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Hard to believe nobody missed this poor bloke;




An 81-year-old man found dead in his home could have been there for up to a year, police have said.
George Sutton's body was found in an upstairs room of the house in Cromwell Grove, Levenshulme, Manchester, when police broke in on Christmas Eve. Neighbours had alerted officers after they became concerned about not having seen him for some time. Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and the coroner had been informed.

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Its so sad when this type of thing happens,which it does quite often,before i had jack i was a carer and heard many stories of people who had died and not been found for ages (not just the elderly),what kind of a world do we live in that lets this happen?
lets hope the guy can now rest in peace x

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it happens frequently unfortunatly,when my late missus used to work in a town centre cafe, the stories she used to tell about elderly customers making excuses for their offspring, like she/he didnt come over this christmas,well their very busy blah blah,used to make my blood boil,but thats the way it is in some cases. one lady even said- well i saw her last christmas! i mean come on is that all parents are worth to some people?:(

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Very sad,but another sign of how society has changed i'm afraid.On a lighter note i know i would be missed as the missus would have no one to shout at :( .........thats not really true as she could start an arguement in an empty room........especially over Xmas so it seems:( :(

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It does happen a lot - a fear i have to live with daily as u never know when your cards up especially when u live alone:(

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Surely you would be missed if you went on a Tuesday, the cupboards would be empty and they would want to know where the food is :D

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Thats if my purse is empty & they dont know my card number or they will find some next door but 1:D BUT they wouldnt miss me:(

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That is so sad that someone can have died and not have been missed by anybody. :(

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Sorry but I find the whole thing sickening especially if the poor soul had family that couldnt be bothered visiting. All families have their falling out does but that is not an excuse to just forget about them. Yet know one alerted the authorities that bills wernt paid pension drawn etc so have to agree society has to take some of the blame. If this person had no-one then the alarm could have been raised a lot earlier because I would hate to think that I shuffled off and not one person was bothered.

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hey mel accyweb would miss you.;)

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.................. :rofl38: It would still take us a couple of months to work out what had happened :D

Poor ****** :( Sometimes though, people want to live a reclusive life. You can only be around for some one who wants you around I suppose. I'd like to think I'd notice if some one I knew was missing for a year though

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A very sad sign of the times we live in. If anyone does know someone who does live alone do try and keep an eye out for them.

I live alone and if I don't post on here everyday people ring me up and ask if I'm ok.

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It says little to the credit of his neighbours, when it took twelve months to 'miss' him, the gentleman obviously paid his way in life or the local Council would have been round for their pound of flesh. A sad lonely end to such a long life deseved a more dignified conclusion.

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thats coz we want to know if its safe to go out.:D

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I know i live alone and there are some days i dont speak to anyone except on here. When i was a kid everyone knew each other they were always in and out of each others houses every day or talking over the fence etc. Nowadays people come home from work shut their front door and dont talk to neighbours as much as what they did 30 years ago. How many can name their neighbours 6 doors down?

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as most of you have said it is a sign of the times nowadays but it has to be said a very SAD sign of the times :(

RIP George Sutton

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It took the neighbours 12 months to realise they hadnt seen him ?

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im too nosy to be missed! when you get old or on your own, keep standing at the front door every morning, even to say hello, and the day you dont go to the door your neighbours will know about it!

so no i wont be missed:)

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It is something that bothers me from time to time. I'm sure that work would be rather irate for a while if I didn't turn in, and a few non-league football clubs would have to find someone else to do whiskey draws, sell programmes, mop dressing rooms etc.......

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Awwwwww cashy.....really ...:wub8:

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:rofl38: well with my 2 yeh....if they say im having a long lie in...... just if its more than a few days then....check :o :D

Dont worry tinks i check in on u every couple of days at least :D lol

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I put it down to living on a busy road that people don't tend to hover about outside chatting like they used to do, especially with people at the other side of the road.

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When we lived in Rutland street there was an old man called tom he lived next door but one to us he kept himself to himself you never saw him out no family .
you would see him in his front garden now and then and he allways said hello but that was about it.
anyway one christmas he came round with two turkey legs saying he had bought too much and would we like them we said thanks and he went back home
The next day i went round to say thankyou properly but could not get an answer i new he was in so i went round the back and climbed over the gate and knocked on the back door but still now answer so i told anne to ring the police they broke in and found him dead behind the front door we found out later he had died the day before after getting home from giving us the turkey .
Me and a friend that lived next door went to the funeral and we where shocked to find only 3 people there .
The other person was a distant relative .
Who we had never seen he thanked us for helping tom
but it was a real shock and he could have been there for weeks if i had not gone round.

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Going the other way IE from old people to very young
This is from the Telegraph but again it was me that found the baby:)

Last plea to baby Alice's mum
From the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, first published Thursday 8th Feb 1996.

POLICE have made a final appeal for the mother of a baby abandoned in an Accrington alley to contact them.

Tiny tot Alice was discovered in the alleyway near Rutland and longsdale Street in August of last year wrapped in a pink blanket just hours after she was born.

The baby was taken into the care of Social Services and a massive publicity campaign was launched in a bid to trace her parents. Social services will be going to court to start adoption proceedings for baby Alice and are also calling for her mum to contact them

Appeals were made in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and a massive poster campaign was also launched.

Despite further calls on television and radio the mystery mum was never traced.

Police at Accrington received one telephone call from a distraught woman claiming to be the mother but she never rang again.

Det Inspector Jim Oldcorn, the head of Accrington CID, said: "Sadly it seems we have exhausted all our lines of inquiry and we have failed to reunite this baby with her mother."

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Alice's mother can contact Accrington CID

i never did find out what happend to the child :)

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