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 cryrst  The garden of England 13 Dec 22 3.48am |
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Anytime is sad but Xmas time. I wonder if these parents knew where the kids were.
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Dubai Eagle  13 Dec 22 7.11am |
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I know when we were growing up we did all manner of stupid things , not seeing the dangers, there but for the grace of god would go so many.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 13 Dec 22 7.48am |
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What a terrible tragedy.
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| Midlands Eagle 15 Dec 22 8.33am |
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Originally posted by cryrst
I wonder if these parents knew where the kids were. Probably but they may not have realised that the lake was frozen over or that their kids would try and walk on it The park that the lake was in was in Solihull which is a fairly upmarket part of Birmingham
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| Stirlingsays 15 Dec 22 8.41am |
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If water is iced over, kids are going to walk over it. It's a terrible tragedy and the bad luck of the draw. Kids today are already over wrapped in cotton wool and it damages them in different ways.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 15 Dec 22 8.52am |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Anytime is sad but Xmas time. I wonder if these parents knew where the kids were. It doesn't make them bad parents, when I was a kid we used to roam everywhere that what boys do. I think it is just a tragedy when I think of some of the stuff I got up to we were lucky that nothing went wrong.
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| kingdowieonthewall Sussex, ex-Cronx. 15 Dec 22 10.14am |
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Originally posted by Badger11
It doesn't make them bad parents, when I was a kid we used to roam everywhere that what boys do. I think it is just a tragedy when I think of some of the stuff I got up to we were lucky that nothing went wrong. my brother & I were always bunking over the fence to explore the railway lines.
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| Midlands Eagle 15 Dec 22 3.57pm |
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The youngest were two brothers plus their cousin and a friend. I can't think how the parents could ever recover from this tragedy
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 15 Dec 22 5.51pm |
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Originally posted by kingdowieonthewall
my brother & I were always bunking over the fence to explore the railway lines. The line between Carshalton and Mitcham Junction ran along an embankment at the end of our garden. We made camps among the bushes and small trees and created some wonderful war games there. Under strict instructions not to go near the lines. We did, of course, and flattening pennies was a favourite pastime. The eldest brother of a school chum was electrocuted, but it didn't deter us. Kids will be kids eh? Thing is that, now in our 70s, we read stories about those poor kids in Solihull and feel nothing but deep sorrow for their bereft families.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 16 Dec 22 8.01pm |
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Terrible shame and quite a shock that cold water killed them in that space of time. Makes me think of the times I was told not to skate on the ponds but still did.
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| kingdowieonthewall Sussex, ex-Cronx. 17 Dec 22 8.04am |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
Terrible shame and quite a shock that cold water killed them in that space of time. Makes me think of the times I was told not to skate on the ponds but still did. true.
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Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 17 Dec 22 8.17am |
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It's also the tragedy of those seeking to rescue. In a lot of situations, like a dog falling in a river, or someone over-come by fumes in a confined space, there always seems to be an unexepectedly high number of people killed whilst attempting to rescue someone/dog. As others have said, probably a lot of us have done similar as kids.
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