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Default Christchurch gable end collapse

On Wed, 26 May 2021 16:14:24 +0100, Alan J. Wylie wrote:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-57253967

Fortunately, no-one was passing underneath at the time.

The movement of the small tree on the right and the dust indicates a
strong wind blowing right to left. It seems to me that there were no
restraining straps between the wall and the roof timbers.


They don't build them like the used to.