Mondays minor traffic foul up

Toble

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If you were wondering what caused the one way system to clog up on Monday afternoon, here is your answer

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Captain Flack and the brave boys of the Trumpton Fire Brigade were valiantly battling to pu out the fire in the Shrew.

Drinking was resumed within the hour.
 

cookie_monster

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....and gone2seed didnt tell us!!!! :o

what happened at the shrew? and why is there still a person in the upstairs window if the place was on fire? :?:


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Toble

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cookie_monster said:
....and gone2seed didnt tell us!!!! :o

what happened at the shrew? and why is there still a person in the upstairs window if the place was on fire? :?:
That was Barney McGrew, tackling the up-stairs chimney aspect of the fire.


Basically, the inside of the chimney caught fire, and the smoke filled the place.

The last of the mopping up was being done as I got there at about 6:10
 

cookie_monster

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coobeastie said:
Basically, the inside of the chimney caught fire, and the smoke filled the place.
this is why if you have active coal/wood fires you should always make sure your chimney gets swept regularly.

i know, im a smart arse sometimes. ;)

glad nobody was hurt though- i was wondering if the figure in the upstairs window was about to get carried down a ladder or have to make a 'leap of faith' into a stretched blanket! :o


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gon2seed

(and me! - Ed)
Funnily enough though my little biscuit munching chum, last time we got called to the fella who climbs trees and rants, his name escapes me, (which really is a sign of impending senility, because we were always getting called out to him) the bobby's had a giant blow up mattress thingy that looked exactly like a bouncy castle without the sides! We wanted to know why we didn't have one......

What of course not! ... We would never climb to the top of the tower to test it, what do you take us for? OK I believe there was brigade somewhere, where the firefighters got out the giant reservoir dam, used for retaining chemical leaks etc, filled it full of water, and jumped off the firestation roof into it. But that would never happen in Stafford ........ or Burton ;)
 

cookie_monster

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gon2seed said:
Funnily enough though my little biscuit munching chum, last time we got called to the fella who climbs trees and rants, his name escapes me, (which really is a sign of impending senility, because we were always getting called out to him) the bobby's had a giant blow up mattress thingy that looked exactly like a bouncy castle without the sides! We wanted to know why we didn't have one......
i have it on good authority that our local farce (read my local farce) has a bouncy castle that they hire out to members of their sports and social club for parties....i dont know if you have to provide your own clowns though. :teef:

gon2seed said:
What of course not! ... We would never climb to the top of the tower to test it, what do you take us for? OK I believe there was brigade somewhere, where the firefighters got out the giant reservoir dam, used for retaining chemical leaks etc, filled it full of water, and jumped off the firestation roof into it. But that would never happen in Stafford ........ or Burton ;)
obviously not! perish the thought ;)


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ps. 'little biscuit munching chum'....less of the little nowadays- too many biccies! :munch::pig:
 

gon2seed

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Silverfish said:
Any idea what caused the fire at The Stafford Arms, and how bad the damage inside is?
There has been a few, there are a number of people living in and around the property, and its difficult to tell whether they have mad ham fisted attempts to keep warm, or it's deliberate. It's not too clever inside, but that is because it's now derelict, has been vandalised, and they are knocking it down anyway! :(

You'll see alot of fire engines round there checking on the security. Pro-active, upstream firefighting ;( An imaginatively titled project "Arson Watch!" Something to add to our arsenal of community intiatives.
 

cookie_monster

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gon2seed said:
There has been a few, there are a number of people living in and around the property, and its difficult to tell whether they have mad ham fisted attempts to keep warm, or it's deliberate. It's not too clever inside, but that is because it's now derelict, has been vandalised, and they are knocking it down anyway! :(
eh? i didnt know any of this. :o many a happy saturday afternoon spent in there when i was about 15!

are the 'tenants' as a result of the closure of the bethany project or just bored kids with no 'den'?

how long has it be empty?

whats it going to be built in its place?


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theflamingred

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It was all my fault. I'm jinxed.

Had the day off work that day - went to the motorcycle show at the NEC. Got back to Stafford and the boyf and I decided to go for a pint. Then we rounded the corner to the scene as shown above.

The next day I went in to town to do a spot of shopping. Decided to go to Coop stores - walked round the corner, there was a fire truck and all the staff standing outside.

Don't worry - I've locked myself away in a small box where I can't jinx anything else. :(
 
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