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RED-DOT

Member Since: 29 Jun 2009
Location: stirling
Posts: 2363

Dunblane.... 20 years on.

Forever in my thoughts. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..

9th Mar 2016 10:09pm

mk1collector

Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6769

Having a five year old myself that was a heartbreaking programme to watch Ray
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9th Mar 2016 10:18pm

marsie

Member Since: 17 Nov 2011
Location: sheffieldish
Posts: 532

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Galway Green

Just watched the program. Brought it all back. Can remember exactly what i was doing at the time. I was out on the drive at my mum and dads changing the front brakes on my cavalier when my mum rushed out to tell me what had happened. We had friends and family living in Dunblane and Stirling at the time

2000 90 TD5,galv chassis, d2 axles ,Bas remap , alisport intercooler , d2 transfer box , side windows-more to come-much more!! *GONE*
2004 110 TD5 Double cab. *GONE*
2010 110 2.4 XS station wagon

9th Mar 2016 10:47pm

RED-DOT

Member Since: 29 Jun 2009
Location: stirling
Posts: 2363

I went to that school and my partner had a son in that class who survived. I rushed at over 90mph and was being passed by others on the motorway like i was sitting still. The scene was total chaos and four friends lost and two had children shot and injured.
My current partner was in charge of A&E at SRI and later she took over the I.D. process as the police had parents looking at several children before their own. The whole week was a blur. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..

9th Mar 2016 11:15pm

Grenadier

Member Since: 23 Jul 2014
Location: The foot of Mont Blanc...
Posts: 5829

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Corris Grey

Crikey Red Dot, must have been a tough time. And last night difficult to watch. I never experienced the Country's outpouring and shock as I was travelling in India. Stunned when I first heard about it on reaching civilisation some time later, but never really understood the detail or the magnitude until last night. The black and white class photo was particularly moving. Monsieur Le Grenadier

I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list.....

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

10th Mar 2016 7:32am

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Truly shocking - but even harder to comprehend that the US has events like this on a regular basis...

10th Mar 2016 11:15am

jimbob7

Member Since: 06 Jul 2013
Location: uk
Posts: 2055

I remember,I walked into a nightshift at 6PM,the previous shift told me of the atrocities,I was truely shocked. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.

10th Mar 2016 12:41pm

JR

Member Since: 07 Dec 2012
Location: Auchtermuchty
Posts: 532

1984 Defender 90 200 Tdi SW Coniston Green

I'm watching the programme later this evening.

I was in Dunblane the day before visiting a friend, not that that is particularly important. On the day itself I was working in the workshop of a garage in Perth with Radio Tay playing on the radio as usual. Usual, what a word, when the news broke 'usual' ceased! The usual mellay stopped as everyone listened intently for every snippet of news while the workforce struggled to maintain their workrate. We were in shock, disbelief that this was happening, that it was happening in Scotland but in Dunblane! How was that possible! After all this was only 20-30 miles away on the A9.

It took quite a while for our thoughts to get back to normal but we all knew that for the families in Dunblane there would never be a 'normal'!

My heart goes out to Red-Dot, I hope this anniversary can be something positive for you and yours both past and present.

10th Mar 2016 9:18pm

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