East Belfast bonfire: Residents moved due to safety concerns

suki1964

jenheiffer wrote: »

There was no riot, though - it was a celebration bonfire, bigger than usual because it will be the last one ever on that site again. There is going to be a children's playground or something to be built there.

Different moss side me thinks. Marleyboy is referring to Manchester

qwert_yuiop

Is that the reason? I didn't think there were enough people in moss side, ballymoney to have a riot. Not one I remember anyway.

Moss side, Manchester - wasn't that England's most murderous borough in the 1990s? Kids having fun, ah, who could object?

RikM

Suplex_Backbreaker wrote: »

I've lived in a few places in Belfast in the past where the locals used to have bonfires on the actual road itself. It destroyed the surface which then had to be redone, presumably by the council. Anyone know if that still goes on?


Also, if cycling near the sites of any bonfires in the coming weeks, watch out for all sorts of sharp debris like broken glass, sharp edges of cans and nails, left around the general area. There is one in the Milltown area next to the A55 that usually ends up actually damaging the footpath and main road due to heat with loads of nasty sharp objects on the footpath (which is also designated for bicycles) and probably also the side of the road.

The local one was set up about 5 yards from the road, this year (due to the old site now having a petrol station on it). The road is showing damage - scorching and potholes - across half it's width, and trees and shrubs have been damaged. Somehow I doubt the bonfire builders will end up with the bill.

qwert_yuiop

If the bonfire was on the road for several weeks prior to ignition , it mustn't have been too busy a road. Why resurface it?

marleyboy

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

If the worst incident of the 1980s had been the unremembered moss side riot, we'd have been living in a pretty placid land.

I can imagine there are much worse. I recall as a child seeing people trapped in the Woolworth fire of 79, 10 of which perished, then there was The City Centre bombing of 96 that buckled my window frames.

The riot of the 80s was more a case of something I personally got caught in, so its not so unremembered in my case. Yet aside from one or two cases in my past, I do live in a pretty placid land.

donnac2558

The one they had in Flush Park Rosetta(no longer:T), the council delivered sand to put under the wood before building. The men building put it down and they started building. On the 13th the men came out and cleared the debris away and a few days later they re tarmac.

lazer

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

If the bonfire was on the road for several weeks prior to ignition , it mustn't have been too busy a road. Why resurface it?

If this is th one i am thinking it is - the bonfire is on the roundabout so you can round it, but it is quite a busy road.

I must say I lived in Belfast for 10 years and have now moved out, and had to go somewhere yesterday and it was wonderful to not have to try and figure out the best way to go to not run into trouble, or get stuck in traffic etc.

Where is live now the 12th is just another day nearly, unless you want to go to the parades etc - the local lodge march in the morning and evening but it is probably about 5 -10 minutes, so it doesn't affect my life at all now, like it did in the past, where i had to get special permission to change my hours in work to be able to get to work and back.