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SteveD CB500K0:
I was there Saturday afternoon too. I was my daughter’s 30th and we all met up at the Mulberry Bush pub on the South Bank.
We walked down to Tower Bridge as my wife wanted to check out the 12 Santas.
Only got to 11 of them though as the 12th was behind the police tape by London Bridge.
Even though the pub was full of my daughter’s work colleagues (all Met Police officers) we thought better of pulling rank…
Tonight she’s on search and crowd control for the visit of an American (who’s name the auto censor will remove )
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MCTID:
I have also had a few 'near misses' or 'near hits' as London Underground insisted on labelling them - as it increases people's awareness of what might have happened - as I worked and commuted in and out of London for 22 years. I couldn't win a Fiver from a Bookie, but I seem to have had a charmed life with having just left the place where a bomb or a Train/ Tube Crash happened just a bit later.
It's a terrible thing when young people who have everything to look forward to in life have it so cruelly cut short so brutally.....most of us on this great Forum have Kids and Grandkids so we all know just how precious they are - not just to us and our families and friends, but to our Society, our great country and the whole World.
I won't say anything derogatory about politicians......most of them are just 100% tossers, but if more of us made personal appointments at their Constituency Clinics that they hold each month, and put them on the spot about grave issues such as terrorism, then they might just start to do something about it. I learned in my Job that when a person makes you a promise to do something better or to make a difference and you shake hands on it - it is very difficult for them to look you in the eye six months later - unless they have actually done something positive about the problem........and when they are seeking re-election you can either say "Yes I'm voting for you" - or "You won't be getting my vote because I can't trust you". Personally I would be very happy to see the reinstatement of the Death Penalty for certain crimes, especially where the perpetrators are unlikely to ever be rehabilitated. But enough of that....I'll end with a bit of humour which Moorey might like: A Ground Crew were winching a large Bomb up into the Bomb Bay of a Lancaster Bomber when the winch failed and the Bomb crashed to the ground. Everybody scattered (some as fast as Moorey's Missus - no doubt) but two blokes jumped into a Jeep and sped off down the runway - only to be overtaken by a bloke on a pushbike !!!!! (True story from The Dambusters by Paul Brickhill).
Moorey:
My trouble is i run about as good, as a three cornered cupboard. Back home now anyway looking forward to our next visit. Unfinished things to do. ;)
Rob62:
Scary stuff...thank god you and your missus had a fortunate escape. I wonder how many people will be put off an xmas shopping trip to the capital these days..plenty i bet. What a great shame when your safety is in doubt in this country...
mike the bike:
It was all IRA when I was dispatching. Now those lads knew how to make bangs.
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