MXL
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just past Falmer on the way home from the game, and noticed the Arch has been taken down - does anyone know why?
Why has the Arch been taken down!
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Uncle C
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I think the Gippos sneaked in after dark and took it for scrap on the back of a clapped out Cortina.
Nottseagull
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I believe somebody decided it was a blot on the landscape.
mcshane in the 79th
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Stadium has been cancelled. Bloom has gone down the A27 to take over Pompey
Thunder Bolt
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It didn't fit.
Chicken Runner61
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It was a bit too short I understand
adrian29uk
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I know its early, but I'm not falling for that one.
It did seem to be hanging from the crane as I drove past on the way home, but that may have been just the angle to the road making it appear like that? Struck me as odd.
adrian29uk
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When you say hanging was it just hanging, or was it in position like it was yesterday but still attached to the strapping?
May be they need to keep it strapped for a little while so pressure is evenly applied all over instead of just plonking it down and taking the crane away.
May be they need to keep it strapped for a little while so pressure is evenly applied all over instead of just plonking it down and taking the crane away.
Hunting 784561
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Im glad it's not just me. I drove home yesterday after the game from the P+R, and it was DOWN and back on the pitch again.
We DEMAND an explanation..
BOO!!
We DEMAND an explanation..
BOO!!
I've just looked back through Jack Straw's magnificent pictures from yesterday and also at the webcam. I would say that it hasn't been left hanging in the air (seemed unlikely didn't it). Look at his last picture from the webcam yesterday, and you see how far the temp support is from the other white "arch" on top of the East stand. I guess that viewed from the road (support obscured), and given the odd angle the stadium is set at, it could easily look like the first section is in mid air and supported by the crane.
TrickyOne
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The Right Honorable JS said the middle section of the arch was going up today with the final piece going up on Sunday. Excited at this, I thought I'd check the 'ol webcam but it appears to be stuck on last nights last frame. Does this mean that the cam is only on Mon-Fri?
Don't worry... because the arch is curved both vertically and in plan, it is an extremely complex geometrical shape. Watsons have allowed for this, by making some of the flanges oversized, to allow for modifications - but this means that final adjustments cannot be made until it has been put into place.
However it is much easier to make these adjustments on the ground, and for this reason it is likely that you will see each of the sections of the arch being lifted into position and then taken down again over the next few weeks.
However it is much easier to make these adjustments on the ground, and for this reason it is likely that you will see each of the sections of the arch being lifted into position and then taken down again over the next few weeks.
dougdeep
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It does indeed, it doesn't do weekends.
TrickyOne
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Cheers DD, might have to do a detour on the way to pick me missus up at lunchtime to see what's going on up there! Shame if they are putting the arch up over the weekend and we can't see it happen.
Beach Hut
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Is this some kind of sick joke or what everyone knows FLANGE died the other week
adrian29uk
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Ok I was driving past that way and took a detour. To confirm the arch has been taken back down.
I apologise to CampFreddie, he was right and is was wrong.
I apologise to CampFreddie, he was right and is was wrong.
TrickyOne
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Does that mean there's no work going on up there then this weekend?