[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=46360.msg1376813#msg1376813 date=1312890521]
I was at the heart of it last night. We were doing the quiz at Baabar on Myrtle Street and then went back to my mates in Chancellor Court, just behind the Womens Hospital. Whilst we were there we head a really loud bang outside, most likely caused by a firework, so we looked outside and we saw 200+ youths in black hoodies with their faces covered. Cars were flying past, ignoring red lights and there was chaos outside. We then called the Police and two Riot vans showed up, saw the crowd and then bailed in the other direction. We then tried to call where I work to warn them but the lines were down. So we called my mate who was working and then had quickly shut the building down and moved customers and staff upstairs to the clubroom. Outside two building two or three cars were a were already on fire. We then tried to get back to mine, by the Cathedral, because my flatmate was in by herself and wasn't answering her phone, so I wanted to get back and check if everything was alright. We went down Groove St and every single house had been smashed in, every car was burnt out, every bus stop was now in pieces all across the road, members of the public were sat outside on their doorstep with a look of disbelief smacked all over their faces. We turned down Upper Parliament St to see 50-60 riot Police turn around from Catherine St to where we were walking down with them obviously hearing new info about the riot and one of them ran over to us telling us to get the hell out of here now. He looked fucking terrified. So we obviously turned around and then separated. I saw a clear path down Canning Street and sprinted down the Cathedral where everything was the same as always. I'm not even sure the security lodge there even knew what the hell was going on. Thankfully everything was alright down by my way, but it was a fucked up night and something I won't forget in a hurry. Baabar, Bumper, Modo, etc are all sensibly not opening tonight.
It's high time we started arming the Police when shit like this occurs. On the way down to mine we saw some young scally, dressed in all black, with his face covered and it was so difficult to walk past and not smash his face in. Mindless cunts the lot of them.
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Our address when I lived in Liverpool was Canning Street. Brings it home to you.
Hopefully a few of those young knuckledraggers will get their features remodelled if things do get going later.
I was at the heart of it last night. We were doing the quiz at Baabar on Myrtle Street and then went back to my mates in Chancellor Court, just behind the Womens Hospital. Whilst we were there we head a really loud bang outside, most likely caused by a firework, so we looked outside and we saw 200+ youths in black hoodies with their faces covered. Cars were flying past, ignoring red lights and there was chaos outside. We then called the Police and two Riot vans showed up, saw the crowd and then bailed in the other direction. We then tried to call where I work to warn them but the lines were down. So we called my mate who was working and then had quickly shut the building down and moved customers and staff upstairs to the clubroom. Outside two building two or three cars were a were already on fire. We then tried to get back to mine, by the Cathedral, because my flatmate was in by herself and wasn't answering her phone, so I wanted to get back and check if everything was alright. We went down Groove St and every single house had been smashed in, every car was burnt out, every bus stop was now in pieces all across the road, members of the public were sat outside on their doorstep with a look of disbelief smacked all over their faces. We turned down Upper Parliament St to see 50-60 riot Police turn around from Catherine St to where we were walking down with them obviously hearing new info about the riot and one of them ran over to us telling us to get the hell out of here now. He looked fucking terrified. So we obviously turned around and then separated. I saw a clear path down Canning Street and sprinted down the Cathedral where everything was the same as always. I'm not even sure the security lodge there even knew what the hell was going on. Thankfully everything was alright down by my way, but it was a fucked up night and something I won't forget in a hurry. Baabar, Bumper, Modo, etc are all sensibly not opening tonight.
It's high time we started arming the Police when shit like this occurs. On the way down to mine we saw some young scally, dressed in all black, with his face covered and it was so difficult to walk past and not smash his face in. Mindless cunts the lot of them.
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Our address when I lived in Liverpool was Canning Street. Brings it home to you.
Hopefully a few of those young knuckledraggers will get their features remodelled if things do get going later.
