Musings and Snippets from a recently retired JP. I served for 31 years, mostly in west London. I was Chairman of my Bench for some years, and a member of the National Bench Chairmen's Forum All cases are based on real ones, but anonymised and composited. All opinions are those of one or more individuals. JPs swear to enforce the law of the land, whether or not they approve of it. Nothing on here constitutes legal advice.
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
7/7 plus 7
I have just watched a moving BBC documentary about the victims of the terrorist attacks on London that have come to be known as 7/7.
I happened to be sitting in court on that day and I posted this to the blog the next day.
May I be the first to wish you happy Independence Day. It was a sad day indeed, but I think that it, as well as other attacks have show that we will keep calm and carry on.
I was in London at the time of the Oxford street IRA bombs. I worked in the Marylebone High street and lived in Ealing, and obviously spent an average of 2 hours a day in the tube. Yet I can't say I was conscious of anything at all out of the ordinary, except my british acquaintances, worrying that I might grow scared. Funnily enough, given what was happening where I came from at the time. But the circulation, the people in the streets, the ceremonies, all run quite normally and smoothly all the time. Only security I met with, was when I walked across a street that was being strewn with gravel for horses's hooves ,in preparation, I believe, to the Lord Mayor's show. What a different world it was.
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May I be the first to wish you happy Independence Day. It was a sad day indeed, but I think that it, as well as other attacks have show that we will keep calm and carry on.
ReplyDeleteI was in London at the time of the Oxford street IRA bombs. I worked in the Marylebone High street and lived in Ealing, and obviously spent an average of 2 hours a day in the tube. Yet I can't say I was conscious of anything at all out of the ordinary, except my british acquaintances, worrying that I might grow scared. Funnily enough, given what was happening where I came from at the time. But the circulation, the people in the streets, the ceremonies, all run quite normally and smoothly all the time. Only security I met with, was when I walked across a street that was being strewn with gravel for horses's hooves ,in preparation, I believe, to the Lord Mayor's show.
ReplyDeleteWhat a different world it was.