By CASEY NEILL
“The only thing I’ve got at the moment is hope.”
Carol Brown’s voice cracks with emotion as she speaks about the tools and teddies stolen from her Noble Park storage shed.
Thieves broke into the Leonard Avenue property between Thursday 28 and Friday 29 April.
“I came out Friday morning and found the door was open and all the boxes were tossed around,” Ms Brown said.
“Things had been emptied out of the boxes.
“It gives you a sick feeling and I knew what had been taken.”
The stolen items included tools from the 1950s and ’60s that belonged to Mr Brown’s handyman father.
“The sentimental value… as a kid I’d go in the garage with my dad and watch him do all his woodwork, painting, using his tools,” she said.
“I grew up with those so they’re attached to me.
“It’s a loss of memories as well.
“They left the drill, took the charger and took all the drill bits. That’s about all they left.
“They left saw blades, a saw, some sandpaper and the drill.”
She said the thieves could buy similar products new at an affordable price.
“I can never replace them,” she said.
“They’re worth more to me than the people who took them.”
They also stole the teddy bear Ms Brown received when she was born.
“It doesn’t look its age – over 50 years. It probably only looks about 10 years old,” she said.
“It was a pale lemon colour.”
Four Me to You bears received as gifts are also gone.
Ms Brown said they were all grey and furry – one full-sized, another wearing a navy jacket with a white woolly collar, one medium-sized with no clothing and the last “a tiny little one with purple scarf”.
“People might ask why I had them outside. Flats these days are so small, you only put what you can use inside,” she said.
Information to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
