roythebus
Pleased to say the restoration of BEA coach MLL738 is as complete as it can be, now restoring MLL721
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Post by roythebus on Aug 11, 2011 21:00:44 GMT
It seems that the majority of property burn down was Victorian. As the elder Reeves commented, it'd stood through two world wars, and two major depressions, yet was destroyed by this. I really disliked the way BBC news was quizzing the younger one on the night though, "Looking at this what do you feel? Can you describe your thoughts in three words? What would you great grandfather say? If we poke our finger in your bullet wound and wiggle it do you feel worse?" Mum used to say similar things about Fulham Power Station. She was born round the corner from it. She'd say Hitler couldn't destroy it, but Thatcher did. Has anyone thought that the police might have incited the riots to prove their point about cuts in police budgets? Not my idea, but I saw it elsewhere on a reputable motoring forum! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2011 4:04:10 GMT
It seems that the majority of property burn down was Victorian. As the elder Reeves commented, it'd stood through two world wars, and two major depressions, yet was destroyed by this. I really disliked the way BBC news was quizzing the younger one on the night though, "Looking at this what do you feel? Can you describe your thoughts in three words? What would you great grandfather say? If we poke our finger in your bullet wound and wiggle it do you feel worse?" Mum used to say similar things about Fulham Power Station. She was born round the corner from it. She'd say Hitler couldn't destroy it, but Thatcher did. Has anyone thought that the police might have incited the riots to prove their point about cuts in police budgets? Not my idea, but I saw it elsewhere on a reputable motoring forum! Do you think Murdoch incited them to take the heat off News International. I think that's just as unlikely! |
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In memoriam
RIP 23-Oct-2013
Glorious Gooner
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Post by SE13 on Aug 12, 2011 8:40:59 GMT
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Post by bicbasher on Aug 13, 2011 20:29:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2011 9:06:21 GMT
I think the Reeves Corner fire is more sad, seeing how old the building was, and how the business was a traditional family business, unlike Sony which will easily recover from this. It wasn't purely a Sony warehouse: it was also the distribution centre for a large number of independent record labels who have no way of absorbing the financial loss of their entire stock, let alone replacing it. This will mean many more small businesses shutting down, and also a lot less people willing to take the risk of supporting/promoting the music they love, as opposed to the major labels' habit of only putting out things that sound like stuff they've made a lot of money on before. A sad day for music, as well as everything else. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2011 5:32:14 GMT
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Post by bicbasher on Aug 19, 2011 16:24:44 GMT
Regarding free Tramlink travel at Wimbledon this weekend:
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