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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Grumpmeister on January 28, 2008, 02:40:13 PM
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Ok let me get this straight, a news presenter takes a camera crew to roam around an area of Liverpool that is infamous for gun crime to see how safe she feels now compared to when she grew up there and surprise surprise someone points a gun at her. For crying out loud what did you think was going to happen at night in Croxteth Banghead
A BBC 5Live presenter from Liverpool has had a gun pointed at her while filming a TV documentary in Croxteth.
Shelagh Fogarty was filming for an ITV Tonight with Trevor McDonald special to be aired on Monday.
She had been asked to return to the area she grew up in to see how safe she felt walking around after dark.
Her crew was threatened by teenagers armed with glass bottles and stones in Norris Green on Friday, before seeing a gunman in Croxteth the following night.
'Pockets of violence'
She said: "A car with blacked out windows pulled up alongside us, out from the passenger window comes an arm with a gun attached to it, I could clearly see the viewfinder light on the gun."
"I didn't think any city in this country was Disneyland before I did this piece, but I was quite shocked at the level of aggression and the pockets of violence in some areas."
The crew were filming in the Croxteth and Norris Green areas on Friday and Saturday night - the same area where 11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead last year.
Merseyside police are investigating the incident and have found the vehicle they believe was used.
A spokesperson said: "This is a serious incident and we're taking every possible step to find the offenders and recover the weapon."
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Ok let me get this straight, a news presenter takes a camera crew to roam around an area of Liverpool that is infamous for gun crime to see how safe she feels now compared to when she grew up there and surprise surprise someone points a gun at her. For crying out loud what did you think was going to happen at night in Croxteth Banghead
A BBC 5Live presenter from Liverpool has had a gun pointed at her while filming a TV documentary in Croxteth.
Shelagh Fogarty was filming for an ITV Tonight with Trevor McDonald special to be aired on Monday.
She had been asked to return to the area she grew up in to see how safe she felt walking around after dark.
Her crew was threatened by teenagers armed with glass bottles and stones in Norris Green on Friday, before seeing a gunman in Croxteth the following night.
'Pockets of violence'
She said: "A car with blacked out windows pulled up alongside us, out from the passenger window comes an arm with a gun attached to it, I could clearly see the viewfinder light on the gun."
"I didn't think any city in this country was Disneyland before I did this piece, but I was quite shocked at the level of aggression and the pockets of violence in some areas."
The crew were filming in the Croxteth and Norris Green areas on Friday and Saturday night - the same area where 11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead last year.
Merseyside police are investigating the incident and have found the vehicle they believe was used.
A spokesperson said: "This is a serious incident and we're taking every possible step to find the offenders and recover the weapon."
"I could clearly see the viewfinder light on the gun."
The what on the gun?
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I think she meant the laser sight Darwin noooo:
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I think she meant the laser sight Darwin noooo:
Oh right. .
New fangled stuff noooo:
A 'pip' between the barrels is all I know.
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Nope, this is a clever piece of kit that means even an american can hit the target. Where the little red dot lands the bullet will strike.
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Nope, this is a clever piece of kit that means even an american can hit the target. Where the little red dot lands the bullet will strike.
It's geting the right target that they find difficult.
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Nope, this is a clever piece of kit that means even an american can hit the target. Where the little red dot lands the bullet will strike.
In Scallypool? Nothing so sophisticated. I reckon the dozy bint was talking about the light on the camera viewfinder.
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Nope, this is a clever piece of kit that means even an american can hit the target. Where the little red dot lands the bullet will strike.
It's geting the right target that they find difficult.
happ096
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Nope, this is a clever piece of kit that means even an american can hit the target. Where the little red dot lands the bullet will strike.
It's geting the right target that they find difficult.
Depends, most of the time they pull a Robin Hood, attach the laser sight to the largest bomb they can find and say wherever this bomb so does land, there bury the 'enemy'
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I resent that! eveilgrin:
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Ok I'll bite, why do you resent that Captain Calamity. Is this where we find out you are actually from America and a member of their military? eeek:
Actually that would explain a lot of the incidents have have been mentioned in the news over the last couple of years point:
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Nottingham born and bred evil:
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(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frobinhood11.narod.ru%2Frobin%2FRobin_Hood_Legend_Sherwoodq.jpg&hash=d63fe0d119f9ee44da8cfc025fc9da67a2e7dd2f)
rubschin:
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x marks the spot?
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x marks the spot?
Can't you see it? rubschin:
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Yes. It's a red x
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x marks the spot?
Can't you see it? rubschin:
Of course we can! It's the spot marked by X! Duh!
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Oh...
I'll have another go although it won't be as hilariously funny this time prolly... noooo:
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Yep, definitely a red x -are you aiming a gun at us?
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Well I can see it… but then I am all-seeing and all-knowing. whistle:
I can’t be arsed to post it again. noooo:
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I can’t be arsed to post it again. noooo:
Ah yes, the attitude that made Britain great. ;)
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I can’t be arsed to post it again. noooo:
Ah yes, the attitude that made Britain great. ;)
lol: lol: lol:
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Yep, definitely a red x
I disagree.
Definitely more of a cerise than red.
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How would I know? I'm red-green colour blind. confused:
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How would I know? I'm red-green colour blind. confused:
You must be great fun to be behind at traffic lights then! point:
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How would I know? I'm red-green colour blind. confused:
So how do you know it isn't a green cross then?
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It isn't that bad chaps ::)
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It isn't that bad chaps ::)
Of course... happy100
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It is still an X of whatever colour but I too cannot be arsed to track down the original ~ mainly because I can guess it is a "funny" about Robin Hood. ::)
Other than a spurious connection with a mythical character, having a type of lace made there and being the alleged "Gun Crime Capital" of the UK what else can Nottingham claim?
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It is still an X of whatever colour but I too cannot be arsed to track down the original ~ mainly because I can guess it is a "funny" about Robin Hood. ::)
Other than a spurious connection with a mythical character, having a type of lace made there and being the alleged "Gun Crime Capital" of the UK what else can Nottingham claim?
You asked...
Did you know that the screen room on Broad Street is, with 22 seats, the smallest public cinema in the world
Did you know that Notts County FC is the worlds oldest professional Football Club
Did you know that Nottingham is the birthplace of both Boots the Chemists and Raleigh Cycles. HP sauce was invented here by F C Garton.
So there. ;D
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It is still an X of whatever colour but I too cannot be arsed to track down the original ~ mainly because I can guess it is a "funny" about Robin Hood. ::)
Other than a spurious connection with a mythical character, having a type of lace made there and being the alleged "Gun Crime Capital" of the UK what else can Nottingham claim?
You asked...
Did you know that the screen room on Broad Street is, with 22 seats, the smallest public cinema in the world
Did you know that Notts County FC is the worlds oldest professional Football Club
Did you know that Nottingham is the birthplace of both Boots the Chemists and Raleigh Cycles. HP sauce was invented here by F C Garton.
So there. ;D
But somehow I do not see BM coming up with a funny picture of any of those ~ do you?
Let's face it Nottingham is a sh*thole. (IMO that is)
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It is still an X of whatever colour but I too cannot be arsed to track down the original ~ mainly because I can guess it is a "funny" about Robin Hood. ::)
Other than a spurious connection with a mythical character, having a type of lace made there and being the alleged "Gun Crime Capital" of the UK what else can Nottingham claim?
You asked...
Did you know that the screen room on Broad Street is, with 22 seats, the smallest public cinema in the world
Did you know that Notts County FC is the worlds oldest professional Football Club
Did you know that Nottingham is the birthplace of both Boots the Chemists and Raleigh Cycles. HP sauce was invented here by F C Garton.
So there. ;D
But somehow I do not see BM coming up with a funny picture of any of those ~ do you?
Let's face it Nottingham is a sh*thole. (IMO that is)
Yes it is - I had to attend a two day course at Experian up there and it was truly dire. You just never have napalm when you need it, do you?
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You just never have napalm when you need it, do you?
I always do. evil:
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It is still an X of whatever colour but I too cannot be arsed to track down the original ~ mainly because I can guess it is a "funny" about Robin Hood. ::)
redface: