This is really sad, my door window was done in not too long ago. Luckily I have anti-terrorist shatterproof film on all my windows so no one was ever getting in!
But it was still an extra cost to get it fixed, no point claiming on insurance because of excess & it wouldn’t cover the special film I have anyway, which was the most expensive part!
ETA This was nothing to do with the EU vote & there was a spurt at the time around a month ago!
Hope both are okay 
This is, IMHO, certainly break in attempt rather than anything else. You will see plenty of shops where there were previously two glass sections in the front door but the lower part is now a panel instead. On a house you break the window and attempt the lock from the inside, however most shops will have locks that can not be opened from the inside either, so there is no point in smashing a window at or above waist height as you would then have to climb through to get in and out. A lower section means you have less risk of injury and of blood being left at the scene. Plus, if you are a vandal your motive is to cause damage, so you hit the most obvious target, not a lower door section. Of course they could just be vandals with really bad aim.
Agree with you Simon.
Really bad aim twice. Maybe a disgruntled England player?
Just for an update, TOSS has a comment from The Forest Hill Society on this issue. Minds greater than mine may be able to link it.
Unfortunately the TOSS-master asked that I prevent mentions of him or his website here on SE23.life, so links won’t work (I have no problem linking to other forums, in principle, though).
@Michael is chair of the Forest Hill Society, so hopefully he’ll be able to share the FHSoc post here with us on this forum. (I know it’s a bit of a chore to have to cross-post, but would be appreciated).
Can’t see that but did see a post from FHS but it just linked to this thread!
Sorry, it was on FB!
Forest Hill Society
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Contrary to some reports on social media, two attempted break-ins in Honor Oak Park were probably not racially motivated.
While this is appalling for Honor Oak Cafe and DONDE they appear to have been the victims of straight-forward attempted robberies.
Further discussion on local forum Donde & Honor Oak Cafe Windows Bricked and if you have any information about these break ins please contact the police.
Copied from the FB post from the FHS. I hope they do not object.
Also worth mentioning the Met’s take on the matter.
@MPSLewisham 15 hours ago
@SE23lifeChris they are being investigated. As far as I’m aware there is nothing to suggest a more sinister motive than theft.
The post of another forum was:
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There has been a lot of discussion about this on another site and the belief is that there were two attempted break-ins.
The post on facebook (shared over 900 times) that this was a racist attack is unlikely to have any validity.[/quote]
I followed this up with a post to Forest Hill Society Facebook Page linking to this site. However, I doubt this will counter the rumours of racist attacks on these shops spread by others on Facebook, now shared 1,193 times (including by my wife and by a friend in Scotland).
Sad really that this misinformation spreads so quickly but corrections take so much time to happen.
After checking it was a few months ago when my window was broken, around the same time & all within days the library & The Lounge Hairdressers on D Rd, and Mind Body Thearapy on Stanstead Rd were all broken into 
Oh for Pete’s sake, this is all over Twitter as a hate crime. I’ve corrected the original tweeter.
Ditto on FB.
Cheers Rachael, I think this is just opportunists or vandals!
Metro has joined in the rumours:
Metro displayed a very strong anti-Brexit position throughout the referendum, so it comes as no surprise they are inflaming here. But at least they moderated their message by mentioning the response in the “local community forum” - I wonder which one they referred to?
Yes but they also report that it could be theft. Remarkably balanced for the Metro!
