I CAN sympathise with your reader who had eggs thrown at her window on Hallowe'en.

I also heard a bang on my window and went to investigate - there was an egg smashed against the window. I tried to clean it off, but it was set hard by next morning when I could see properly.

Unfortunately, this thuggish behaviour hadn't stopped there. My daughter pointed out to me that I'd need to wash my car too. I hadn't noticed in the dark, but the driver's door, window, handle and lock had been smeared with tomato sauce from a squirt type bottle - then the piece de resistance - a dollop of butter on the windscreen! There were some girls walking past who said "it was those lads, they ran away - but it's only an egg, chase them if you're bothered" (or was that bovvered?).

While walking the dog the next day, I noticed quite a few houses had been "treated" to the egg trick - and evidence of an empty box which had contained six large free range eggs! I wonder if mum realised what her little darling had used the eggs for.

I had thought to put a letter in the Messenger about it, but my niece pointed out that if I put my address in, they may come back with the bacon and sausages. It is a sad fact that a lot of today's teenagers have absolutely no respect for anything. We had a bag of sweets on the hall table ready for the "trick or treat" evening, but no-one called at the house. I won't bother next year.

Timperley Resident