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Title: Horse and carriage.
Post by: STMO123 on 15 December 2008, 18:28:44
Did anyone just see on the news about that poor bride who was on the way to church in a horse drawn carriage? Aparently the horse took fright and went runabout. Watch the news later and see the damage it did to the van that stopped it. :o
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 15 December 2008, 18:31:27
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Did anyone just see on the news about that poor bride who was on the way to church in a horse drawn carriage? Aparently the horse took fright and went runabout. Watch the news later and see the damage it did to the van that stopped it. :o

Yes indeed, it was bad!! :o :o :o

'Horse and carraige, love and marriage' all going horribly wrong. :( :(
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Post by: Richie London on 15 December 2008, 18:32:20
bet she had a good ol nag about it after  ::) ;D ;D
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Post by: jereboam on 15 December 2008, 18:38:21
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Did anyone just see on the news about that poor bride who was on the way to church in a horse drawn carriage? Aparently the horse took fright and went runabout. Watch the news later and see the damage it did to the van that stopped it. :o

A couple of months back, just up the road from here, some unthinking motorist cut a corner and startled the horses pulling a rather ornate glass-sided hearse.  The horses broke free and bolted, ending up in the local park, and the hearse tipped over.  I counted 9 police cars and 16 police officers while sitting in the ensuing traffic jam.
Title: Re: Horse and carriage.
Post by: VXL V6 on 15 December 2008, 20:20:48
A friend of mine does some carriage work, she had a simillar event but hadn't actually picked up the bride. She ended up about two miles from where the horses bolted with the carriage upside down in a river and one leg pinned down underwater and a number of broken bones, IIRC she was on her mobile while trapped in the river trying to sort out some other form of transport!  ;D
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Post by: Richie London on 15 December 2008, 20:48:58
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Did anyone just see on the news about that poor bride who was on the way to church in a horse drawn carriage? Aparently the horse took fright and went runabout. Watch the news later and see the damage it did to the van that stopped it. :o

A couple of months back, just up the road from here, some unthinking motorist cut a corner and startled the horses pulling a rather ornate glass-sided hearse.  The horses broke free and bolted, ending up in the local park, and the hearse tipped over.  I counted 9 police cars and 16 police officers while sitting in the ensuing traffic jam.


was the occupant of the hearse ok.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Horse and carriage.
Post by: Andy B on 15 December 2008, 21:02:49
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was the occupant of the hearse ok.  ;D ;D

He was dead good about it ......  :y  :y  :y
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Post by: Richie London on 15 December 2008, 21:04:07
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was the occupant of the hearse ok.  ;D ;D

He was dead good about it ......  :y  :y  :y


they spent 20mins trying to revive him. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Andy B on 15 December 2008, 21:07:21
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was the occupant of the hearse ok.  ;D ;D

He was dead good about it ......  :y  :y  :y


they spent 20mins trying to revive him. ;D ;D ;D

Being serious!! .... It's something I've thought about a few times when driving for/with my Dad who's an undertaker. If you were stopped by the police, they make a note of passenger numbers. Does the 'passenger' in the back count?  :-/  :-/  ;)
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Post by: amigov6 on 15 December 2008, 21:09:07
Did the groom get a lucky escape?
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Post by: Richie London on 15 December 2008, 21:14:51
3 most expensive days of your life
marriage
divorce
funeral
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Post by: Lazydocker on 15 December 2008, 21:16:17
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was the occupant of the hearse ok.  ;D ;D

He was dead good about it ......  :y  :y  :y


they spent 20mins trying to revive him. ;D ;D ;D

Being serious!! .... It's something I've thought about a few times when driving for/with my Dad who's an undertaker. If you were stopped by the police, they make a note of passenger numbers. Does the 'passenger' in the back count?  :-/  :-/  ;)

I used to service the hearse and limo's for a couple of funeral company's... You get some funny looks when power sliding a stretched Granada (accidentally ;) ;)) whilst on a test drive and even funnier looks when you do it in an Omega based Hearse ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y
Title: Re: Horse and carriage.
Post by: amigov6 on 15 December 2008, 21:25:03
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3 most expensive days of your life
marriage
divorce
funeral
Avoided the first two, won't care about the third! [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]
Title: Re: Horse and carriage.
Post by: Andy B on 15 December 2008, 21:40:14
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....... You get some funny looks when power sliding a stretched Granada (accidentally ;) ;)) whilst on a test drive and even funnier looks when you do it in an Omega based Hearse ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y

Years ago .... I used to play the double bass tuba. You should've seen the looks I've had in the past when I was dropped off in the hearse & got the bass out of the 'cargo area'  ;D  ;D  ;D  :y