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That explosion noise, Dartford area at midnight..

swords_alive
swords_alive Posts: 4,261
edited April 2019 in Not Sports Related
In case you were wondering, it was an explosion, at littlebrook

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/midnight-demolition-set-for-power-station-201600/
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  • Pringle
    Pringle Posts: 464
    Considerate of them to do it at midnight.  
  • Duncan270566
    Duncan270566 Posts: 402
    I live in Dartford and knew nothing about the demolition last night. My wife and I we asleep when this happened and it scared the living daylights out of us. It also started my dog barking and it took a while to calm him down again.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,365
    Heard it in West Thamesmead 
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    Demolition company don’t control the timing of the event.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Aren't explosions and loud unsociable noises part and parcel of living in Dartford?
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,243
    Can't win with this sort of stuff, if they had to shut roads or disrupt traffic especially in somewhere like Dartford they would have been encouraged to work at night. Shit for anyone who doesn't know and is asleep but ultimately Dartford needs no encouragement to be a massive headache to road users and in turn the local and regional economy 

    Did anyone else hear the huge bang of thunder in central London about 2ish on Wednesday? If it wasn't for seeing a flash of lightening about 5 seconds before you could be forgiven for thinking it was a bomb 
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,243
    I properly jumped out of my skin as did everyone else I was working with 
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    Me.  I luckily saw the flash of lightening too but still jumped out of my seat.

  • leftbehind
    leftbehind Posts: 8,581
    heard it in Abbey Wood
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,766
    Heard it in Barnehurst loud and clear
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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Macronate said:
    Demolition company don’t control the timing of the event.
    That statement is in itself concerning...
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892

    Ok, could have phrased it better.

    Demolition company have absolutely nothing to do with the demoliti.....oh, wait

  • GoOnYouHaddocks
    GoOnYouHaddocks Posts: 1,044
    Heard it in Thamesmead and thought it was thunder.
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,219
    Heard it in Welling, though wasn't too loud. Wondered for a moment if there was an intruder in a nearby garden.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,334
    I didn’t hear it.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,785
    thai malaysia addick said:
    I didn’t hear it.
    Not as loud as Krakatoa then?
  • smiffyboy
    smiffyboy Posts: 4,314
    Thought you were referring to me falling head first through the bushes pissed 
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    Anyone hear the one at midnight last night? Scared the living daylights out of me. 
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    Nope
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    Nope
     :D 

    The last of Littlebrook power station apparently.
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  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,679

    From News Shopper.

    The fifth controlled explosion to take place on the site, scheduled for 11:59pm on August 29, will aim to take down the power station's boiler house and supporting buildings.

    The timing of the event will coincide with a short rolling road block on the Dartford Crossing so as not to distract drivers crossing the bridge.

    The complete demolition of the site at Littlebrook is projected for completion in 2020 with further demolitions to be carried out later this year.
  • Pringle
    Pringle Posts: 464
    edited August 2019
    All at midnight, each with a Thames flood warning at eleven, for your convenience . 
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    What's the reason for a midnight explosion?
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,479
    iainment said:
    What's the reason for a midnight explosion?
    Timed fuses.
  • Duncan270566
    Duncan270566 Posts: 402
    I can see the power station from my back garden and wasn't aware there was to be another demolition last night. I slept right through the explosion where as the others have all woken me up. 
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,105
    edited August 2019
    blackpool72 said:
    iainment said:
    What's the reason for a midnight explosion?
    6 pints of Guinness and a vinderloo 
    This is a proper spit ya tea out moment 😂😂😂😂
  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,411
    _MrDick said:
    blackpool72 said:
    iainment said:
    What's the reason for a midnight explosion?
    6 pints of Guinness and a vinderloo 
    This is a proper spit ya tea out moment 😂😂😂😂

    More like clear the toilet kind of stuff..
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,622
    buckshee said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    Nope
     :D 

    The last of Littlebrook power station apparently.
    Not quite - the chimney is still standing - 3 tallest in Britain I believe
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,802
    Lordflashheart said:
    buckshee said:
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    Nope
     :D 

    The last of Littlebrook power station apparently.
    Not quite - the chimney is still standing - 3 tallest in Britain I believe

    When is the chimney coming down? and I suspect that'll be a daytime explosion?

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