Was telling someone in work today about how bombs/threats/hoaxes used to (unfortunately) be the norm back in the day. The bombing in the khazi at London Bridge, the attack on the household cavalry, the two massive bombs in the City. In fact, when you look back and see how many bombs there were in such a (relatively) short space of time then you begin to wonder how it was that anyone ever actually went anywhere without a nappy.
But the truth is that us humans (and maybe the British in particular) are a very stubborn and focussed bunch when it comes down to it. Sure, we can be shit scared when we think about stuff, but we're fucked if we're gonna let some wanker bully tossport scare us if that's what he wants!
I used to work above the housing office in Woolwich and regularly people would ring up and say they had left a bomb in the building if they hadn't got the decision they wanted from housing.
How soon we forget. Hundreds of bombs on the Uk mainland in the recent "troubles" . It was normal for mainline railway stations to be shut. Deaths/murders in Oxford St, Tower of London,South Carriage Drive, Kings Rd, Harrods, Woolwich,Victoria St, Marylebone station etc etc etc Left in kids toys, in bikes etc etc .etc.
The signs are still there if you know where to look.
The World has moved and thats a good thing it has, but i wont forget what they did.There is no memorial garden for those they murdered.
'I worked in Tavistock Square and still remember the sound of the bus blowing up about 10 yards from my office. Fortunately we were on the 4th floor so no direct damage to us but the view from the window was like a scene from a horror film.'
I walked past Tavistock Square that day on the way to work in Camden. We were told at Victoria underground that there'd been an electricity surge and to try walking to the next station. After getting the same story at every station I came to, and getting no network coverage on my mobile, I decided to walk up Tottenham Court Road and cut through Tavistock Square and then on to Euston, Camden, etc. I remember seeing what looked liked loads of heavy-duty equipment lying on the road near the BMA building (I know now it was the remains of the bus) and wondered what all the cordens were for, then I saw a woman sitting on the steps of an office crying and being comforted by a bunch of people, and realised something serious had happened. Of course, when I got to work I realised what I'd just seen.
Just going to be part and parcel of daily life for everyone anywhere in london. Plenty of fools leave their bags in places... specially later in the day!
Anyway the bag must have been below mezzanine because you have to go through airport security scanners to get your bag into that building, the security is so tight due to its previous bombings.
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I used to work above the housing office in Woolwich and regularly people would ring up and say they had left a bomb in the building if they hadn't got the decision they wanted from housing.
Used to be good for an afternoon in the pub.
How soon we forget. Hundreds of bombs on the Uk mainland in the recent "troubles" . It was normal for mainline railway stations to be shut. Deaths/murders in Oxford St, Tower of London,South Carriage Drive, Kings Rd, Harrods, Woolwich,Victoria St, Marylebone station etc etc etc Left in kids toys, in bikes etc etc .etc.
The signs are still there if you know where to look.
The World has moved and thats a good thing it has, but i wont forget what they did.There is no memorial garden for those they murdered.
I walked past the bomb at London Bridge about two/three minutes before it exploded. Platform four IIRC.
I walked past Tavistock Square that day on the way to work in Camden. We were told at Victoria underground that there'd been an electricity surge and to try walking to the next station. After getting the same story at every station I came to, and getting no network coverage on my mobile, I decided to walk up Tottenham Court Road and cut through Tavistock Square and then on to Euston, Camden, etc. I remember seeing what looked liked loads of heavy-duty equipment lying on the road near the BMA building (I know now it was the remains of the bus) and wondered what all the cordens were for, then I saw a woman sitting on the steps of an office crying and being comforted by a bunch of people, and realised something serious had happened. Of course, when I got to work I realised what I'd just seen.
false alarm apparently
Anyway the bag must have been below mezzanine because you have to go through airport security scanners to get your bag into that building, the security is so tight due to its previous bombings.