To all of you who have been robbed recently. Beware of repeat burglaries. I lived in Forest Hill for a long time and was burgled in Autumn 1990 and then again 6 months later in 1991. I was a little suspicious when I kept getting phone calls late in the evening (up till midnight) which were wrong numbers (Always women and children). I got stuck at work one night and didn't get back till 11pm. I think that I disturbed them as they had moved stuff close to the patio door, which they had forced, but they were gone. I believe that the burglars made a note of the phone number which was on the phone as I was ex-directory, but could just as easily have been taken from a phone bill.

Apparently it is a well known tactic to return after about 6 months which gives you time to replace the stuff that they stole the first time.
If you do keep getting wrong numbers, check the 1471 and record the number if there is one. I would be suspicious if there isn't. I don't think most people would hide their number if they were calling a friend or if they were children. If you do get burgled and you have the numbers of any wrong number callers, perhaps they could be of use to the police.