or his mum would probably have gone back to the High Street and missed us!