Out just before Christmas I was delivering radios to the pubs in Leek, Staffordshire, to prepare for a demo over the Christmas period.
The Motorola GP340 radios were to be used by 10 pubs on the Shopwatch radio net. The base station is a Motorola Eurobase sited near the market place.As I opened the door to one pub an individual charged past me smashing the window in the door.
When I found the landlord he was on the phone reporting the incident to the Police. When the publican had finished on the phone I handed over his Walkie Talkie, turned it on and demonstrated how to use it.When walking over to my next pub delivery I saw the very same individual who had broken the window at the last pub walking in and up to the bar.I turned on the radio I was delivering and called through to the previous publican and told him his vandal was in my present pub. He called the Police and as I walked onto the street the Police were walking in to arrest the vandal.
Pubwatch had its first success before even going live!
