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Old 20-12-2013, 02:40 PM #26
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I can relate to this story on a personal level as I was in the stand that collapsed in Earl's Court back in 1994 at the Pink Floyd Concert, many people were hurt that night also.
That must have been scary Nedusa!

I wonder what caused the collapse? Too much weight on the balcony, surely?
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They think a Big rain storm
before leaked into the top ceiling.



Typical Bodge up plaster - crap work
with not a safe sealed roof above it.
The building is 112 years old.

Ref: ITV1 London News


Standards have gone down
penny pincher feckers
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