I used to catch a train (actually two trains and two buses) to and from school from the age of 10 to 13, and at the train station nearer my school, there was a small shop which sold newspapers, lollies, soft drinks and similar – just a normal little paper shop. Kids from quite a few schools used this station each morning and afternoon and the owner used to watch us like hawks.
When I was 12, he banned a couple of older kids from his shop (probably 16 or 17 year olds) because he suspected them of shoplifting – quite rightly, I assume. And they decided to pick on me to get them to steal for them. They threatened to beat the living daylights out of me unless I stole some chocolate covered marshmallows from the shop, and for good measure threatened to do the same to a 10 year old boy from my school as well.
