In Praise of ... Demolition Men

[Theseus]

For the last 10 years or so I have been able to look out the office window to see a derilict factory with it's own hanging gardens from the gutters.

Last week the demolition crew arrived. On Friday the roof came down and by this Monday the wall were down as I arrived at work. All week they have been sorting the debris into piles of rubble, wood, metal, etc... and loading it onto lorries to take away.

Now they are nearly done with a few dwindling piles left.

Mind you I expect it to get noisy when they move on to ripping up the concrete base.

 

[Spinney]

I thought you were going to report seeing a nice demolition explosion!

 

[tyred]

Seems like an excuse to watch a bit of Fred Dibnah in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClYNU_LRDHA

 

[Fnaar]

Seems like an excuse to watch a bit of Fred Dibnah in action

Triffic, that!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I failed a college exam because I had a sixth floor view of one of the old concrete grain silos at Ipswich docks being demolished with a ball and chain. I figured I could always re-sit the exam but I'd never get another chance to watch a building being demolished with such a good view.

When I re-sat the exam all the questions were the same as the first time I sat it.

 

[Hotblack Desiato]

I failed a college exam because I had a sixth floor view of one of the old concrete grain silos at Ipswich docks being demolished with a ball and chain. I figured I could always re-sit the exam but I'd never get another chance to watch a building being demolished with such a good view.

When I re-sat the exam all the questions were the same as the first time I sat it.

Deja View?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Deja View?

It did make me wish I'd given the questions some thought between the two exams rather than just thinking SMASHY SMASHY in my head.

 

[PaulB]

I love that one.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM3HO6cLF44

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

I saw the title and thought this was going to be a thread about the Sly Stallone film.

 

[slowmotion]

Lots of highly organised destruction here....
[media]
]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eem7d58gjno&list=UUQlqQVEztDR4JDm_5TowPCg&index=10[/media]

and here....

[media]
]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK50So-yYRU[/media]

 

[Hotblack Desiato]

Lots of highly organised destruction here....
[media]
]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eem7d58gjno&list=UUQlqQVEztDR4JDm_5TowPCg&index=10[/media]

and here....

[media]
]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK50So-yYRU[/media]

Giss a job.. I could do that.. Perleasse!

 

[davefb]

Triffic, that!

did you like that ?

moved to bolton about the time of the tv shows... we used to laugh at the local accent.




now it's like "what local accent?"