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That's one hell of a pot hole!

Martin-O2 — Thu, 12 May 2016 10:41:31 GMT

This gentleman's car was swallowed up over night by sink hole that opened up in a London street!

"The blue people carrier was discovered by police outside St Thomas' Church at about 03:20 BST.

BBC Radio London reporter Barry Caffrey, who is at the scene, said there was speculation the collapse could be due to recent heavy rain."

I would imagine waking up to this would put a bit of a downer on your day!

Full story here

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Cleoriff — Thu, 12 May 2016 10:44:45 GMT

Good grief! It does make you wonder about the safety of the church and it's foundations?

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jonsie — Thu, 12 May 2016 10:46:04 GMT

It will be fine if it's 4 Wheel Drive....

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Martin-O2 — Thu, 12 May 2016 10:50:51 GMT

@Cleoriff A very good point! Who knows how much more of the ground has hollowed out under there.

@jonsie Haha I think the Police would object to him attempting to wheel spin out of there

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jonsie — Thu, 12 May 2016 12:03:40 GMT

....and with a little photoshop....

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2016/05/12/1-bedroom-south-london-sinkhole-sells-980000/

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Cleoriff — Thu, 12 May 2016 12:05:56 GMT

By the way @Martin-O2 The Poke have written an amusing article about the sinkhole

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2016/05/12/1-bedroom-south-london-sinkhole-sells-980000/

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Cleoriff — Thu, 12 May 2016 12:17:17 GMT

Whoops @jonsie must have been posting at the same time...yours wasn't there when I started mine...

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jonsie — Thu, 12 May 2016 12:25:06 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Whoops @jonsie must have been posting at the same time...yours wasn't there when I started mine...

You found it the same place I did then....

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Cleoriff — Thu, 12 May 2016 12:42:00 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
Whoops @jonsie must have been posting at the same time...yours wasn't there when I started mine...
You found it the same place I did then....

Yeah but I used 'snipping tool' to get the caption in the pic...

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Martin-O2 — Thu, 12 May 2016 12:42:51 GMT

Haha love it guys. Could almost not be satire the way the London property market is going!

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Curr946 — Thu, 12 May 2016 15:37:59 GMT

Wonder if fracking will bring about more of these issues...

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Martin-O2 — Thu, 12 May 2016 15:56:13 GMT

@Curr946 wrote:
Wonder if fracking will bring about more of these issues...

I would think so @Curr946 Already seen a few horror stories coming out of the US and Australia related to fracking.

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Curr946 — Sat, 14 May 2016 08:03:15 GMT

Scary stuff like.

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Martin-O2 — Mon, 16 May 2016 08:17:53 GMT

@Curr946 wrote:
Scary stuff like.

This hit the news a few weeks ago. A burning river just a few miles from a fraking site.