{"id":3888,"date":"2026-01-08T13:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/residents-patrol-oxford-suburb-with-wooden-clappers-to-deter-crime\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:06:44","slug":"residents-patrol-oxford-suburb-with-wooden-clappers-to-deter-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/residents-patrol-oxford-suburb-with-wooden-clappers-to-deter-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents patrol Oxford suburb with wooden clappers to deter crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-01-08 13:06:41<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Neighbours in a crime-ridden suburb are banging clappers in a bid to deter crime.<BR><br \/>\nThe annoyed folks are patrolling the streets of Littlemore, Oxford, with hyoshigi &#8211; a Japanese musical instrument created with two pieces of hardwood or bamboo, held together by a thin ornamental rope &#8211; following tyre slashings and a stabbing.<BR><br \/>\nAnd councillor David Henwood is one of those people who are taking to the streets with the item &#8211; used in theatres by night watchmen for safety reasons &#8211; to encourage residents to keep an eye out for bad behaviour.<BR><br \/>\nHe is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: &#8220;These are wooden clappers used at night to remind people to check things like gas supplies and general safety.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;ll be using them in a similar way &#8211; to encourage residents to stay vigilant.<BR><br \/>\nCouncillor Henwood referenced a time when the method worked.<BR><br \/>\nHe shared: &#8220;We did it in one time when we had a large spate of bike thefts. It told thieves we were in the area.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-01-08 13:06:41 Neighbours in a crime-ridden suburb are banging clappers in a bid to deter crime. The annoyed folks are patrolling the streets of Littlemore, Oxford, with hyoshigi &#8211; a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3890,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions\/3890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}