waverunner
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Just heard about this but no idea where/why/what's going on. Anyone know more?
Serious fire, Brixton Water Lane?
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gaijingirl
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Yes.. it's my local newsagent -actually on Tulse Hill just by where it meets Brixton Water Lane, round the corner from Khans 
the one right in front of the bus-stop just after the Hobgoblin (next to Baba's chemist). We just went down there and the owners were still cleaning up. We asked them what happened but they said they didn't know.
There is an extra temporary bus stop just up the road outside the costcutter - although it doesn't seem clear whether or not they've closed the normal one..
the one right in front of the bus-stop just after the Hobgoblin (next to Baba's chemist). We just went down there and the owners were still cleaning up. We asked them what happened but they said they didn't know. There is an extra temporary bus stop just up the road outside the costcutter - although it doesn't seem clear whether or not they've closed the normal one..
waverunner
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gaijingirl said:Yes.. it's my local newsagent -actually on Tulse Hill just by where it meets Brixton Water Lane, round the corner from Khans
There is an extra temporary bus stop just up the road outside the costcutter - although it doesn't seem clear whether or not they've closed the normal one..
Is it totally burnt down?gaijingirl
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waverunner said:
No.. they're still locking and unlocking it and putting the shutters up and down.. but it doesn't look good - pretty much gutted!
gaijingirl
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reNnIe said:shite... that's terrible!
Im just glad I will be able to get home and get my bags cos im flying tomorrow. gaijingirl u might remember the stress I went thru last summer when the garage had a gas leak?
Yes I do...
I am currently experiencing some of that feeling myself as gaijinboy is going to Oz in just under an hour and hasn't packed yet... in fact we've only just washed his clothes and all the radiators are on as we desperately try to get things dry in time... 
I am taking refuge in the internet - trying to look busy...
good luck btw!waverunner
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Bugger, why does it always have to be places like local newsagents that suffer? Can't we have a Pret or a Superdrug catch fire? At least they can afford to deal with it.
I feel so bad last night I saw some guys go at an off licence with a crowbar but I couldn't call the police cos otherwise I'd have probably got the crowbar round my head And I wasn't even close enough to be able to call the police later with descriptions of em I just felt so bad on behalf of the store owner
I feel so bad last night I saw some guys go at an off licence with a crowbar but I couldn't call the police cos otherwise I'd have probably got the crowbar round my head
And I wasn't even close enough to be able to call the police later with descriptions of em I just felt so bad on behalf of the store owner Nope. That's definitely awaverunner said:
waverunner
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Eh?detective-boy said:Nope. That's definitely a
E2A: Should I have done differently? I was quite scared tbh.
waverunner said:Bugger, why does it always have to be places like local newsagents that suffer? Can't we have a Pret or a Superdrug catch fire? At least they can afford to deal with it.
I feel so bad last night I saw some guys go at an off licence with a crowbar but I couldn't call the police cos otherwise I'd have probably got the crowbar round my head
So you weren't close enough to see them properly, but still too close to make a phonecall ??
sorry, but sounds like a cop-out to me.
Couldn't you have just walked down the road a bit at least, and then call the fuzz ?
gaijingirl
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To be fair to Waverunner... I was in exactly this situation on NYE last year. I walked within 5 metres of a gang of boys breaking into a shop. They had hoods up and when I looked at them they looked back really quite threateningly - it is really scary.
I waited until I was out of their range and called the police - but I was concerned they might be following me. The police took my name and number but I never ever heard back from them - I've no idea if they caught them or not. I couldn't really have identified them then, but I certainly couldn't now.. I don't remember.
I waited until I was out of their range and called the police - but I was concerned they might be following me. The police took my name and number but I never ever heard back from them - I've no idea if they caught them or not. I couldn't really have identified them then, but I certainly couldn't now.. I don't remember.
waverunner
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Yeah perhaps it was but I wasn't the only one that could see them doing it. I could see they were wearing black clothes, caps/hoodies. I figured if no one else was doing anything and I called, if something happened to me no one would fucking help me. I was in a suit and high heels, tipsy, alone past midnight. I just didn't feel safe.RaverDrew said:So you weren't close enough to see them properly, but still too close to make a phonecall ??
sorry, but sounds like a cop-out to me.
Couldn't you have just walked down the road a bit at least, and then call the fuzz ?
waverunner
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RaverDrew said:
If I'd been in a familiar area I probably would have, but seeing as I was somewhere I've never been before I didn't want to walk straight down the street (I'd still be visible) but I also didn't want to suddenly stop, turn around, then turn a corner. I don't know the backstreets round there.
gaijingirl
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Overheard in a shop in the same parade a few minutes ago..
gossip on the street - so not necessarily true but..
apparently someone threw a firebomb into the shop through the door and a customer was injured!!!
gossip on the street - so not necessarily true but..
apparently someone threw a firebomb into the shop through the door and a customer was injured!!!
I was confused on the same basis as RaverDrew. I quite agree that you should have done anything which showed out to them that you were, or may be, calling the police. It's just that (presumably) at some point any such fears no longer applied (when you were three streets away, on the bus, at home or whatever) and whilst a call to the police after a delay may not be as good as an immediate one, it is still better than nothing.waverunner said:
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
is that "news at nine" then? poor buggers. they were always quite friendly to megaijingirl said:Yes.. it's my local newsagent -actually on Tulse Hill just by where it meets Brixton Water Lane, round the corner from Khans
gaijingirl
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Brixton Hatter said:is that "news at nine" then? poor buggers. they were always quite friendly to me
Yes... it is.. they've always been nice to me too.
gaijingirl said:Overheard in a shop in the same parade a few minutes ago..
gossip on the street - so not necessarily true but..
apparently someone threw a firebomb into the shop through the door and a customer was injured!!!
Yeah, I was having my hair cut in the barber's just down from there a couple of days back and they reckon it was firebombed - no idea who'd want to do it though!
walkssoftly
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Hello all, I've just caught up with this thread.
The lady in the laundry told me she was in the shop at the time when someone throw in a petrol bomb. She told me the whole place went up very quickly and they (there were 4 in the shop) were lucky to get out alive.
The lady in the laundry told me she was in the shop at the time when someone throw in a petrol bomb. She told me the whole place went up very quickly and they (there were 4 in the shop) were lucky to get out alive.
gaijingirl
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waverunner
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Me too. Saw it on the front page of some paper or other and the first thing that popped into my head was the b.water lane incident
