Today we have been warned (by guess what, an insurance company) about an upsurge in the theft of strollers – the more expensive brands only of course.
Stroller in this context means the kind of mini-palanquin in which babies – every last one a little aristocrat whose interests come before those of anyone else – are moved around. But with a baby boom coinciding with economic hard times, there is an obvious opening in the market for the enterprising thief.
I expect they are also on the lookout for buggies, trolleys & prams, though perhaps not for the old-fashioned pushchair.
