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Pity Lebanon

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HenryBennett said:
Who remembers the Buncefield depot explosion in 2005?

We lived a short distance away and I used to work on the industrial estate next door. The explosion was heard in Holland. We were woken by the windows rattling and what felt like a small earth quake. Only two serious injuries.
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I certainly recall the event itself but I've no recollection of hearing it although I would have been in London.

Editing this: I just realised that there's no way I'd have heard it as I was in panto in Qatar when this happened.
 
ColinUK said:
Editing this: I just realised that there's no way I'd have heard it as I was in panto in Qatar when this happened.
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:D 😎:D
 
Oh no, you weren’t!
 
Panto in Qatar sounds awesome @ColinUK . What‘s happened to your panto career since?

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It’s behind you!!

:D
 
In all honesty I grew tired of having kids kick, bite and punch me.
Granted it wasn’t like that in the Gulf but I’ve never worked harder in my entire life than when doing panto! Typical schedule was 6 days to learn the entire thing from getting the script and the music to first performance. Then typically three shows a day. All in a costume which typically was constricting and remarkably heavy (I usually played villain).

But it was also the most fun I’ve ever had. Especially post breaks.

The principal cast used to gather in a dressing room in the interval and nobody could instigate it in a planned manner but someone would have to say Port Break at some random point and we’d all down a schooner of the finest port we could lay our hands on. If two happened to say it simultaneously we each had two stoners of the delightful nectar. And then ran straight back onto stage!
The idea was to cut it as fine as we could to curtain up for the second half without being late. It was sometimes a very amusing second half!

Audience would never know of course. Nor would the kids on stage either.
 
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