Those of my generation will remember queueing to get into the North Bank.

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04-26-2016, 11:34 AM
Sir C

Those of my generation will remember queueing to get into the North Bank.

Or Wembley, or any other number of grounds. When the crush was so great that your feet wouldn't be touching the floor. You'd hear nervous laughter sometimes when it got really scary, and occasional requests to the coppers on horses to do something about it. Mainly, of course, what you heard were cries directed towards the back of, 'Stop ****ing pushing, we can't breathe up here!'

After Hillsbrough it always struck me as somewhat miraculous that nothing similar had happened before.

I suppose we should all be grateful to Lord Justice Taylor for identifying that if you allow people to behave like animals, they will do so, which will cause you to treat people like animals, causing them to behave like animals, and so on.

People, eh? What a **** up they are.
04-26-2016, 01:57 PM
redgunamo

That's just London doe, innit. It's the same story at Carnival, Dingwalls, that chinky in Soho, the ENO and pretty much everywhere.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Or Wembley, or any other number of grounds. When the crush was so great that your feet wouldn't be touching the floor. You'd hear nervous laughter sometimes when it got really scary, and occasional requests to the coppers on horses to do something about it. Mainly, of course, what you heard were cries directed towards the back of, 'Stop ****ing pushing, we can't breathe up here!'

After Hillsbrough it always struck me as somewhat miraculous that nothing similar had happened before.

I suppose we should all be grateful to Lord Justice Taylor for identifying that if you allow people to behave like animals, they will do so, which will cause you to treat people like animals, causing them to behave like animals, and so on.

People, eh? What a **** up they are.
04-26-2016, 01:59 PM
The Jorge

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

That's just London doe, innit. It's the same story at Carnival, Dingwalls, that chinky in Soho, the ENO and pretty much everywhere.

The ENO approves

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04-26-2016, 02:01 PM
SWv2

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

That's just London doe, innit. It's the same story at Carnival, Dingwalls, that chinky in Soho, the ENO and pretty much everywhere.

Caught some acid jazz in my time down Dingwalls.

Nice.
04-26-2016, 02:01 PM
redgunamo

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Originally Posted by The Jorge

The ENO approves

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That's why you're all so miserable, I suppose.
04-26-2016, 02:12 PM
Ash

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

That's just London doe, innit. It's the same story at Carnival, Dingwalls, that chinky in Soho, the ENO and pretty much everywhere.

Tube platforms at rush hour can feel like a Hillsborough waiting to happen at times. One of the reasons why I prefer to walk.
04-26-2016, 02:14 PM
redgunamo

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Originally Posted by SWv2

Caught some acid jazz in my time down Dingwalls.

Nice.

Yes, you said. I think we must've crossed paths once or twice.
04-26-2016, 02:15 PM
Burney

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Or Wembley, or any other number of grounds. When the crush was so great that your feet wouldn't be touching the floor. You'd hear nervous laughter sometimes when it got really scary, and occasional requests to the coppers on horses to do something about it. Mainly, of course, what you heard were cries directed towards the back of, 'Stop ****ing pushing, we can't breathe up here!'

After Hillsbrough it always struck me as somewhat miraculous that nothing similar had happened before.

I suppose we should all be grateful to Lord Justice Taylor for identifying that if you allow people to behave like animals, they will do so, which will cause you to treat people like animals, causing them to behave like animals, and so on.

People, eh? What a **** up they are.

Yes. But it all starts because some pricks at the back decide that pushing is a good idea.
04-26-2016, 02:16 PM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes. But it all starts because some pricks at the back decide that pushing is a good idea.

Exactly so.
04-26-2016, 02:27 PM
redgunamo

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Originally Posted by Ash

Tube platforms at rush hour can feel like a Hillsborough waiting to happen at times. One of the reasons why I prefer to walk.

Very shrood, if I may say so. It's supposed to be London, not Lilongwe

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04-26-2016, 02:28 PM
TheCurly

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

Very shrood, if I may say so. It's supposed to be London, not Lilongwe

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Imagine being the conductor on that ******* :-(
04-26-2016, 02:29 PM
The Jorge

It's the lad in the celtic kit, I think
04-26-2016, 02:36 PM
Ash

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

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Passion, you see.
04-26-2016, 02:36 PM
Billy Goat Sverige

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Originally Posted by TheCurly

Imagine being the conductor on that ******* :-(

Almost as bad as the Japanese trains.

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04-26-2016, 02:38 PM
redgunamo

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Originally Posted by Ash

Passion, you see.

Point taken, but I doubt that bus is heading to Wembley.