WHEN Arthur Comish opened his chip shop on Crompton Road at 4.30am last Tuesday it wasn't to feed hungry clubbers heading for home but to receive his morning delivery of pies.
On that particular day Arthur had a big order and he and the driver returned to the van several times before it was complete. Unbeknown to Mr Comish and the pieman a thief sneaked into the shop while the door was ajar and secreted himself in the toilet.
After the delivery Mr Comish locked up and went home leaving the thief free to ransack the shop at will.
Now, in any other town that would be licence to thieve every valuable item of equipment on the premises and scarper but not in Macclesfield... oh no.
Under cover of darkness the thief stole every pie he could lay his hands on. Seventy-odd tasty pastries gone at one fell swoop.
What the hell do you do with a second-hand pie? Watches you can sell, diamonds can be recut, stereos and laptops are readily moved on but how do you get rid of a bloody great tray full of pies?
Maybe the thief intends to peddle steak and kidney to school kids until he has them hooked. If you are approached on the street by a suspicious character dealing pies or spot a run down tenement used as a pie den call Macclesfield's Police on their Pie Line.
Your call will be treated in strict confidence by rotund officers who know only too well the dangers of addiction.
- THE views on this page are those of Vic Barlow and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Express.
