Bus attack

[Nero]

A 363 bus was apparently set on fire by a group of yoot/yoof (I'm not young enough to use the former) and taken away. Fire engines (two appliances) and the police were in attendance to the incident at abouut 1230 at the Forest Hill Road-Dunstan's Rd junction.

[jimmy two times]

and?

[nunheadbelle]

Probably the yoof were trying out the entertainment in the area prior to the new boys' school opening. God help us!

[Burbage]

Happened to me once. I was a trainee teacher in a northern town and, in the ordinary way of things, had spent a couple of months on practice bus duty. In the absence of other guidance, I'd assumed my job was to stand outside the school at looting time, making sure kids got on buses and went away. When they'd all gone, I'd give the word and the rest of the staff could scuttle to the car park and leg it.

One afternoon, I'd given the word and settled down for an hour's practice detention. About fifteen minutes in - it can't have been more than that as I'd only scrubbed half a desk - I was summoned to the front gates to look at a burning bus and a clump of kids and to work out what to do about them.

On the downside, even after he'd put the fire out, the bus driver wasn't very chatty, and his friends on the recovery truck didn't say nice things. And I had to persuade my practice colleagues to forgo the cheap whisky and ferry kids around instead. They didn't say nice things either. But on the upside, the bus company refused to run the bus for the rest of the term, which both annoyed the council and improved our truancy rates.

I don't reckon anyone thought of summoning police or fire brigade. We saw enough of the police as it was, the fire was out, and the chances of nailing down an identifiable suspect was nil; in those days, buses didn't film the passengers all the time. I don't think we even put it in the incident book - nobody was hospitalized, and that was, as a rule of thumb, what you had to do to get in it.

So, all else being equal, I'm with jimmy two times.

[Monkey]

This is arson and arson is a very serious crime. Why anyone on this forum or elsewhere should think otherwise beggars belief.

[spc]

From the fire appliances that were in attendance,it was not a fire. There were two Fire Rescue Units and a Scientific Support Unit and a Hazmat Officer. Which would suggest some kind of chemical incident.

[ruffers]

Monkey Wrote:

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> This is arson and arson is a very serious crime.

> Why anyone on this forum or elsewhere should think

> otherwise beggars belief.

Hands up who doesn't think it's a very serious crime?

[SCSB79]

any news link to this, had a look but couldn't see anything??

[Jeremy]

Speaking of arson, there's a burned out car on Quorn Road this morning. Very nice.

[ruffers]

There's a road called Quorn Road? Brilliant!

I thought quorn was a made up word for that veggie stuff.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Quorn = Famous and historic Fox Hunt. A few of the roads have similar links.

Bus burning, not clever really. Its a crime, come on.

[Jah Lush]

ruffers Wrote:

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> There's a road called Quorn Road? Brilliant!

>

> I thought quorn was a made up word for that veggie

> stuff.

I lived on Quorn Road at the fag end of the 80s on the Dog Kennel Hill Estate.

[Jeremy]

Isn't there also a crap American metal band called Quorn?

[Jah Lush]

Close but no cigar. They are called Korn and yes that are a crap American metal band.

[Brendan]

From now on I shall be refering to them as Quorn though.

[Cassius]

What are the other hunting names in the area?

[Siduhe]

Cassius Wrote:

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> What are the other hunting names in the area?

Belvoir Road for one.

[Horsebox]

Michael Palaeologus Wrote:

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> Quorn = Famous and historic Fox Hunt. A few of the

> roads have similar links.

>

> Bus burning, not clever really. Its a crime, come

> on.

Indeed. I wonder if certain folk would be shrugging their shoulders if it were their personal property up in flames.

[Moos]

There's a Pytchley Road too, just next to Quorn. And I'm with Michael and Horsebox on the bus burning.

[ruffers]

For the avoidance of doubt I'm with them as well. My "hands up" comment should perhaps have been concluded with "none - thought so" as I hadn't seen at that point anyone not treating it as anything but serious apart from Jimmy 2X who I though was asking for opinion rather than just straight reporting of facts.

[Moos]

I think you're right, ruffers. But aren't we all stern when we're in the mood? :)

[dc]

Whilst it's true that there is a Belvoir Hunt I think the Belvoir connection is coincidental.

Quorn Road is part of the Dog Kennel Hill (or East Dulwich) Estate. All of the roads therein and most (if not all) of the blocks that form the estate make reference to hunts because, as far as I understand, it's called Dog Kennel Hill because it used to be the site of dog kennels that housed hounds used for hunting.

Names apart from Quorn include: Albrighton, Whaddon, Riseholme etc

The blocks don't appear on A-Z's but you can see them here: OpenStreetMap

Slightly off the original topic so to get back on: nunheadbelle please don't spout such b****cks before the new school has even opened.

[Siduhe]

dc Wrote:

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> Whilst it's true that there is a Belvoir Hunt I

> think the Belvoir connection is coincidental.

>

> Quorn Road is part of the Dog Kennel Hill (or East

> Dulwich) Estate. All of the roads therein and most

> (if not all) of the blocks that form the estate

> make reference to hunts because, as far as I

> understand, it's called Dog Kennel Hill because it

> used to be the site of dog kennels that housed

> hounds used for hunting.

Apologies in advance for the off topicness, but that's fascinating - thanks. Didn't realise there was an actual connection. Belvoir (as in Belvoir Road) may be a ref to the original meaning "beautiful view"?

[Keef]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Close but no cigar. They are called Korn and yes

> that are a crap American metal band.

They're not that bad if you're in to that kind of thing. I got dragged to see them by a metal head friend, and was actually quite impressed. Bit heavy for me, but awesome drummer!